Belgian designer Dries Van Noten adapted Verner Panton's characteristically vibrant prints to create a range of colourful garments for his Spring/Summer 2019 menswear collection.
Presented last month in Paris, the collection saw Dries Van Noten adapt the scale and colour-ways of the late Danish designer Panton's designs to create a psychedelic clothing range.

Known for his unusual colour combinations, Panton, who died in 1998, is considered to be one of the most influential 20th century Danish furniture and interior designers.
He rose to fame in the 60s with his plastic, fibreglass and synthetic designs, saturated with vibrant and unusual colours, and is best known for the S-shaped Panton Chair that he developed with Vitra.

Panton's retro, three-dimensional 60s prints coloured in a range of bright colours including blues, oranges and reds are used to create shirts, trousers, shorts and coats in a bid to create a fresh take on menswear. "It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work with Verner Panton's prints," said Dries Van Noten. "We greatly enjoyed the confidence and freedom offered us in adapting and rescaling some of his works for garments."

"It has been an ambition to adapt his work in ours. We hope others enjoy the fruits of our collaboration as much as we have," he continued.
The show opened with a model dressed in sandals and swimming shorts, which featured Panton's distinctive wave pattern in shades of bright blue, purple, pink ...