Dries Van Noten Menswear Autumn 2026

Eight years into his time at Dries Van Noten, and now with four collections under his belt as creative director, Julian Klausner is still embracing learning. This season’s menswear dissertation encompassed a broad curriculum of core house disciplines—color, pattern, patchwork—with a particular emphasis on knitwear. “It’s been a moment since we had a strong knit message in the show,” he said backstage. “We have a wonderful knit team, some who have been there for 30 years. They’ve actually done almost all the Dries knits. And for me, it’s a huge honor to have their experience and also their view.” The collection’s imagined characters were a new cohort of freshmen. Said Klausner: “It’s the idea of coming of age, growing up from being a teenager, exploring the world, leaving the home, taking the things you love with you, hand-me-downs, your granddad’s coats, your childhood blazer.” That notion of masculine identities still not quite formed freed the designer to experiment with spontaneity, proportion, play, and even clumsiness.