Glenn Martens, The Designer Behind Diesel’s Big Revamp, Is The Name To Watch In Menswear

‘Famous Belgians’. It’s a classic pub game from the pre-smartphone era (remember that?), the joke being, of course, that there aren’t any. But away from naff English gags about Hercule Poirot, Belgium’s fashion heritage is far from small beer. It’s a country with the kind of talents that go by one name both within the fashion industry and out onto the street: Raf, Margiela, Dries – the list goes on. 

And now there’s Glenn Martens. Bruges-born and raised, and trained at Antwerp’s lauded Royal Academy of Fine Arts, the creative tour-de-force behind Y/Project, and now Creative Director at Italian denim powerhouse Diesel. Read more at GQ UK.