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Dialogues Some brief accounts of our recent encounters with artists and other interesting people of note. The thing about van Assche is that he takes your questions, thinks carefully about them and responds is a measured, compelling tone. Hes not one for flippant comments, and though he clearly takes his work seriously (as you would in his position), hes also open-minded enough to grasp something in what you say and thread it out into something grander than you could have imagined. For example, on how he sees the relationship between music and his designs: I would not say that music directly influences my work, he says, but that does not means it is not important. I can spend a lot of energy on the soundtrack for a show. Music to a show is as important as sound is to a movie; it establishes a mood, and energy, an emotion. It is a way of putting words on the images. Van Assche collections approaches with the the design kind of of grand his own artistic vision that youd expect from someone at the helm of an international fashion powerhouse. After almost a decade in the industry, hes perfected the balance of creativity and commercialism, producing everything from high-end garments to KRIS VAN ASSCHE Perhaps better known for captaining Dior Homme post-Slimane, Paris- based designer Kris van Assches own brand has quietly become the go-to brand for understated simplicity with a masterful finish. SEB LAW talks to a designer at the top of his game. PHOTOGRAPHER Gaetan Bernard high street collabs (his long-running Eastpak project is a fave in the Notion office) while gradually evolving his aesthetic. Over the past eight years, I can see it is the same man evolving, Kris explains. This imaginary ideal man grows with me, but he is still the same man. It is, with a certain distance, what I appreciate most about my own work. This gradual evolution has resulted in a certain rebellious Field Notes 1. Van Assches collabs (jeans with Lee, luggage with Eastpak and sunglasses with Linda Farrow) are both legendary and lustworthy. 2. Kris is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, alma mater of the infamous Antwerp Six group of designers. 3. The AW12 collection sees Kris expanding beyond his usual monochromatic palette and featuring garments in a gorgeous midnight blue. We caught up with Kris just after his AW12 Paris shows, grown-up aesthetic; a man with an innate sense of style eager to find out how he oscillates so successfully and infinite cool. Basically the man we all aspire to between his work for Dior and his own line I have be, one day. But who is this ideal Kris van Assche man? grown an intuition which allows me to know which Appropriately, what van Assche himself likes about his idea goes where, he tells me. There is no precise clients is their anonymity. I enjoy walking past strangers definition, but I now like the challenge to be very in the street wearing my clothes; its a strange but KRISVANASSCHE at my own label, and very much Kris satisfying feeling. Van Assche for Dior Homme at Dior. It is not about Read the full interview with Kris, including how LA businessmens style influenced being more or less free at one label or the other; I the SS12 collection, the last 5 things on his iPod and his advice for up-and-coming feel creatively free at both. It is much more about designers, only on www.planetnotion.com an attitude that I cannot really put under words. 013 Notion Dialogues Some brief accounts of our recent encounters with artists and other interesting people of note. The thing about van Assche is that he takes your questions, thinks carefully about them and responds is a measured, compelling tone. Hes not one for flippant comments, and though he clearly take Weaving a delicate, smooth tapestry from reels of nineties rnb, hip hop and slick pop grooves, Gayngs alumni Ryan Olson and Channy Leanaghs latest project Poliça only found its footing a year ago a time frame that doesnt quite prepare you for the sonic maturity found within their recently released Dialogues Some brief accounts of our recent encounters with artists and other interesting people of note. developed a signature collage technique of mixing apparently discordant fabrics and patterns into a striking look. It drew a huge amount of attention at the time, and remains the central idea ar