Purple Television
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover
One sixth of the renowned Antwerp Six, Dries Van Noten is one of the foremost uncompromising designers out there today. Not one to give into trends or hype, he continues his journey through the past and present and into the future through his collections which reflect his vast cultural knowledge.
Though he’s no stranger to being asked to shed a light on his inspirations, in 2014 the designer revealed his creative process with his solo exhibition “Inspirations” at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, we wanted to delve a little closer particularly in scope of video.
In the run up to his F/W 2017 women’s show to be held in Paris on March 1st and to celebrate the release of his upcoming documentary Dries, we asked the Belgium designer to select some videos that he loves for his own Purple TV Takeover. Expect outsiders, dance, and elegance.
[February 27 2017] : love
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – Loie Fuller’s Danse Serpentine (1897) by The Lumière Brothers
“Possibly the worlds first fashion film? I love the movement and how the garments invest in how the movement is expressed. A perfect symbiosis.” — Dries Van Noten
[February 28 2017] : love
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – Fase by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Michele Anne de Mey
“Working with Anne Teresa on the costumes for the premier of Rain in Brussels in 2001 remains a highlight of the collaborations I have enjoyed over my career.” — Dries Van Noten
[February 28 2017] : love
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – Pina Bausch’s “The Man I Love” by Hans Beenakker
“Sartorial masculinity tweaked, pinked and challenged by another queen of contemporary dance.” — Dries Van Noten
[March 1 2017] : music
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – You Think You’re a Man by Divine
“Oh the many nights dancing to this! Divine decadence .. it felt almost dangerously trashy at the time.” — Dries Van Noten
[March 2 2017] : Television
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – “A Single Man” (Dressing Scene) by Tom Ford
“I love the pathos, the precision, the fetishistic nature that men treat their clothes and the pain of solitude. I had loved Christopher Isherwood’s novel and found that Tom Ford mastered it beautifully.” — Dries Van Noten
[March 3 2017] : music
Dries van Noten TV Takeover – Weapon of Choice” by Fatboy Slim
“I love Christopher Walken in this .. a man and a suit as one behaving improbably. Playfully masculine too.” — Dries Van Noten
[March 4 2017] : art
Dries van Noten TV Takeover – Gravity by Nicolas Provost
“I love the layers here – of image, emotion and meaning, it plays with radically chopped nostalgia, the saccharine of films of that period is neutralised by the seemingly violent cutting of images that, though rough are smooth in transition.” — Dries Van Noten
[March 5 2017] : art
Dries van Noten TV Takeover – Ever is Over All by Pipilotti Rist
“The serenity of this violent act of rage, the wafting sentimentality of the music, how the two projected images clash and contrast with the humor of this piece has remained with me since I first encountered it .. I have no idea if there is a real relation yet but Beyonce’s Lemonade reminded me of this.” — Dries van Noten
[March 6 2017] : love
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese
“‘L’Art de Table’ on steroids! I love the baroque precision and detail of this heightened view on a world almost glimpsed through the window.” — Dries Van Noten
[March 7 2017] : fashion
Dries Van Noten TV Takeover – Peggy Guggenheim : Art Addict by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
“I greatly liked the way Lisa married movement in still images with audio narrative to tell a bitter sweet story of a revered figure that was hard to love.” — Dries van noten
