It was important for me to be loud.
I mean Ive always been not very quiet: mixing things and really, really going for it.
But I think now more than ever, its important to be a bit more radical.
Ib Kamara and Donatella Versace presented Duran Lantink with the 2025 Woolmark Prize
Because if were not being radical, then what are we doing?
Inevitably, he has been strongly linked with creative director roles beyond his fledgling brand.
For me Duran makes us feel excited about the future, said Donatella Versace just after presenting the prize.
Finalists (from left to right): Luca Lin, ACT N°1, Louis Gabriel Nouchi, Balthazar and Ester of Ester Manas, Duran Lantink, Meryll Rogge, Michael Stewart of Standing Ground, Rachel Scott of Diotima, Raul Lopez of LUAR
She added: This was a very strong year for The Woolmark Prize.
It was very difficult to choose, but he was a clear winner.
Luca Lin of Act No.
Members of the International Woolmark Prize jury (from left to right) Tim Blanks, Woolmark CEO John Roberts, Danielle Goldberg, Simone Marchetti, Honey Dijon, Sinéad Burke, Donatella Versace, IB Kamara, Roopal Patel, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, and Alessandro Sartorti.
The brand is balanced between being an armor and a shelter, Nouchi said.
Michael Stewart ofStanding Groundis a designer whose precise exactitude is matched by his power of expression.
Im really about shape, and forms, and trying to create new ideas, he said.
Duran Lantink, with a model in his fall 2025 design
Tonight, Lantink was the designer whose forms and creativity proved irresistible.
But this was a vintage Woolmark year in which every finalist might conceivably have graced the podium.
Duran Lantink, with a model in his fall 2025 design
Duran Lantink during his presentation to the judges.
Duran Lantink during his presentation to the judges.
