Kris Van Assche

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Before we knew them as the 99 percent and the 1 percent, we separated
the workers of the world by the color of their collars: blue and
white. Kris Van Assche [1] erased the separation. For Fall, he staged
a confrontation-in-clothes between laborers and professionals.
Workwear and tailored clothing, the traditional uniforms of each, met
in single looks. "For me, both are realities of menswear, and I get
inspired by both," Van Assche said after the show.

It's not only on the catwalk that the haves are meeting the have-nots.
Wall Street has been occupied, and even post-Zuccotti Park, the
tension between classes continues to simmer worldwide. "The
blue-collar people used to need protection gear, and I'd say now
bankers and white-collar people need

protection gear," Van Assche said. He offered it in the form of
strap-closed blazers, quilted jackets, coveralls, and blindered
glasses. A collaboration with the denim company Lee introduced
five-pocket trousers in stiff workman's denim.

This was an image of evolution, not revolution. The pairings Van
Assche

proposed wove together elements of sporty and tailored, blue collar
and

white collar. "I think in the end that's what we'll all end up looking

like," he explained. Look by look there were hits and misses, but the
show

overall pulled cleverly from divergent traditions. The mash-ups were

grounded by the restrained color palette: gray, white, black, and,

interestingly, a color quite close to Bill Cunningham blue, the same
as the

Parisian street-cleaner-uniform coat favored by one of the original

high-low mix-masters, the street-style photographer for the rareified

Times.
---Matthew Schneier

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[1] http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/KVASSCHE/seasons/

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