The partnership begins with Paul curating a the music and a selection of vinyl in Dries Van Noten’s new Los Angeles store

— a pairing described by Highsnobiety as “a match made in thinking man’s heaven”

On a similar trajectory to Interpol, it was early to mid-’00s when Van Noten entered the menswear conversation, adding much-needed eccentricity to a scene. When it comes to taste in suiting, the man himself could easily pass as a touring member of the group. See what Banks had to say about Dries Van Noten, style, and the progress with the new Interpol album, here:

https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/paul-banks-interview/