diesel fall/winter 2025 runway show takes over inflatable graffiti-covered installation

a chaotic dialogue between fashion & street culture The Diesel Fall/Winter 2025 runway show broke new ground, transforming a traditional catwalk into an oversized, inflatable, and occupiable artwork. Set within what is said to be the largest graffiti installation ever created, the space takes shape with over three kilometers of hand-painted fabric, wrapped in the raw, expressive marks of more than 7,000 graffiti artists. The show is created as a visual manifesto. The set, sprawling and unconventional, invites spectators into a chaotic dialogue between fashion and street culture. The set design is a collaborative artwork of unprecedented scale. Glenn Martens, Diesel’s creative director, enlisted a global street art collective, spanning artists from China, South Africa, the United States, and beyond. Weeks before the show, six miles of blank white fabric were sent out to graffiti artists, both amateur and professional, across the globe. By the time it returned to be assembled for the show, the fabric was covered with spray-painted signatures, murals, and abstract expressions, each a personal contribution to the whole. Martens, reflecting on this process, emphasized that ‘the true democracy of Diesel’ was on display. diesel resurrects an inflatable icon An important element of the Diesel Fall/Winter 2025...