The “Prince of Prints” is gone, but Dries Van Noten the style legend lives on, wowing his army of fans at Paris Fashion Week Wednesday with his brand’s first show since the designer retired in June.
The Flemish master, whose departure was compared to beloved coach Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool football club, left the keys to his studio team, saying: “I have been preparing for this moment.”
His many fans are near fanatical about collecting his timelessly practical pieces that rarely appear on the resale market.
Many wondered if the self-confessed fashion “addict” was really the retiring type, and that if he could ever stay away.
Yet there was no sign of the 66-year-old at his brand’s packed Paris show, where his studio took the bow and a standing ovation at the end.
Any lingering doubts that this might be the end of one of fashion’s longest love stories quickly …