Kris Van Assche (born May 12, 1976, Belgium) is a Belgian fashion designer. He studied at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, in Antwerp from 1994 to 1998. After graduating he moved to Paris in 1998. He was immediately appointed at Yves Saint Laurent as Hedi Slimane’s first assistant for the Rive Gauche Homme line. The collaboration with Mr. Slimane continued at Christian Dior for the launching and development of the hugely successful Dior Homme collection until September 2004. In January 2005, Kris finally presented his own men’s collection for the first time in Paris during Men’s Fashion Week. Today he heads his own label, KRISVANASSCHE, and is the artistic director for Dior Homme since April 2007.
Balancing a nostalgic historical sense with radical modernism, Kris Van Assche has created a distinctive, refined world of nonchalant elegance. Impelled by a vision of the man who takes the time to “dress up”, he has embarked on an esthetic quest, pursuing a new masculinity infused with poetry and authenticity. Van Assche’s work is characterized by attention to detail (source Wikipedia) Photography Jerry Buttles