Dries Van Noten has a long and successful career. From his life, fashion shows, books and exhibitions, to fashion shows and documentaries. Here is a recap with the history of the Belgian designer&#39;s brand.

THE BIO
Unconventional, transversal and firm on its roots. <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/dries-van-noten-mens-show-spring-summer-2024-collection-photo-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dries Van Noten</a> is one of the best-known designers of the Antwerp Six collective. He was born in 1958 into a family of clothing merchants and tailors and his city, Antwerp , still occupies a large space today for his inspirations and his creative practice. In his training we find him at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in his city, to pay for his fashion studies, he works as an independent stylist for various clothing companies and as a buyer for his father's boutiques. After the incredible &ldquo;Antwerp Six&rdquo; show in London in March 1986, Dries Van Noten began his success with some <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/hommes/mens-fashion-shirts-trend-spring-summer-2023-runways" target="_blank" rel="noopener">men's shirts</a> that were selected for Barneys in New York and Whistles in London. In the same year, the designer decided to open a small store in his hometown. It lasted only 3 years to be replaced with Het Modepaleis. In 1991 he presented his men's collection for the first time during <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/paul-smith-mens-show-autumn-winter-2023-photos-videos-images-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paris Fashion Week</a> and only in 1993 did he debut with his first women's collection. Large jackets, prints in collaboration with artists and dresses embellished with finishes, embroideries and beads made with Eastern, African and Indian folk techniques. During his career as a designer, Dries Van Noten received several awards including the most important in 2008, the International Designer of the Year award given by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). In October 2016, Dries Van Noten wins the Culture Prize of the Province of Antwerp for his contribution to culture. Always in step with time , in 2020 the Belgian designer was the first to sign the petition to change the crazy pace of fashion weeks to redirect the annual fashion calendar in a more sensible way and closer to consumers.
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FASHION SHOWS AND FASHION SHOWS
Leave your mark without necessarily subverting the fashion system. Accurate in all respects: he offers invitations to unconventional fashion shows, studies the setting, the soundtrack, the casting and produces every single performance . Sophisticated and decorative enough to arouse wonder in the eyes of the public. At his fashion shows you come into contact with the Van Noten universe and experience. In 2004 he celebrated his 50 fashion shows with a dinner in Paris, where the models walked freely on the laden tables wearing creations from the Spring Summer 2005 collection. The book &ldquo;Dries Van Noten 01-50&rdquo; was also presented for the occasion. and in March 2017 he presented the book &ldquo;Dries Van Noten Book 1-100&rdquo; with a collection of all his 100 fashion shows.
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Dries Van Noten the Spring Summer 2005 show

&quot;For me, clothes are something you really do with the heart. Do your best to create something you really believe in, show it and hope the reaction is good&quot; Dries Van Noten

THE INSPIRATIONS FOR HIS COLLECTIONS
Decorum and culture. A fundamental match for Dries Van Noten's creative practice . His collections are a perfect balance between essential details, unpredictable colours and mixes of floral or animal prints. From the tribute to the relationship between the fashion icon Marchesa Casati and the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio with the Autumn/Winter 2016 women's collection, to the Spring Summer 2000 men's fashion show inspired by Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece &ldquo;Clockwork Orange&rdquo; . His is a spontaneous and authentic approach that looks to an international cultural melting pot. His references come from painting, photography, cinema or music, from the East as well as the West. He has collaborated with artists and interior designers, as in the case of Vernon Panthon for the 70s prints of Spring Summer 2020 or Anna Tereasa De Keresmecker for the performances presented during the pandemic period . Transversal and innovator Dries Van Noten was one of the first to break down the barriers between ready-to-wear and haute couture, collaborating <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/stussy-collaborates-with-dries-van-noten-protagonist-flea-of-red-hot-chili-peppers-photo-launch-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with couturier Christian Lacroix</a> to present the Autumn/Winter 2020 crossover collection. 
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Dries Van Noten the Spring Summer 2000 men's collection

Christian Lacroix and Dries Van Noten at the Spring Summer 2020 show

THE "INSPIRATIONS" EXHIBITION
During his career Dries Van Noten has collaborated with numerous museums and theaters. In 2014 he inaugurated "Inspirations" at the Mus&eacute;e des Arts D&eacute;coratifs in Paris , the first ever exhibition with the clothes, his drawings and the inspirations to which his creative practice refers. The creations are joined by the fashion collections of the Arts D&eacute;coratifs, as well as a Venus by Yves Klein or a portrait by <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/music/should-you-see-this-new-documentary-devoted-to-david-bowie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Bowie</a> . For the catalog of the exhibition Pamela Golbin, Susanna Frankel, Hamish Bowles, Collectif and Bruno Rogers elaborate a book entitled "Dries Van Noten Inspirations" which collects images of fashion shows compared with the inspirations of the Belgian designer.
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Dries Van Noten the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris "Inspirations"

THE "DRIES" DOCUMENTARY
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">There is also a documentary on the career of Dries Van Noten directed by director Reiner Holzemer <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">and distributed by the London film house <a href="https://dogwoof.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dogwoof Pictures.</a> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">Simply titled <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">" Dries" <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">the feature film explores his 25-year career starting in the late 1980s and graduating from the Royal Academy of Antwerp, up to 2016. An immersion into the personal universe of Dries Van Noten the documentary film shows even the dedicated passion for the villa in which he lives, his atelier in Antwerp and his immense garden where he goes to pick flowers every day. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">Characters such as Iris Apfel, Pamela Golbin and Suzy Menkes also appear in the documentary.
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Dries Van Noten the recap of his career

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