Dries Van Noten autumn & winter collection

Interesting collection Dries Van Noten Autumn& winter 2012/2013 collection was previewed during Paris Fashion Week. “The richness of the East”, Dries Van Noten declared, was the inspiration for ready-to-wear collection. Van Noten took antique Japanese and Korean clothes photographed at London's Victoria and Albert Museum as his starting point, but digitally reworked the images to create original motifs in riotous tangerine or turquoise. "We went from 2D to 3D to create contemporary pieces, so we played at using the hem of a coat as the main theme of a dress, for example," he explained backstage
Scarf-printed skirts and embroidered jackets, dominated the collection, in addition to Chinese, Japanese and Korean costumes such as multicoloured dragon coats and kimonos were reinterpreted using digital printing on floor length silk gowns with cinched waists.
Cropped wool jackets with thick gold embroidered birds swooping across shoulders, calf-length black skirts embellished with horn, layers of colours that drift between sunny oranges and sludgy olives.
In addition, there was a distinct menswear feel to some of the jackets, providing the on-trend element necessary to sell clothes.