Anthony Calydon

Anthony Calydon is a French fashion designer and the founder of his Paris-based eponymous label. He began making clothes by hand in the early 2010s and first developed a public practice through Nobless Couture, a unisex project later co-directed with Franck Richard. After briefly attending ESMOD, he concentrated on building a new label under his own name, launched around 2023 through direct online releases and made-to-order production.

Calydon’s work centres on ribbed knit structures, warped hoods, elevated sportswear and tailored denim. A 2025 adidas Originals Superstar project and physical presentations in Paris and Japan expanded the label’s audience. In July 2026, he won the ANDAM Pierre Bergé Prize, receiving €100,000 and a year of business mentorship from Frédéric Maus of WSN.

Calydon begins with touch. Fabric weight, stretch and resistance guide the eventual form, allowing jersey, knit and denim to develop into sculptural but wearable clothing. Raised ribbing and distorted hood construction create a protective architecture around otherwise familiar streetwear categories.

His visual references move between 1990s hip-hop, anime and video-game culture, but the results avoid literal graphics. The scaled body of the Lagiacrus creature from Monster Hunter, for example, is translated into ribbed surfaces that Calydon describes as armour for everyday life. Neutral colour keeps the emphasis on cut, texture and the wearer’s own identity.