The Heritage of the Antwerp Stitch Dries van Noten, born in 1958 amidst the storied streets of Antwerp, Belgium, is a designer whose very essence is woven from the threads of tradition. His creative identity was forged in the quiet intimacy of his family’s tailoring legacy, where the scent of fine wool and the rhythmic click of shears were the soundtracks of his youth. With a father operating a menswear shop and a grandfather serving a…