How to Wear Dries Van Noten Prints: The Three Rules and Every Print This Season

Dries Van Noten prints are the reason most people come to the house and the reason some hesitate. A Flemish still life blown up across a silk dress, a Floral Tapestry jacquard on a duffle coat, a Marbled Clay print on a bias slip: these are not quiet. The trick to wearing them is the one the house uses on its own runway. Choose one printed piece, keep everything around it plain, and let the colours in the print decide the colours of the rest. This guide covers the 91 printed and jacquard ready-to-wear styles Coveti carries this season, what each print is, and the three ways of wearing them that work.

Key facts

• 135 printed pieces, 65 jacquards and 50 embroidered pieces in the current Coveti stock
• The Autumn Winter 2026 prints: Flemish Painting (a blown-up still life), Marbled Clay (a swirled contrast print), Glass Kaleidoscope, Peaches, and the Floral Tapestry and Wallpaper Tapestry jacquards
• Prints sit on viscose twill, silk satin, chiffon, cotton poplin and gobelin; the jacquards on viscose and polyester blends, wool and cotton
• The house’s own care advice: wash printed garments gently and take them out of the machine as soon as the cycle ends so the colours do not bleed
• Printed ready-to-wear runs $550 to $7,370 at Coveti

Rule one: one printed piece

The Silk shirt dress is an oversized cocoon shirt dress in silk satin with the Flemish Painting print. Worn with a flat black loafer, the Leather loafers in Tan, and no jewellery, it reads as one idea. Worn with a printed bag and a second print underneath it reads as three. The same holds for the Wrap scarf-skirt, a wrap scarf-skirt in silk: a plain knit above it, such as the Cropped cashmere cardigan in Dark Brown, and the skirt does the rest.

Rule two: take the second colour from the print

Every Dries Van Noten print has a ground colour and one dominant accent. Pick the accent out for the shoe, the knit and the bag. The Marbled Clay print on the Printed slip dress in Red runs red and cream; a cream knit and a red shoe make it look considered. The Wide leg jacquard pants in Ocra in floral double-dye jacquard run rust and ochre; a rust knit turns them into a suit. This is how the runway styling is done, and it is why the house pieces look good together across seasons.

Rule three: print with tailoring, not with print

The house cuts loosely, so a printed piece against something tailored gives the outfit a spine. A printed skirt with a plain double-breasted blazer, the Double breasted moiré blazer in Black, is the working uniform. A jacquard coat, the Jacquard duffle coat in Sand, over black trousers, the Tailored wool pants in Black, are the evening version. Print on print is a runway idea; it works when both prints share a ground colour, and it is worth trying once you own two pieces from the same season.

The prints this season, piece by piece

Flemish Painting

A seventeenth-century still life, fruit and flowers on a dark ground, enlarged until the brushstrokes read from across a room. On the Silk shirt dress, the Wrap scarf-skirt and the Large scarf bag in Brown.

Marbled Clay

A swirled two-colour print, like paper marbling, in red, cream, petrol and rust. On the Printed slip dress in Red and on the viscose tops and skirts that carry it as a contrast panel.

Floral Tapestry and Wallpaper Tapestry jacquards

Woven rather than printed, so the pattern has texture. On the Jacquard duffle coat in Sand, the Long jacquard skirt in Rust and the jacquard envelope and East-West bags.

Glass Kaleidoscope and Peaches

Two smaller prints: a fractured coloured-glass motif on scarves and a leather cardholder, and a Peaches print on a heavyweight cotton tee. Both are the easy way into the print story at the lower end of the price range.

“Wash short and cold. Select a gentle washing program at 30 degrees. Air dry your garments when possible,” the house advises on its Care Guide. “To preserve the colours of our printed garments, wash them gently.”

Frequently asked questions

How do I wear Dries Van Noten prints without looking overdressed?

One printed piece, plain everything else, and take the second colour of the outfit from the print itself. A flat shoe and small jewellery keep it in daytime.

Can I mix two Dries Van Noten prints?

Yes, when they share a ground colour and come from the same season, which is how the house styles its runway. Start with a printed skirt and a plain top before you try it.

What are the main Dries Van Noten prints for Autumn Winter 2026?

Flemish Painting, Marbled Clay, Glass Kaleidoscope and Peaches as prints, and the Floral Tapestry and Wallpaper Tapestry jacquards as woven patterns.

Are Dries Van Noten prints jacquard, and are they printed?

Both. The house weaves pattern in as a jacquard where the fabric allows and prints it on silk, viscose, chiffon and cotton where it does not. The product page states which.

How do I wash a printed Dries Van Noten piece?

The house says to wash printed garments gently, on a short cold cycle, and to take them out of the machine as soon as it finishes so the colours do not bleed. Silk and viscose satin are better dry cleaned.

Which printed piece should I buy first?

A printed silk, the Printed slip dress in Red at $1,730, is the house in one garment. A jacquard knit is the lower-priced way in.

Read next

The embroidered pieces. Every dress this season. Materials and care. The Autumn Winter 2026 edit.

More Dries Van Noten guides

Every Dries Van Noten page by Coveti’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Who is Dries Van Noten?, vs Marni vs Etro, The AW26 edit, Is it a luxury brand?, Brands like Dries Van Noten, History timeline, Julian Klausner, Price guide, Where to buy, Sale, Review, Real vs fake, Materials and care, Glossary, Who wears it, Size guide, Shoe size guide, New arrivals 2026, Archive and vintage, Coats, Jackets and blazers, Dresses, Skirts, Trousers, Jeans and denim, Shirts and blouses, Knitwear, Embroidered pieces, Black, Shoes, Sneakers, Boots, Loafers, Heels and mules, Bags, Embroidered bags, Jewellery, Earrings, Necklaces and bracelets, Scarves and collars, Belts, Sunglasses.

Sources and method

Checked on 20 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Coveti. Product facts, the compositions, lengths, fits, model measurements, heel heights and countries of manufacture, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Coveti’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the house history and the wearers come from the brand’s own pages and the press articles listed below, each read on the date above. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.

• driesvannoten.com, Biography: the house’s own timeline from the 1986 debut to the December 2024 appointment of Julian Klausner
• driesvannoten.com, Care Guide: the house’s washing, drying, storage and dry-cleaning advice
• driesvannoten.com, FAQ: shipping, returns and the house’s own customer answers
• Dries Van Noten product pages, en-fr: the composition, fit, length, model and country-of-manufacture bullets of every style, 380 pages saved on 20 September 2026
• WWD, 16 December 2024: Dries Van Noten appoints Julian Klausner as creative director
• Wikipedia, Dries van Noten: the Puig acquisition and the March 2024 retirement announcement
• Wikidata Q1258918: the house’s entity record
• W Magazine, Katherine Cusumano, 24 November 2016: Michelle Obama in Dries Van Noten at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony
• The Hollywood Reporter: Dries Van Noten on celebrity dressing, naming Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Dries Van Noten on Instagram, @driesvannoten
• Coveti live catalogue, 20 September 2026: prices, fit and stock