Walter Van Beirendonck Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Doll for the Day–Not one for the sta­tus quo, Wal­ter Van Beiren­donck took his men on a wild ride for the fall/​winter 2012 sea­son. Laced with his ten­dency for plaid and vibrant col­ors, a masked fig­ure emerged dressed in gar­ments that took a roam­ing explo­ration of the sil­hou­ette. From fit­ted and loose to bil­low­ing, Van Beiren­donck cre­ated a visual buf­fet. Infus­ing the col­or­ful lineup with geo­met­ric work, a con­ser­v­a­tive appli­ca­tion of suit­ing became eccen­tric. Dis­sect­ing knits and out­er­wear with vary­ing parts and color block­ing, the col­lec­tion even­tu­ally came together with an orga­nized state of sar­to­r­ial chaos serv­ing well.