T he T&C team generally go our separate ways after a fashion show, rushing to make our next appointments. Once we’ve settled in the back seat of a car and are racing through the streets of New York or Paris or Milan, the e-mails begin: “Perfection,” “????,” “Strong,” and a few instances of “Ewwwwwwah,” inspired by Jimmy Fallon.
It took longer than usual, however, for our thoughts to form after Dries Van Noten’s 100th show, in Paris, which featured models who have walked his runway since 1992: Nadja Auermann, Emma Balfour, Guinevere van Seenus, Kirsten Owen, Trish Goff, Esther de Jong, Alek Wek, Carolyn Murphy, Liya Kebede. “That generation,” the designer told critic Cathy Horyn, “understands what they’re wearing.” There was beauty on the runway, and intelligence and thoughtfulness, too.…
