Walter Van Beirendonck Dawleetoo Paris Fashion Week Men’s Spring – Summer 2024

I love to research. That’s how I always start.

Diving into memories, discoveries, history, art — new & old.
My collection books filled with drawings and collages
becoming visualisations of what is happening inside my brain.

Embracing fresh technologies has never been something I shied away from.
But let me tell you: researching in the era of accelerated A.I. is trippy in many ways.

This time, I stumbled upon incredibly intriguing images of DAWLEETOO.
Was it a lost city? Or a fake place?

I am not ashamed to admit: when the first simulated visuals popped into my feed, telling truth from fiction wasn’t easy. I wasn’t the only one tricked, surely!

 
Walter Van Beirendonck

WHAT WAS REAL AND WHAT WAS SURREAL?

In a way I found it shocking.
But I’m also curious.
FASCINATED!

Where are the machines taking us?
The world around us is transforming at breakneck speed
and it feels like we are being used as crash test dummies.

I CREATED AN ALIEN ALPHABET.

Thinking of new pictorial characters that could be used
in this mixed reality that we are now occupying.

This collection plays with hard materials for cover.
Soft and vulnerable (one-)pieces underneath. Voluminous versus close-to-the-bone.
Protection versus transparency.
Monochromatic / Bi-coloured. Red/White – Black/Yellow.

WARNING! PAY ATTENTION.

We are new world explorers and guinea pigs.
Surrounded by hyper-myths, today’s fairy tales.

COSMIC OUTSIDERS UNITE.

Dream big but keep protecting our humanity.

WELCOME TO DAWLEETOO.

XXX
WALTER

Make-Up — Jenneke Croubels & team
Hair — Charlie Le Mindu & team
Eyewear — KOMONO X Walter Van Beirendonck
Airbrush — Gerard Leysen
Copywriting — Dominique Nzeyimana
Graphic Design — Paul Boudens
Live Music — POLTERGEIST
Show Production — Mark Vandebroeck
Show Video — HighFlyingBirds
Casting — Mathilde Hesse

Thanks to the Fantastic W-team:
Clara, Dorrith, Eiko, Ezio, Juan Pablo, Marlous, Susan, Wassim

Thank You to all the Dressers from Paris American Academy

All Models via Tomorrow Is Another Day

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With love,

FWO

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