Lantink’s first ready-to-wear assortment will probably be offered throughout Paris Trend Week SS26 in September 2025, adopted by his debut haute-couture assortment in January 2026.
Identified for his use of upcycled luxurious clothes, Lantink’s designs have been awarded LVMH’s Karl Lagerfeld Particular Jury Prize in 2024 and the ANDAM Particular Prize in 2023.
In 2019, Lantink partnered with London’s luxurious style boutique Browns on an unique capsule assortment which featured reworked clothes created from unsold luxurious inventory sourced from Browns’ warehouse.
Gaultier stated: “I see in him the vitality, audacity, and playful spirit by style that I had firstly of my very own journey: the brand new ‘enfant horrible’ of style. Welcome, Duran.”
Lantink added: “I contemplate Jean Paul Gaultier a genius and a part of a technology that kicked down doorways, so folks like us can stroll by them freely and be who we’re with out apology. Getting into the position of inventive director is a real honor.
“To me, Gaultier represents the last word home of inventive spirit and savoir-faire. It is provocative, and constantly pushing boundaries. It is the model that brings collectively completely different disciplines round style to create cultural actions, altering the language of garments and the way we put on them within the streets.”
