At Antwerp.Fashion Festival, the Dries Van Noten Creative Director reflects on inheritance, creative integrity, and the balance between fantasy and reality By Kenneth Richard At Antwerp.Fashion Festival, in a city that has long understood the value of doing things slightly differently, Julian Klausner spoke about Dries Van Noten with the mixture of intimacy and clear-eyed responsibility that comes from having known the house first from the inside. Before becoming its Creative Director, Klausner had spent years working close to Dries […]

A Designer Reflects On Nostalgia, Knitwear, And The Courage To Leave Home By Kenneth Richard For Fall 2026, Julian Klausner sent his Dries Van Noten models down the runway wrapped in warmth—emotional as much as sartorial. The collection, deeply personal in tone, explored the idea of coming of age: the charged moment between adolescence and adulthood, when one leaves the comfort of home but carries its tokens forward. “It’s this special moment between being a teenager and becoming an adult,” Klausner […]

Klausner’s Spring 2026 Collection Proves Optimism Can Still Lead The Way At Dries Van Noten By Kenneth Richard Julian Klausner slipped out from the backstage crush at Palais de Tokyo, seeking a patch of daylight and a little air. Tall, composed, still glowing with the adrenaline of his sophomore women’s outing, he carried himself with the mixture of relief and quiet exhilaration familiar to anyone suddenly asked to shoulder history. For six years he had been Dries Van Noten’s right […]