Overview
- Diane von Furstenberg has appointed Henry Zankov as artistic director with responsibility for all creative output, including collections and visual identity.
- Zankov will debut his first runway collection for the house at New York Fashion Week in September 2026 and has relocated his namesake studio into DVF’s meatpacking district headquarters.
- CEO Graziano di Boni framed the hire as part of a broader in-house relaunch after returning DVF’s operations from a Chinese licensee to company control.
- Zankov is returning to a familiar place: he worked at DVF in the mid-2010s and produced a 2025 capsule for Bergdorf Goodman that preceded this full-time creative role.
- He says he intends to expand DVF beyond its wrap-dress heritage toward everyday items like T-shirts and trench coats, a strategy that could broaden the brand’s customer base and product mix.