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Glenn Martens closes Diesel tenure with Milan runway show
Hindustan Times··3d ago
Diesel creative director Glenn Martens closed his Milan Fashion Week show Tuesday with knitwear that appeared to dissolve into denim and leather. Models in the audience moaned to Love to Love You Baby before headbanging at the finale. Martens joined Diesel in 2020 and remains at Maison Margiela. He said each season aimed for something unexpected.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Martens keeps leading couture work at Maison Margiela after leaving Diesel.
- The show used trompe l'oeil to mimic shearling and leather on flat textiles.
- Final looks included laser-cut T-shirts styled like a morning-after walk of shame.
What's Happening
- The runway was lit in red for the provocative presentation.
- Shorts shrank across the lineup until the last look was a narrow strip of fabric.
- Martens received a standing ovation after the headbanging finale.
Tenure at Diesel
- Martens said Diesel never claimed to be a luxury brand despite fashion week placement.
- He credited the brand's textile innovation for disintegrating knit effects.
- The collection closed his tenure revitalising the label since 2020.
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