Throughout our exploration of A#7 we have seen many facets of Kris Van Assche’s creativity – through the runway, the produced photoshoot, holiday photography, inspiration walls and other artworks. Today we look once again behind closed doors, as Gaëtan Bernard captures Kris and his chosen models as they work on the garment fittings for the Dior Homme Fall Winter 2008 collection in Paris.

Intimately cropped and cut, with crisp shadows and the fresh faced Hernan and Gabriel sans makeup, these pictures evoke an expectant mood, as Kris studies the looks and individual pieces with scrutiny. It transcends the documentary mode, becoming in itself a very cohesive series of portraits. Gaëtan’s eye reaches towards the human subjects, faces that would otherwise serve little purpose in fittings – as traditionally the models function as blank canvases, mere physical bodies upon which to hang clothes.