You can’t help but be enticed by the weird and wonderful world of Duran Lantink . Recently bagging the Karl Lagerfeld gong at this year’s LVMH Prize – awarded to a brand that displays exceptional creativity – the Dutch designer used SS25 to show exactly what the jury saw in him. With a design ethos rooted in taking a pair of hacking scissors to the traditional, upcycling garments into fantastic, boundary-pushing creations, Lantink’s offering bolstered his avant-garde approach with impressive wearability.
This season, Lantink turned to the beaches of Ibiza in the ‘80s to inform his unconventional silhouettes. Tops with jutting shoulders and knicker-shaped shorts in swollen proportions were interspersed with patterned bodysuits equipped with pads that gave cartoonish shape to the hips. He paired the more bonkers looks with loose-fitting slacks, toga-style frocks and multi-coloured cycling shorts, accessorising such with handbags transformed into hats, as you do.
Lantink has never been afraid of technology – his AW22 collection, for instance, was filmed by drones that stalked models as they walked. This time around, Lantink created a mini dress with an embedded screen that live streamed the runway as it was taking place, total fashion inception. Naomi even made a surprise catwalk appearance – wearing jewellery from Carla Sozzani’s personal archive, no less – with the two heavyweight names serving as exciting co-signs for a label on an impressive rise.
Photography courtesy of Duran Lantink.
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