Prada Group is expected to announce on Monday the departure of its fashion label Helmut Lang. The New York-based designer, once associated with the epitome of urban coolness, is to follow in Jil Sanders footsteps and leave the House after the company was taken over in 1999.

According to International Herald Tribune, Mr. Lang had been at odds over a strategy to return his loss-making house to profitability - a situation that remained at a stalemate even after Prada bought out Mr. Lang's share of the business in December. Mr. Lang could not be immediately reached for comment. His staff said on Friday that he was not at his New York offices.