Originally founded in 2011 by the late Yohan Saferty, French label Y/Project has been led by creative director Glenn Martens since 2013. Martens graduated from Royal Academy of Antwerp before working under Jean Paul Gaultier and founding his own eponymous label in 2012. Now leading both Diesel and Y/Project as creative director, Martens has established himself as a force in the contemporary fashion landscape. Y/Project embodies Martens’ fascination with duality in collections that blend concepts of masculinity and femininity, historical and contemporary influences, and technical construction with provocative silhouettes. The result is an innovative avant-garde sensibility, manifesting as mesh tops with printed graphics of naked bodies, elaborately skewed denim, and an array of self-referential accessories. Martens’ Y/Project merges a variety of cultural references into a visual language that champions individuality and expression.Â