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The future is looking bright thanks to Dries Van Noten. This season he set the tone for spring with acid bright palettes and prints of psychedelic waves, suns, moons and light bars inspired by the New Zealand artist Len Lye.
Always playful Van Noten has been delivering powerful presentations that surprise and delight season after season. For spring-summer 2021, the designer used the opportunity to present his collection virtually and delivered his women’s and men’s collections as one in a Viviane Sassen-shot lookbook, we take you through our favourite images, looks and the designer’s inspiration.
Dries Van Noten Calta Wrap dress.
Len Lye & The Art of Movement
While researching spring-summer Van Noten came across the work of the New Zealand-born filmmaker and artist, Len Lye, and was struck by his inventiveness. He said, “When I first saw his films, I thought they could have been made in the 1960s and 1970s – psychedelia – but, in fact, it was made in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.”
Artist Len Lye at work.
From this starting point he started working with the Len Lye Foundation, to develop prints based on his work that depicted, “psychedelic sun, sunshine and moons, light bars, and palm trees.” The result was a hypnotic collection of print and colour which will set your wardrobe alight this season.
We wanted to work around beauty [that] evokes energy—not one that makes you dream or linger on things that are past, which makes you nostalgic. “It had to push you to the future, to give energy.
Dries Van Noten, 2021
Clavelly Silk Shirt and Syvan wrap skirt by Dries Van Noten.
The images and the clothes pulse with colour, print, embellishment, layerings — each element highly considered, no matter how casual the mood. We think it’s filled with the energy and optimism we will all want to embrace for the season ahead.
LIGHT UP YOUR WARDROBE
DRIES VAN NOTEN Calta Wrap Dress
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DRIES VAN NOTEN Nacre Sweatshirt
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DRIES VAN NOTEN Clavelly Silk Shirt
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DRIES VAN NOTEN Syvan Skirt
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DRIES VAN NOTEN Cala Striped Shirt
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DRIES VAN NOTEN Paola Slim Fit Trousers
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