Dries Van Noten: Fall 2013 Menswear

(mellow lounge music)

I heard just before the show

that it had the evocative title Walk of Shame.

Dries Von Noten s new show was all about

the morning after the night before

when you put on whatever you can reach.

But I must say, his dress-up box

is a lot more interesting than mine.

(bluesy, soulful music)

The starting point was the morning after.

So, a wild night,

you tumble out of bed,

you grab clothes together.

Also some pieces of your girlfriend s wardrobe

when you go out to buy a bottle of milk.

[Matthew] Now what do you know about the morning after?

You seem such a good boy.

I hope everybody has a few nice

morning afters, no? (laughs)

It actually felt to me, still in bed,

rather than out of bed.

There was kind of a, almost like a little

Nemo feel to it, you know?

Swaddled in the bedclothes and these beautiful

robe coats,

that it actually almost felt kind of half awake.

Love that sort of funked-up bomber jacket he did.

I think he also saw him on point

with a lot of the windowpane plaid,

which we ve seen a lot of this season.

He can take something that s ancient

and got a great legacy

and he pulls it in and makes it look

completely rebellious and very sort of street.

Menswear is now for the moment,

because everything is so severe,

and I just wanted to have something

which was just loose and whatever

and comfortable, lot of soft materials.

[Matthew] It did feel like an edge of madness there,

that mix of sort of worn Eastern pieces

worn with fuzzy mohairs and pajamas.

Well, I think that s where you see

the mix and match of the walk of shame,

of rolling out of bed and throwing on whatever,

but I think actually that is a very contemporary

way to wear clothes.

You know, that s what gets endless lip service

about the mix of high and low

and couture and street, you know?

Why shouldn t it be Turkish chieftan robe

and pajama top?

[Tim] It doesn t work as well for everyone

if you don t have Dries s dress-up box.

Well, we d all be better with a full Dries wardrobe,

but that s what dreams are for.

(audience applauding)