Glenn Martens, the multitasker, is already hard at work on the next Diesel collection when we speak, and afterwards will start on the satisfyingly unpredictable Y/Project, a label that’s carved out a cult following. Beyond being extremely busy in his role as creative director of the two labels, the designer has a reputation for being a great collaborator. So when he was invited to be guest couturier for Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring/summer ’22 haute couture collection, he promptly said yes.
“I don’t know how Karl Lagerfeld used to do it having Chanel, Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld … I’m trying to pretend I’m