Dries Van Noten: prints with something to wear them with
Julian Klausner sets florals and graphic prints against jackets, stripes and easy layers. The pleasure comes from the combinations, not a single motif.
Julian Klausner showed Dries Van Noten’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection in Paris on 30 September. The prints are immediate, but their placement is what gives the collection its rhythm: each meets a jacket, a shirt or a layer that could belong to an ordinary wardrobe.
The print is only one layer
Look 29 puts a printed jacket over a striped shirt and top. Below, a graphic skirt carries yet another image. The combination is crowded, but the jacket’s shoulders and the skirt’s straight fall give it a readable frame.
Look 3 works differently. A dark printed coat sits over a green floral dress. The two patterns have separate grounds, so the eye can move from one to the other instead of losing both in a single surface. In look 15, a plain teal sleeveless top and striped sleeves hold bright yellow shorts and an orange bag together.
These are not lessons in matching. Klausner lets colour and pattern pull against one another, then uses the structure of familiar clothes to keep the outfit standing. Some looks are louder than others; the best let that tension remain visible.
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