Radical Chic
July 16, 2026
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It’s hardly difficult to spot Sander Lak on a crowded New York street. The Dutch <a href="https://todaytrendnews7.com/feature-lolita-fashion-from-japan-finds-growing-fan-base-in-china/” title=”FEATURE: Lolita fashion from Japan finds growing fan base in China”>fashion designer known for his unabashed love of color—in both design, as well as in his own dressing habits—can’t help but stand out from the city’s typical palette of blacks and greiges. On a recent Friday morning in Chinatown, Lak, a lanky 43-year-old blond, wore merlot-hued pants and an open button-down in a faded matching shade, seemingly unfazed by the 80-plus-degree heat. In town for a pop-up shop for his namesake brand, he was soon bound for the Netherlands to photograph the brand’s third collection, followed by Paris, where he’d present it all during the men’s-wear shows.
“I feel pretty secure when I know I like something, but those days right before the showroom opens are always a little scary,” he tells me. It’s a refreshing admission coming from a seasoned fashion designer whose résumé includes working at 3.1 Phillip Lim, Balmain, and Dries Van Noten, before launching the New York–based brand Sies Marjan in 2016, where Lak served as the creative director until its 2020 closure—another casualty of the pandemic
