September 2025 — Week 4

Dries Van Noten Archive Enters the Digital Canon as House Opens Permanent Online Exhibition

Paris has become the launch point for a new chapter in Dries Van Noten's legacy, as the designer's archive is transformed into a permanent digital exhibition following his retirement from the runway. The project reframes decades of work - from embroidered tailoring to painterly prints and subversive eveningwear - as a living cultural record rather than a closed retrospective. For a house long admired for its intellectual independence, the move signals both preservation and expansion.