Information about Dior's current designer Chris Van Asher.

Chris van AISI was born in Belgium on 1976. 1998 After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, he had the honor to practice in Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), where hedi slimane was the design director at that time. In the next six years, Van Assche followed Slimane from YSL to Dior Homme as his assistant until he established his own brand in 2005.

Since taking over as creative director of Dior Men's Wear in April 2007, major media have been paying attention to Kris Van Assche. As an apprentice of hedi slimane, he also became a designer of Dior men's wear. All eyes are on Van Assche, who can't wait to see what new look he will bring to Dior men with ultra-narrow pants and slim tailoring. Fortunately, in the spring and summer of 2008, he did not let everyone down. Van Assche tried to bring many classic elements created by Dior himself for haute couture women's wear into the detail design of men's wear: for example, wearing nine-pleated trousers and creating a series of clothes with black and gray as the keynote, simple lines, elegant style and a touch of retro romance.

Kris Van Assche's deep understanding of Dior brand and his expertise in ready-to-wear are the reasons why he was finally attracted by bernard arnault, president of LVMH.

However, since he first launched his own brand creation, he has been criticized by some clothing media that his style is too similar to that of hedi slimane. For such comments, he himself said at the fashion show in the spring and summer of 2008: "I'm used to it ... this is the presentation of my sixth season. They have been comparing my works with him, so I don't care anymore."

Since he took over Dior Homme, he has renovated Dior's headquarters office, changing the original dark walls into bright colors, in order to give the employees who will work with him a feeling of "starting over".

For Van Assche, it is definitely an interesting challenge to be the design director of Dior Homme and his own brand at the same time: these two positions are very creative jobs, but there are bound to be many unexpected differences in the process. He once said that in his studio, because there was not much money, he did a lot of work alone most of the time. He spent a lot of time drawing design drawings and constantly modifying line outlines, and it often took a long time to see the final product. But in Dior Homme, it's completely different. There are 45 professional masters of printing and proofing in the studio. As long as he draws a pair of trousers, someone can provide him with seven different ways to make them. Therefore, under the leadership of Van Assche, these two brands have completely different styles.

Designer Kris Van Assche's Design Style:

"A mature man is neither too classical nor too fashionable." He described his brand image too well. "Make people look more elegant; Pursue a new masculine trait full of poetry and primitive realism. " It is his brand spirit.

He was inspired by the movies of Johnny Depp and tim burton, and said in an interview that Finding a New Paradise was his favorite movie, "because every adult should have a little purity and spirit like a child".

In the spring and summer of 2007, you can see the inspiration of the film "American Pretty Boy" in the 1980s. Kris Van Assche made the Armani suit worn by richard gere in the movie reappear on the runway with a new look. At the same time, he made pairs of male and female models wear clothes with the same design, which perfectly showed the exquisite tailoring with modern feeling. In the handling of details, we can see the intention of Van Assche. He used the way of cutting pieces to make the collar piece of the suit have the luster change of the grain because of the different direction of the grain.

In the spring/summer fashion show of 2008, Chris Van Ais took "souvenirs" as the theme, and created a series of clothes mainly in black, white, different shades of gray and mustard yellow, inspired by the characters photographed by German photographer august sander in the 1920s. In the low-key and elegant style, you can see many changes in lines and details, even the embellished accessories are full of surprises. Among them, the white shirt with five-point sleeves and mustard yellow bow tie fixed with buttons have a brand-new outline, which makes people shine; Tailored coat with concealed sword collar-if you look closely, you will find that the length of the front hem on the left and right sides is different. There is also a mini hat, which shows the childlike innocence of the designer at a glance.