Paris-based Colombian designer Haider Ackermann seems to have finally come out on top according to the influential JC Report.

His spring collection, which showed to great acclaim during the recent Paris Fashion Week, took all the signature components on which he has built his brand and brought it all to a higher level.

A graduate of Antwerp’s Royal Academy, Ackermann has been creating his own brand of avant-edginess since he started out in 2001.

Citing everything from monasteries to pirates as his inspirations, his offbeat sense of style has made him a visionary, attracting clients in search of that “otherness” so valued in fashion today.

Haider Ackermann is exclusive to 4.

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