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Kris Van Assche has always had a thing for flowers. “When I was seven, I would use the little pocket money I had to buy my mum those paper boxes that had just one orchid inside,” recalls the Belgian fashion designer, 49, best known for his tenures as artistic director of Dior Homme (2007-2018), then Berluti (2018-2021). At family dinners, his beloved grandmother…

