It’s one of those glorious, cloudless days of summer, and Helmut Lang,
the avatar of stripped-down, urban cool, strides past the restored 1790
farmhouse, the shingled chicken coop, the organic vegetable garden and
the assorted ducks scrambling on his East Hampton oceanfront property to
greet me. One of the most influential designers of the Nineties, whose
cult status endures, Lang has been pretty much ensconced in this bucolic
idyll since selling his remaining shares in his company to the Prada
Group in 2004 and soon after resigning from the house he created. For
the past three years, fashionistas have mourned his departure while
speculating about what he’s been up to...
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