At Paris Fashion Week, new designers brought new energy to Tom Ford, Dries Van Noten and Givenchy.

A difference with a distinction at Tom Ford. Plus the new Dries Van Noten lacked restraint. By Vanessa Friedman Reporting from Paris Attention all martini-swilling lounge lizards with a soulful ...

Haider Ackermann and Julian Klausner opened new chapters at Tom Ford and Dries Van Noten, while Alaia showed at its new atelier space, a setting that emphasised the impeccable craftsmanship of the collection.

In Paris this week, those designers were Haider Ackermann at Tom Ford; Julian Klausner, the righthand to Dries Van Noten who now leads the label following Van Noten’s retirement last year; and Sarah Burton, the longtime McQueen designer who is now at Givenchy.

The first was Julian Klausner’s excellent collection for Dries Van Noten, and the other was from Haider Ackermann at Tom Ford. Haider Ackermann is a designer’s designer. Karl Lagerfeld once said that he’d ultimately choose Ackermann to replace him at Chanel.

The countdown to Paris Fashion Week fall 2025 officially commenced last September, when dual announcements came out that Sarah Burton and Haider Ackermann were taking the helms of Givenchy and Tom Ford,

New faces at Tom Ford, Dries Van Noten make debuts in Paris Tom Ford and Dries Van Noten are set to reveal the first collections from their new chief designers at Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, underlining how recent changes have left much of the luxury clothing industry in transition.