Dries Van Noten returned to Lycée Carnot this season, the Paris high school where the house previously staged a runway in 2009. For the Women’s Autumn Winter 2026–2027 show, designer Julian Klausner revisited the setting with a subtle visual callback, placing a floor-to-ceiling mirror at the start of the catwalk, echoing the staging from that earlier presentation.
The collection opened with nods to classic uniform dressing. Toggle coats, crisp shirts and ties, and tailored blazers set the tone before the lineup expanded into the layered mix that defines the Dries Van Noten wardrobe. Grungy plaids, varsity jackets, and reworked denim moved alongside references drawn from 17th-century still-life paintings, some rendered in pixelated form and others translated through embroidery and embellishment.
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Unexpected material combinations carried the collection forward. A varsity jacket was paired with a skirt constructed from embroidered ribbon panels, while a bronze jacquard coat appeared with ribbed knit sleeves. Denim pieces featured pixelated motifs executed in silk thread, sequins, and glass beads. Toward the end, jackets stitched with ribbons added a sense of texture and spontaneity to the lineup. Even at its most decorative, the collection stayed grounded in practical pieces like jackets, knits, and boots that fit easily into everyday wardrobes.
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