Duran Lantink

Duran Lantink is a Dutch designer based in Amsterdam. Lantink's aim is to produce collections that are both sustainable, ethical and innovative, having worked with diverse communities such as the homeless community in Amsterdam and sex workers in Cape Town. Lantink is known for his commitment to upcycling in fashion, using discarded luxury garments to produce his collections. He is also known for provocative practices and designs that make fashion-industry traditionalists uncomfortable. Taking other brand’s deadstock and sale items, and Frankenstein-ing them into new works of art, Lantink creates something of value out of something discarded. In 2019, Lantink was a special award winner at the International Fashion Showcase as selected by the British Fashion Council and the British Council, also being shortlisted for the prestigious LVMH Prize.