Nicolas Di Felice

Nicolas Di Felice is a Belgian fashion designer educated at La Cambre in Brussels. Before Courrèges, he worked in the studios of Balenciaga, Dior and Louis Vuitton, building experience within large Paris houses without public collection authorship being assigned to him individually.

Courrèges appointed him Artistic Director effective 10 September 2020. His debut, Fall–Winter 2021, appeared as a film during the pandemic; the following five years expanded the seasonal wardrobe, re-edition programme, menswear, fragrance, handbags, stores and show architecture. The commercial revival belonged to Di Felice, executive leadership and the house teams collectively.

Fall–Winter 2026, presented on 4 March 2026, was his final credited collection. Courrèges announced his departure on 24 March without publishing a separate contractual end date.

Di Felice begins with functional or geometric principles found in an archive and changes them through new use. Circles, spirals, ergonomic seams, cape constructions and short proportions were altered through stretch, cut and fastening. Cut-outs, slits, low pockets and asymmetric straps made the body part of the pattern logic.

Club culture shaped the social and image environment, but the wardrobe also included workwear shirts, trucker jackets, coats, denim, boot-cut trousers and practical carrying systems. Technical and reflective surfaces were balanced with jersey, knit and everyday staples, while recurring show collaborations translated movement, sound and light into temporary architecture.