UPDATE: Based on the most recent report from WWD, Glenn Martens is confirmed to be the subsequent artistic director for Maison Margiela. Different reviews quote Martens stating “I really feel extraordinarily honoured to affix the superb Maison Margiela, a really distinctive home that has been inspiring the world for many years. And I thank Renzo for the belief he’s placing in me.”
OTB chairman Renzo Rosso can also be quoted on this identical report as saying “I’ve labored with Glenn for years, I’ve witnessed his expertise, and I do know what he’s able to. After Martin, who gave life to the Maison and its distinctive Artisanal line, and John, who made it essentially the most cutting-edge couture home on this planet, I’m proud to have a 3rd couturier at its helm. Glenn, who studied at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Tremendous Arts like Martin, has already proven his prowess and his imaginative and prescient in couture.”
Following Glenn Martens‘ departure at Y/Challenge final yr, rumors have been rife relating to the place he’ll land subsequent. Within the unending sport of trend musical chairs, the now artistic director of Diesel is purported to be the subsequent artistic lead for Maison Margiela. He would succeed John Galliano who just lately vacated his position on the home.
In a report from WWD, Renzo Rosso has reportedly approached Martens, although the Margiela mum or dad firm OTB has but to substantiate. Since becoming a member of Diesel in 2020, he has led the model to have a cult following. In 2022, Martens dabbled in couture as a visitor designer for Jean Paul Gaultier. Whereas Y/Challenge is closing down as a model, Martens had spent over a decade with the label, incomes unbelievable expertise in constructing cult-like followings for a model.
Beneath the OTB group are manufacturers reminiscent of Diesel, Jil Sander, Marni, Viktor & Rolf manufacturers and so they additionally maintain a stake in AMIRI. Martens was famously recruited by Jean Paul Gaultier after he noticed his commencement present at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Tremendous Arts in 2008, touchdown him as a junior designer for his girls’s pre-collection and the G2 males’s model with JPG. It stays to be seen if the rumors are true.
