MILAN – Dean and Dan Caten are taking full management of the Dsquared2 trend model they based in 1995.
The Dsquared2 Group mentioned Saturday that it was terminating the licensing settlement with Workers Worldwide SpA forward of its expiration date in 2027, efficient instantly and beginning with the pre-spring 2026 gross sales marketing campaign.
Workers Worldwide is the manufacturing arm of OTB, which includes the Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, Marni and Viktor & Rolf manufacturers, in addition to the Courageous Child childrenswear producer. OTB additionally has a stake in Amiri. The primary settlement with Dsquared2 for the manufacturing and distribution of the model’s ready-to-wear was inked in 2000.
Nonetheless, Workers Worldwide will not be taking this mendacity down and, in a press release, mentioned “it has filed a lawsuit on twenty seventh March within the Courtroom of Milan in opposition to Grascoe Holdings Restricted, Dsquared2 Emblems Restricted and the designers Dean and Dan Caten, as a way to assert its proper to the complete efficiency of the present license settlement, with all consequent measures.”
Workers Worldwide and Dsquared2 renewed their 10-year-old licensing settlement in 2010 by means of to 2027. On the time, the renewal was inked a yr forward of the expiration date.
Workers Worldwide mentioned “it reiterates its conviction that the license settlement is totally efficient and confirms its intention to completely execute it till its pure expiry. Due to this fact, the corporate firmly rejects any risk of early termination of the contractual relationship, and believes that authorized circumstances for early termination don’t exist.”
The Italian firm “will proceed to behave with the utmost transparency and willpower to guard its rights, honor its contractual commitments and safeguard its popularity, and reserves the best to take any additional motion.”
DSquared2 is marking its 30th anniversary this yr, which was celebrated with a blowout anniversary present in Milan final month.
Dsquared2 Fall 2025 Prepared-to-Put on Assortment at Milan Trend Week
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Over time the Catens have drawn inspiration from their Canadian roots, mixing them with Italian tailoring and attractive occasion clothes, all the time injecting a playful undercurrent of their collections, abiding by the “work laborious / play laborious” motto.
They launched their first menswear assortment in 1995 underneath the Dsquared2 label, dubbed “Homesick Canada Assortment” for fall 1996, debuting their theatrical runway reveals in Milan.
Their first womenswear assortment bowed in 2003.
