Dries Van Noten

Not long ago Christian Lacroix curated a show at the Musee des Arts Decoratif in Paris where he picked clothing from his collection and paired it up with clothing from the museum archives. He was able to show how these vintage examples influenced or related to his creations. The Dries Van Noten exhibit takes it one step further by adding in art. After a short history and interview with the designer the bulk of the book is broken down into key words that describe his inspiration and few pictures that show the inspiration. These may be the direct inspiration or objects that match his inspiration. For example: “Butterfly” shows a piece from one of his collections, a Damian Hirst butterfly collage and a Schiaparelli dress. A short essay by Hamish Bowles about Dries’ country house and a lush photo spread follows. The book ends with a photo annotated listing of every men’s and women’s runway show. It’s beautiful book and you won’t be disappointed.

Dries Van Noten is one of my favourite designers, and this books takes you inside the mind of a master. The book is organized into different ideas that runs throughout his collections. Great images, and a great resource to have on hand.

Gorgeous book! You will constantly refer back to into if you work in fashion. There are great close up pics that are really helpful to see fabric manipulations, embroideries, and techniques. Highly recommend!

I saw the exhibition in Paris and sadly the book does not live up to reflecting the beauty of the exhibition. It was a missed opportunity to feature the clothes that were selected and highlighted in the exhibition. I felt that the book was lacking even though the presentation of a huge coffee table book with a lovely cover promised much. DVN is one of my favourite designers and his work is so rich in content and detail/handwork and the book could have shown more of these details and their relation to his extensive research. There were vignettes of outfits that were memorable from his runways and curated in the show but there was little to no feature of them in the book. I had high hopes for this but was disappointed.

love this book

Great Book

Love the designer, loved the book.

I love dries van noten. Of course I love this book every single page!

Driesのデザインが好きで、毎シーズンコレクションの発表を楽しみにしています。 この本では、独特なのに野暮ったくなく、洗練されたDriesの軌跡を追う事ができます。 期間限定でショップでも販売されていましたが買い逃してしまい、 Amazonで購入できて良かったです。

Libro de excelente formato, edicion muy bien curada, fotos, detalles de las piezas y un brief de todas las colecciones de DVN. Centrado exclusivamente en la inspiracion del trabajo de Dries Van Noten. Del mundo del artista. Para quien busca los textiles no es un libro recomendado. Pero creo que es un libro a tener para quienes gustan de este artista.

Page after page of beautiful photos, This is a book that you will look at over and over and see something new each time you look at the book. Its a combination of fashion and art. If you love fashion,art as well as inspirsation this is a book you need to have in your collection

O livro é maravilho, chegou antes do tempo e em ótimas condições.

Quality publication. Bought for my partner who is a professional fabric designer. For once I got it right.