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Dries Van Noten to Step Down

The Belgian designer will step down as creative director of his namesake fashion house following its June menswear show, he announced in a letter to fashion editors Tuesday.
Dries Van Noten during the Dries Van Noten Menswear Autumn/Winter 2024/25 show at Paris Fashion Week in January 2024.
Dries Van Noten during the Dries Van Noten Menswear Autumn/Winter 2024/25 show at Paris Fashion Week in January 2024. (Getty Images)

Dries Van Noten will step down as creative director of his namesake fashion label following its June menswear show, the designer announced in a letter to fashion editors Tuesday.

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Dries Van Noten’s Empire of the Senses

‘I can’t complain about the business,’ said the designer as he turned a rundown 18th-century mansion in Paris into a Wunderkammer for his latest collection and the launch of his new fragrance and beauty offering.

Inside Puig’s Transformation Through M&A

Dries Van Noten, Charlotte Tilbury, Byredo… While reinforcing its position in designer fragrances, the Spanish owner of Paco Rabanne and Jean Paul Gaultier has diversified its business with an acquisition spree. CEO Marc Puig unpacks the strategy.

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Robert Williams
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