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The Breakthrough Designer Rebooting Diesel

Glenn Martens speaks exclusively to Tim Blanks about re-energising the Italian denim brand, designing for his own label Y/Project and pushing people to rethink fashion.
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Y/Project's Glenn Martens is hoping to re-invigorate Diesel and spark change the fashion system. Damon De Backer.

It’s been a good month for Glenn Martens. His first full collection as Diesel’s new creative director launched in Milan on June 21. Then, a week later in Paris, he showed his most accomplished collection yet for his own Paris-based label, Y/Project. When we spoke, he was the post-season picture of serenity.

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