Topic: Kris Van Assche

men’s wear report

Change edition In Milan last week the autumn/winter men's wear shows delivered the kind of high luxury that theoretically appeals to wealthy...

Could neckties be cool again?

Now that older men have ditched it to look cool, the stylish young are reclaiming the necktie as their own, with the once-derided accessory making...

Menswear trends for next season

A model on Lanvin's autumn/winter 2012 catwalk. Photograph: Lanvin . A lot of talk at this week's menswear shows centred on the guts of a man's...
Fluidity defined Kris Van Assche's collection for Dior Homme on the penultimate day of the autumn-winter menswear shows in Paris on Saturday, while Kenzo sought inspiration in Sherlock Holmes.Van Assche turned an indoor tennis court into a bourgeois Parisian apartment ...

Dior Homme iPad case

Now there are almost as many covetable iPad covers to choose from as there are apps. Although it also comes in red, we prefer the take that keeps with Kris Van Assche's preferred, funereal pallet.

Top menswear designers mix cheeky with elegant

The new collections from Dior, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Kenzo and Louis Vuitton at men's fashion week in Paris showed strong trends in cheeky post-crisis optimism tempered by understated elegance."We're sick of the crisis. We want to have some fun!" said ...
Paris' menswear designers give the classic suit a poetic makeoverBillowing panels and fluttering swaths of fabric transformed the classic suit into something brooding, romantic and poetic as Paris menswear designers from Dior Homme to emerging Croatian talent Damir Doma served up voluminous ...

Dior's men dazzle with elegant austerity

The huge drapes hanging to form a bright white circle in the middle of a disused warehouse promised a show of contradictions from Dior's new collection Saturday at Paris fashion week.It was confirmed when Belgian Kris Van Assche, artistic director ...
Working men take Belgian designer Kris Van Assche catwalk by stormFor his spring-summer 2011 menswear collection Friday, Kris Van Assche sent out working men, their low-slung trousers and tank tops splattered with black paint and their hands covered in charcoal dust.The ...

Belgian fashion designers use everyman muse

The man on the street became catwalk star Friday as a host of Belgian designers showed off an urban cool inspired by mundane reality in their spring-summer collections at Paris fashion week."I want to embellish everyday life, that's what I ...