leading a calm evolution

the ease of dries.

while not the obviously in your face fashion we have become accustomed to

this past few weeks, dries van noten offers the pared down.

in shape, colour and simplified geometrics.

its of his usual vocabulary and its welcome. so many women can wear this

because its easy and displays his respect for his greatest muse, the woman.

the look, the total look of dries is effortless and he does it with such beauty and ease.

a look, an aura that so many try to replicate-but fail.

dries is never revolution but i think its about a quiet evolution. his collections

undulate into the next, its never about out doing the previous or completely turning

his own ideas on their heads. he is respectful to his own history as its so well thought

out-everything he has done, from the very start.

this, is a lost idea in the fashions we are seeing-it sets him into a class of his own.

much of this fashion season has been overwhelming to the wearer-and us the viewers.

the thought that there is someone in the clothes seems to have escaped so many-the thought

that your personality can bring something to what you wear.

i think this collection gives the upper hand to the individual.

while not my favourite dries show ever, but its beautiful and in its whispering way its

bringing fashion forward leaps and bounds.

i'll forever be a fan.

and a word borrowed from my mum, jude-a dries lover of sorts

'i love dries van noten. or should i say i love what he creates for me.

choosing a great style is an emotional thing and dries somehow touches that among

a broad range of people. why? few designers can articulate their intuition so effectively

without getting lost in the process. it is very difficult to achieve.

so, why does this guy appeal to you...and your mother?

that's huge.

my feeling is this: dries van noten adores women, all women. he embraces the idea

of 'womanhood' and he does it with excitement and kindness. dries is unfailingly and

sincerely kind to women. wearing a dries is like having an artist paint your best portrait

and as you gaze at the picture, you see all in yourself that is good.

dries was made to do what he does. and it doesn't get better than that.'