The Belgian critical darling served up sports staples like tennis shirts, crewneck sweaters and hunting parkas in fabrics usually more associated with ballgowns, like silk and taffeta.
“Men are always like, ‘This might be too much for me, all that shiny material, can I wear that? Is it masculine enough for me?’” van Noten told Associated Press Television News in a pre-show interview. “So when you refer to sportswear then automatically … they’re more open.”
Shown Thursday in a Paris parking garage, the spring-summer 2012 collection hit the sweet spot between masculine and feminine. Leather paneling toned down the shine on the slick parkas, and sporty striped sweaters added a rough edge to the slim pants in the finest of silks.
It was another brilliant showing from a designer who seems never to disappoint.
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