Kris Van Assche Is Set to Close

This week has been dominated by farewells in the industry with Band of Outsiders and Kris Van Assche pressing pause on their brands. Kris Van Assche has just announced that he will take a break from his 10-year-old label to focus on Dior. The designer chose to break the news in a handwritten letter to WWD saying: "This wonderful adventure has reached a point where I feel the need to take a break and some distance to better think about how to develop my brand in the future.... Times are tough for independent labels." We can’t help but hope that this is a temporary goodbye.