Press
WWDRemembering Toukie Smith, a Trailblazer Who Redefined Runway BeautyFashionistaESP Showroom Is Hiring A Wholesale Fashion Showroom & Sales Coordinator In New York, NY (Hybrid)FashionUnitedMr Marvis surpasses 25-store target and eyes new European marketsField NotesParis: 8,760 looks from 207 houses, now on the mapWWDThe Best Red Light Therapy Panels, Tested by WWD Editors Who Take Their Beauty Tech SeriouslyFashionista'Angels Among Us' Winner Solange Omon Shares Advice for Aspiring ModelsFashionUnitedWho is David Epstein, Hugo Boss’s next CEO?Field NotesMilan: 8,355 looks from 179 houses, now on the mapWWDNationwide Ground Stop Freezes US Flights, Backs Up Air CargoFashionistaMust Read: Smart Glasses Launch Reopens Debate Over Privacy, How Fashion Helped Protect Great Bear RainforestFashionUnitedRimowa and Maison Margiela release limited-edition travel setField NotesTokyo: 1,743 looks from 54 houses, now on the mapWWDOn the Line: What’s Going on in Bangladesh?FashionistaHow This Former Teacher Built a Business Selling and Archiving Vintage Luxury FashionFashionUnitedMade in France: Mélenchon wants to revive French textile industryField NotesNew York: 1,556 looks from 35 houses, now on the mapWWDUS Promises India Will See Lower Tariffs Than Competitors in Trade DealFashionistaWeekly Drop Watch: Halfdays x Guest in Residence, Lisa Says Gah x Etsy, Alo and MoreFashionUnitedBrand Radar: Kardo - the Indian brand turning artisanal textiles into modern menswearField NotesCopenhagen: 1,455 looks from 51 houses, now on the mapField NotesLagos: 1,409 looks from 50 houses, now on the mapField NotesBerlin: 985 looks from 41 houses, now on the mapField NotesLondon: 618 looks from 18 houses, now on the mapField NotesSão Paulo: 287 looks from 8 houses, now on the mapField NotesMexico City: 267 looks from 9 houses, now on the mapField NotesFlorence: 137 looks from 3 houses, now on the mapField NotesSydney: 127 looks from 4 houses, now on the mapField NotesSeoul: 37 looks from 1 houses, now on the mapField NotesMadrid: 31 looks from 1 houses, now on the map
Fashion Field Notes
For Publications

Paris Men's FW26 · Runway show Menswear

Dries Van Noten

By Julian Klausner. 68 looks, shown 22 January 2026 in Paris. Known this season for optical glasses, folk / peasant, clashing / maximalist.

Puig · luxury

68Looks
5.2%Of the week's looks
5th / 28Largest show
BlackLead colour

The show

The collection, look by look

Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 · FW26

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Look 1Look 68
BlackCharcoalGreyBurgundyNavyTanSilverDenim blue
Look 11

Look 1 of 68

Navy asymmetric military wool coat with folk-knit collar over wide jeans

A severe, Napoleonic-cut navy greatcoat is disrupted by a vivid folkloric knit collar, then grounded with faded baggy jeans: officer tailoring rendered romantic and offhand.

Navy 77%Denim blue 23%
Shape
asymmetric · hourglass · straight · fitted
Pieces
jeans · overcoat
Fabric
denim · knit · wool
Details
oversized collar · shoulder emphasis
Styling
derbies · clashing
Mood
austere · nostalgic · romantic

What set Dries Van Noten apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Optical glasses eyewearFolk / peasant referenceClashing / maximalist colour_storyClashing / mismatched stylingNostalgic moodDandy style

The palette

Share of garment area across 68 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Straight / tubular68%
  • Oversized53%
  • High-rise32%
  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder24%
  • Column12%

Share of the 68 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 68 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Shirt53%
  • Trousers37%
  • Knit sweater29%
  • Wide-leg trousers26%
  • Scarf22%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

20 of Dries Van Noten's 191 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Belgium.

  • Zardozi · India · South Asia8 looks

    Belgium → India

    “Raised gold metallic thread and coiled-wire embroidered appliqué motifs and bands on chest, waist, cuffs and hem, characteristic of zardozi goldwork.”

  • Tartan / kilt · Scotland · European folk & regional dress7 looks

    Belgium → Scotland

    “Knee-length dark tartan-check skirt with flat wrapped front panel and pressed pleats massed at the side, echoing kilt construction; embellished with scattered studs.”

  • Alpaca / andean knit · Andean · Latin America & Caribbean5 looks

    Belgium → Andean

    “Chullo-style knit cap with earflaps ending in long braided cord ties and a geometric diamond intarsia band, a recognisable Andean chullo construction.”

  • Chullo / andean knit hat · Andean · Latin America & Caribbean2 looks

    Belgium → Andean

    “Burgundy knit hat with small geometric diamond jacquard band and long hanging braided-cord earflap ties in blue patterned knit, characteristic of the Andean chullo construction.”

The character of the clothes

Dries Van Noten's clothes were darker than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighterdarker than 79% of collections
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed
  • CasualFormal
  • ClassicDaring
  • ExperimentalWearable

Dries Van Noten against every other house measured so far

Also in Paris, Fall/Winter 2026

Paris field notes →
  1. 1Willy Chavarria103 looksBlack
  2. 2Louis Vuitton82 looksBlack
  3. 3Undercover79 looksBlack
  4. 4Sacai75 looksBlack
  5. 5Dior64 looksBlack
  6. 6Lemaire64 looksBlack

The fortnightly digest

Dries Van Noten, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.