ONE OF THE ANTWERP SIX, DRIES VAN NOTEN IS A BRIGHT, EXPRESSIVE LIGHT IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY. AFTER ESTABLISHING HIS EPONYMOUS LABEL IN 1986 AND OPENING HIS FIRST BOUTIQUE IN ANTWERP THE SAME YEAR, VAN NOTEN TOOK HIS WOMENSWEAR COLLECTION TO THE RUNWAY IN 1993 AND DEBUTED A SHOP FOR HIS MENSWEAR COLLECTION IN 2009. VAN NOTEN’S DESIGNS DEMONSTRATE A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURAL REFERENCES, SPANNING FROM THE VIBRANCE OF INDIA TO CONTEMPORARY ART AND PROVOCATIVE FILMS LIKE A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
