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In pictures: Jean Paul Gaultier’s eight guest designers lined up

There is good and bad fashion news. The good news: Duran Lantink from the Netherlands has been appointed creative director of the French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier. The less good news: with Lantink’s appointment, the special chapter of guest designers at JPG comes to an end. In 2020, after Jean Paul Gaultier retired from the catwalk, the...

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How Glenn Martens has been preparing for his position at Maison Margiela for years

Glenn Martens was the odds-on favourite to succeed John Galliano at Maison Margiela. The moment Galliano announced his departure from the Belgian fashion house in December 2024, all eyes immediately turned to Martens. There are several reasons why Martens immediately attracted attention. Not only is the Belgian designer already working at OTB...

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Glenn Martens appointed as new creative director of Maison Margiela

The long-awaited announcement of Maison Margiela's new creative director is finally here. As many suspected, Glenn Martens is the new creative director, confirmed OTB, the parent company of Maison Margiela, in a press statement today. Martens succeeds John Galliano. Galliano and OTB announced in mid-December 2024 that they would be parting ways....

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Y/Project, fashion's subversive darling, to shutter after 14 years

The Paris-based fashion house Y/Project, known for its avant-garde designs and architectural silhouettes, announced on Thursday it will cease operations, marking another casualty in the challenging luxury fashion landscape of the post-pandemic era. The label, which generated revenues of 11 million euros in 2023, failed to secure new ownership...

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Diesel's Glenn Martens to collaborate with H&M

Glenn Martens has been revealed as the next designer to take on a collaboration with H&M. The Belgian creative director of denim specialist Diesel and the Swedish fashion retailer are joining forces for a collection to be released in autumn 2025, H&M announced on Thursday. H&M has not yet revealed much more about the collaboration, only pointing...

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Pascal Conte-Jodra appointed CEO at Y/Project

Avant-garde fashion label Y/Project announced the appointment of Pascal Conte-Jodra as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Conte-Jodra is expected to lead the brand into a new era, collaborating with creative director Glenn Martens to embark on an ambitious growth plan. Mr Conte-Jodra will seek to raise brand awareness, build greater...

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Designers, not celebrities, make their mark at Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week has made a case in point for craftsmanship and why designers should helm fashion houses. Italy’s fashion industry is one that is rooted in family businesses, in factories and ateliers with long histories of crafting clothes. While revolution and innovation have sometimes been slow to breathe new life into the sector, it is...

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MFW: At Diesel Glenn Martens gives denim a makeover

Glenn Martens knows denim. At Y/Project the Belgian-born designer offers cutaway jeans, cowboy jeans, trumpet jeans and peepshow jeans, but at Diesel’s Milan fashion week show, his first since appointed as the brand's creative director, denim was seriously subverted. There was the oversized, the ripped, the fantastical and the all enveloping,...

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Diesel opens New York flagship

Diesel has opened a new flagship store in Soho, New York featuring the brand’s new retail concept designed by creative director Glenn Martens. The two-storey store is located at 122 Spring Street and houses Diesel’s menswear and womenswear, including Martens’ spring/summer 2022 catwalk collection, and the label’s pre-spring and main collections....

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Diesel unveils new “hero” sneaker and NFT

Diesel has unveiled a new “hero” sneaker called the ‘Prototype,’ an innovative unisex design by creative director Glenn Martens that will “sets the tone for the future of Diesel footwear”. The ‘Prototype’ first seen at Diesel’s spring/summer 2022 catwalk show is graphically striking with repeated rubber straps and asymmetric lacing. In addition...

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Glenn Martens announced as next designer to make Gaultier Couture

Y/Project creative director, Glenn Martens has been revealed as the next designer to take over Jean Paul Gaultier’s upcoming Couture Show. Announced in an Instagram post on the luxury houses’ official Instagram page, the Belgian designer is pictured with Gaultier himself following a teaser image shared yesterday providing a vague glimpse of...

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Glenn Martens presents debut collection at Diesel

Glenn Martens is showing his first collection for the denim brand Diesel, which is part of the show calendar for the Milan Men's Fashion Week for the first time. Diesel SS22 The digital presentation for the brand, which belongs to the Italian fashion group OTB SpA, is divided into four scenes. The viewer follows the main character - who wakes up...