Few designers can claim an office inside a 15th-century Venetian palazzo—a Gothic-fronted jewel with Baroque interiors, bifora windows fitted with antique leaded glass overlooking the Grand Canal, and sumptuous Tiepolo frescoes. Once lit by candles for masquerade balls and alive with the rustle of powdered wigs and taffeta panniers, the Rococó salons of Palazzo Pisani Moretta are now the stage on which Dries Van Noten envisions his next act, having stepped down from his namesake brand in June 2024 after a stellar 38-year run.

The 15th-century Palazzo Pisani Moretta in Venice is a Gothic-fronted jewel with Baroque interiors, bifora windows fitted with antique leaded glass overlooking the Grand Canal, and sumptuous Tiepolo frescoes. Photo: Camilla Glorioso/ Courtesy of Dries Van Noten

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