The Swedish designer Lars Nilsson, who took the reigns of Gianfranco Ferré for roughly fifteen minutes following the designer’s death in 2007, has re-emerged from wherever he’s been hiding to launch a menswear line, dubbed Mr. Nils, at the upcoming Italian men’s shows, according to WWD. The men’s work he did at Ferré was hyper-sophisticated to the point of stodginess. His replacements, Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi, have since brought back the brand’s broad-shouldered verve—to an extent.

But Nilsson is no dilettante: It’ll be intriguing to see how he designs for his own label, and not for one so excruciatingly steeped in history as Ferré. — Paul Dexter

WWD: Lars Nilsson, Mabro to Create Men’s Line [subscription required]

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