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NOVELTIES #18

KRIS VAN ASSCHE to close his eponymous label

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Kris Van Assche has announced to take on stand-by his 10 years old eponymous brand in odred to focus on his Dior Homme role. "Times are tough for independent labels. This wonderful adventure has reached a point where I feel the need to take a break and some distance to better think about how to develop my brand in the future." said Van Assche to WWD. The label stocked in 30 countries worldwide will not produce, neither distribute its 2015 collection.

Describing the label aethethic “A sense of style, a search for contemporary elegance, a fashion-oriented yet wearable alternative.", Van Assche add “Awaiting the right project for my label, I will now focus on Dior Homme in order to enhance what I have been working on during my first eight years as men's artistic director for Dior.". See you soon KVA!

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KRIS VAN ASSCHE S/S 2015 AD CAMPAIGN

photographer alessio bolzoni

fashion editor mauricio nardi

hair joseph pujalte

make-up carole colombani

model

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Almost forgot to publish one of the best ad-campaigns this season. Kris Van Assche S/S2015. This movement and into-the camera photos is the coolest and intelligent way to present clothes - at the end is about them, isn´t it. The perfect marriage between urban and tailoring.

The Belgian designer with the S/S 2015 collection marked his tenth year of his eponymous brand and the twentieth collection. And it was not the time for a retrospective. Re-doing yourself? No, no needs. It was actually a new boundary that Kris Van Assche wanted to achieve. Youthfully and relaxed shapes, with a big accent on denim and its colours. Sartorially-like made knee “holes” on pants and Bermuda shorts, aviator bomber jackets, light-technical car coats, crispy-shirts, light knits, relaxed suits and all accessorised with backpacks, from elegant shoes to flip-flops, beaded surfing-like necklaces and bracelets, reminding a man who likes his job, but who knows also to enjoy his life; relaxed and free. That´s why the title is more than excusable.

In searching for nice flat shoes for up-coming fall/winter...and this KVA ones are really nice.

F/W 2012/2013 // KRIS VAN ASSCHE

For S/S11, Kris Van Assche continues to remake the Dior Homme man in his own image- a softer, more romantic take on menswear. The beautifully contemplative Korean movie, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring was the starting point for the collection, specifically the central message of the movie – “that less is more.” So he stripped the suit down to its basic components and colours were pared back to a strict palette of black, white and putty. A poetic wanderlust is never far from Van Assche’s mind, with his travels through India and Peru inspiring the dramatic, swirling cloaks and jackets that morphed into shawls. A world away from Slimane’s razor sharp aesthetic, the sense of ease and movement balanced with extreme rigor in the S/S11 collection betrays Van Assche’s growing confidence in his place at Dior Homme. Kin Woo spoke to Van Assche about the collection and his first foray into the digital realm – a film with photographer Willy Vanderperre starring Danish model, Victor Nylander.

The collection was titled Lessness and you talked about searching for a sense of harmony and balance – how did that translate to the collection?

Kris Van Assche: The collection was inspired by the Korean movie ‘Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring’ which is all about a Buddhist teacher explaining that “less is more”. I felt that for Dior Homme, the time had come to redefine a modern vision on luxury, based on beautiful fabrics and finishings, beautiful and comfortable volumes. I banned all forms of distraction and tried to keep only the essential. The work with the ateliers was most important for this collection where all clothes were fluid and often made out of a single layer of fabric. Some of the pieces like jackets used the raw edges of the fabric which made for a rough minimal effect, but requested rethinking the structure of the pieces as a whole.