PARIS — I wish some daring, intelligent star would wear Dries Van Noten to the Oscars.
If you’ve wondered about the origin of all the metallic gold that appeared on New York runways two weeks ago, look no further than your nearest Dries Van Noten boutique. His gold highlighted spring womenswear collection hit New York’s fall runways like splatter paint — everyone had gold.
This suggests it’s a good moment to invest in hot pink, hot orange, black and suit-gray — the brash color themes of Van Noten’s fall collection. Dries — who like Cher, has graduated beyond his surname — was a study in contrasts here today. The background colors and textures were bland -like suiting- and the overlays smacked you in the face with fuchsia or yellow or hot orange optical illusion shapes, stripes, or sparkly spangles. Over the top were hand-painted coats and dresses — silver florals.
It was intriguing and fun and wearable and stimulating — a powerful collection. But the silhouettes were loose and voluminous, so they’ll be comfortable, and not sexy. That’s why this won’t be a collection we’ll see on many red carpets.
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