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Duran Lantink Named Permanent Creative Director at Jean Paul Gaultier

The appointment signals a strategic shift from a rotating guest designer model to unified creative leadership for couture and ready-to-wear collections.

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Overview

  • Jean Paul Gaultier has appointed Duran Lantink as its permanent creative director, ending the rotating guest designer model introduced after Gaultier's 2020 retirement.
  • Lantink will oversee both couture and ready-to-wear collections, with his first ready-to-wear line set for Spring/Summer 2026 and a couture debut in January 2026.
  • Known for his bold, innovative designs, Lantink brings a reputation for exaggerated silhouettes and creative repurposing of materials to the storied fashion house.
  • The move aims to address challenges of design fragmentation and provide a unified creative vision for the brand under Lantink’s leadership.
  • Lantink's accolades, including the Andam Special Prize (2023) and LVMH Prize’s Karl Lagerfeld Award (2024), highlight his suitability to honor Gaultier’s legacy while driving modern innovation.