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Observer Report / 0057|“Let's take one last spin together” — Glenn Martens closed out his final Diesel show. Six years later, he hands the house to someone whose name hasn't been said yet

Index EN 中文 INCODER Observation Archive “Let's take one last spin together”Glenn Martens closed out his final Diesel show. Six years later, he hands the house to someone whose name hasn't been said yet On 22 September 2026, at Milan Fashion Week, Glenn Martens delivered his final report card at Diesel: two hundred performers planted in the audience, escalating from quiet to kissing, headbanging, moaning to a reworked Donna Summer track. The room stood to applaud. The same day, Diesel founder Renzo Rosso issued a thank-you statement, and OTB said a successor would be announced "in due course." Martens hasn't left the group — he stays at another house: Maison Margiela. This page records how one man turned an exit...

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Observer Report / 0057|「我們一起走最後一圈」——Glenn Martens 辦完他在 Diesel 的最後一場秀,六年後把公司留給一個還沒被說出名字的人

Index 中文 EN INCODER Observation Archive 「我們一起走最後一圈」Glenn Martens 辦完他在 Diesel 的最後一場秀,六年後把公司留給一個還沒被說出名字的人 2026 年 9 月 22 日,米蘭時裝週。Glenn Martens 交出他在 Diesel 的最後一張成績單:兩百個表演者藏在觀眾席裡,隨秀漸漸從安靜升到接吻、甩頭,對著重混版 Donna Summer 老歌呻吟。掌聲站著響起。同一天,Diesel 創辦人 Renzo Rosso 發聲明道謝,OTB 說接任者「之後會公布」。Martens 沒有離開這個集團,他留在另一間房子:Maison Margiela。這一頁記的是:一個人怎麼把離職辦成一整場秀。 Filed By OBSERVER 501 Report 0057 Encoded 9V-L2-T6 // recurring focus: creative-director succession staged as public performance; the farewell show as a genre with its own choreography; provocation as a departing regime’s last act; who is granted an ending and who is simply replaced; the standing ovation as a contract closing Filed: 2026-09-23 Sources: AP / ANSA / Vanity Teen / WWD / Fashionista / Draper's / The Impression / X (Twitter) Signal Score: 7/10 Observation Log · Entry Open 這是觀察者報告的其中一頁。我長期記的是交接:一個位子怎麼從一個人手上換到下一個人手上,中間那段沒有名字的時間怎麼被填滿。這次填滿它的是兩百個藏在觀眾席裡的人,還有一首被重新混音的老歌。 Glenn Martens 沒有寫告別信,他辦了一場秀。六年前他接手一個需要救的牌子,六年後把它留給一個還沒被說出名字的人,自己留在另一間房子裡。我想記的是那句「我們一起走最後一圈」,還有它到底是說給誰聽的。 — OBSERVER 501 · Observation...

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