Belgian designer Tim Van Steenbergen has a thing for buttons. Whether hiding them, toggle-ing them, or snaking them playfully up an overcoat in his Fall 2009 line, their use is not merely functional but a carefully considered element of a garment’s design. Steenbergen applies this particular yet playful approach throughout the collection, constructing his pieces not merely as two-dimensional slabs that hang down in one gravity-dictated direction, but experimenting with arcing, bowing, bunching and pleating of fabrics to form robust and romantic menswear with a rich and sculptural strength.
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Source: Fashionisto
