RUNWAY: Dries Van Noten FW18

The unofficial theme of Paris Fashion Week Day 2 seems to be stunning finales. Earlier today was the surprise and bittersweet finale walk of Kim Jones at Louis Vuitton and Dries Van Noten caps off the day with a stunning and seemingly never-ending parade of outerwear, most with abstract prints.  There were oversized raincoats, blousons, and bombers. It was a beautiful cascade of artful outerwear for the man who (a) has an endless budget, if he wants all of them and (b) wants to stand out from the hum-drum of black coats in winter. As for the none-outerwear portion of the collection, there were fringey cowboy shirts, elongated sleeves on silky shirts, delicate cut-out trousers and some great macrame knits and even a macrame trench - as if there wasn't enough outerwear options!