Fashion career profile
Helmut Lang
Helmut Lang is an Austrian artist and former fashion designer born in 1956. He founded his label in 1986, shaped 1990s fashion through minimalist, deconstructed and utilitarian design, left the fashion business in 2005 and subsequently concentrated on art.
- Role
- Founder, Helmut Lang; Artist
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Age
- 70
- Career appointments
- 1
- Fashion houses
- 1
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- 1977–2005 — Founder & Creative Director — Helmut LangHistorical appointment