Stockholm-based J. Lindeberg has tapped Pierangelo D’Agostin as design director, effective with the spring 2010 collection. D’Agostin is an industry veteran who has worked on a wide range of brands, most notably as a lead designer at Jil Sander.
In his new role, D’Agostin will collaborate with creative director Johan Lindeberg, who founded the company in 1996 but is now based in Los Angeles and runs his own branding and design consultancy there, called Paris 68. D’Agostin’s appointment strengthens the Swedish brand’s day-to-day design operations, as Lindeberg himself is heavily involved with Justin Timberlake’s William Rast brand, which in 2007 hired Paris 68 to oversee men’s and women’s design.
D’Agostin will remain based at his home in Milan but will commute to Stockholm regularly.
The bulk of J. Lindeberg sales is in men’s wear, as the company discontinued its women’s sportswear business in 2007. However, the J. Lindeberg golf and ski collections offer both men’s and women’s product. The brand is sold in over 25 countries and rings up annual sales of about 30 million euros, or $38.8 million at current exchange.
D’Agostin was a key member of Jil Sander’s design team during the designer’s second tenure at her namesake label. He left the company shortly after Raf Simons was brought aboard in 2005 following Sander’s exit. Following Jil Sander, D’Agostin held the top design position at Malo for a brief time, and he’s also consulted for Savile Row tailors Gieves & Hawkes and Japanese retailers Isetan and Tomorrowland.
Prior to his stint at Jil Sander, D’Agostin and his Swedish wife, Gunn Johannson, designed their own men’s wear label called hLam for more than five years. His earlier experience also includes design positions at Tse Cashmere and Strenesse.