Antwerp. N.V.Van Noten Andries/Privately published. 1992-2006. First
Edition. Archive comprises: 7 Invitations (including the First
Womenswear show in 1994) and 18 lookbooks and runway presentation books.
Various sizes and paperstocks- Lookbooks range from 8vo to folio in
size and are from 16-72 pages each.
Hardcover.. Book: Fine. .
An incredible archive or Dries Van Noten invitations, lookbooks and
ephemera stretching from the beginning in 1992 until 2006. Various sizes
from regular book size (8vo) to folio for S/S 1998, different paper
stocks and bindings, spot inks, gilting, special envelopes, invitations
in acrylic, felt and more. Most of the work was done by the team
themselves but there's a lot of work by Ronald Stoopz and the rest of
the Antwerp crack team. Dries Van Noten has managed to sit both outside
and right at the centre of the fashion system at the same time, keeping
full independance, never advertising and not producing pre collections
of diffusion lines. His refusal to participate in the fashion system has
led not only to cult status, but has also allowed him, and his
designers complete freedom- which means their work quite distinct. The
clothes are subtle, perfectly detailed and considered, taking in a
dizzying array of influences from Orientalism to New Wave Cinema and
Modernist Painting all shot through with a unique sensibility. This
archive of material very much distill's the influences and ethos of the
designer and his house from the very early days to the mid 2000's.
Invitations:
Women's collections S/S 1994 (first womenswear show)
Women's collections Undated, but S/S 1997 (invitation gives a meeting
place and states that a shuttle will take visitors to the show venue,
which was La Plaine Saint-Denis)
Women's collections A/W 1999-2000 (foldout)
Men's collections A/W 1992-1993 (second show)
Men's collections A/W 1994-1995 (+ 6 page press presentation) (in envelope)
Men's collections S/S 1995 (in envelope)
Men's collections A/W 1995-1996 (in envelope)
Lookbooks:
Women's collections S/S 1998
Womens collections S/S 1998 (runway)
Womens Collections A/W 1998-1999 (runway) (2 copies)
Women's Collections A/W 1998-1999 (2 copies)
Womens Collections A/W 1999-2000
Womens Collections S/S 2000
Womens Collections S/S 2001 (runway)
Women's collections S/S 2001
Men's collections A/W 2000-2001
Mens Collections S/S 2004
Mens Collections A/W 2004-2005
Mens Collections S/S 2005
Mens Collections A/W 2005-2006
Men's and Women's Collections S/S 2000
Men's and Women's Collections A/W 2000-2001
Men's and Women's Collections A/W 2001-2002
