Peter Do (born 1990) is a Vietnamese

fashion designer Fashion design is the Art (skill), art of applied arts, applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its Fashion accessory, accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has va ...

. He was the creative director of the brand Helmut Lang until the end of November 2024.

Early life and education

Do was born in Biên Hòa, Vietnam, and moved to

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at age 14.

Career

Do attended the

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, and graduated in 2014, winning the LVMH Graduate Prize. Afterwards, he worked at Celine and then

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, before starting his own label in 2018. Do became the creative director of Helmut Lang in 2023, releasing his first collection during the Autumn

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. The collection received mixed reviews. In a review for The Cut, Cathy Horyn describing it as "devoid of meaning", and compared the collection to Helmut Lang's sister company,

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. In a review for the

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, Vanessa Friedman said that the collection was "accomplished, accessible, and very commercial", but that it was missing the "subversion" found in the collections made when Helmut Lang was creative director. In a review for

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, Rachel Tashjian said that his debut "stole the show", and that the collection was "raw ..and precise". Peter Do frequently wears a

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References

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