Duran Lantink Fall 2025: Rewriting Office Politics
Against a backdrop of cubicles and invoices, Lantink sharpened his signature silhouettes – this time with a new sense of luxury and wearability.
Images courtesy of Duran Lantink
Perhaps it was the mundane setting that made Duran Lantink’s Fall 2025 collection stand out in such a radical fashion. A makeshift office of cubicles complete with desks papered with unpaid invoices and workers wearing headsets raised the question: is the Dutch designer, like us, a fan of Severance?
Really though, these are clothes that make an impression wherever you might spot them. For several seasons now, Lantink has honed a reputation for daring, exaggerated silhouettes via avant garde structures, bubble jackets or tops with collars that extend up to the wearer’s ears.
He continued such shapes this season, yet the collection felt more mature and established. Leather trousers, leather jackets and woolen tops meant that, alongside the abundant creative freedom on show, Lantink made customers a more luxurious, everyday offer. Perhaps winning the Karl Lagerfeld Special Jury Prize at the 2024 LVMH Prize ceremony goes some way towards explaining this step forward.
Particularly noteworthy was the manner in which Lantink embraced print in a way not seen in past seasons: a snakeskin dress, a cowhide jacket, a leopard coat, zebra trousers, as well as less egregious offerings, such as plaid and camo.
Maybe the least interesting parts of the show were the silicon male torso and breastplate worn by the opening and closing models, respectively. With clothes this creative, stunts are redundant.