Skip to main content

Maison Margiela

Maison Margiela is a luxury fashion house, founded in 1988 and acquired by OTB Group in 2002. The house produces womenswear and menswear according to the unconventional principles imagined by its founder, Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela.

Maison Margiela
Fashion Week

Maison Margiela's Decadent Altered Realities

Artifice has always been a mean motivator in John Galliano’s world. With his new Artisanal collection, he concentrated on creating a new creature and demonstrating how the artificial becomes the authentic.

Fashion Week

Maison Margiela's Decadent Altered Realities

Artifice has always been a mean motivator in John Galliano’s world. With his new Artisanal collection, he concentrated on creating a new creature and demonstrating how the artificial becomes the authentic.


News & Analysis

Why Puffer Jackets Are at the Centre of Korea’s Class Divide

While the explosive popularity of puffer jackets is a boon for outerwear brands like The North Face and Moncler, the trend highlights some uncomfortable truths about South Korean society.

News & Analysis

Why Puffer Jackets Are at the Centre of Korea’s Class Divide

While the explosive popularity of puffer jackets is a boon for outerwear brands like The North Face and Moncler, the trend highlights some uncomfortable truths about South Korean society.


Luxury

End Clothing: Menswear’s Silent E-Commerce Contender

In a rare interview, the founders of the Newcastle-based shopping destination reveal their plans to reach $350 million in annual revenue by 2020.

Luxury

End Clothing: Menswear’s Silent E-Commerce Contender

In a rare interview, the founders of the Newcastle-based shopping destination reveal their plans to reach $350 million in annual revenue by 2020.


News & Analysis

Power Moves | Smythson and Ganni Appoint New CEOs

This week, Xavier Rougeaux joins Smythson from Loro Piana, while Andrea Baldo joins Ganni from Coccinelle.

News & Analysis

Power Moves | Smythson and Ganni Appoint New CEOs

This week, Xavier Rougeaux joins Smythson from Loro Piana, while Andrea Baldo joins Ganni from Coccinelle.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.


Fashion Week

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy

While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.

Fashion Week

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy

While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.


Fashion Week

Transformational Defiance at Maison Margiela

In the midst of our deeply chaotic nowness, John Galliano nailed the moment.

Fashion Week

Transformational Defiance at Maison Margiela

In the midst of our deeply chaotic nowness, John Galliano nailed the moment.


Fashion Week

At Paris Couture, a Return to Elegance

The haute couture week which closed yesterday was marked by a poignant return to rigour, restraint and dressmaking, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

At Paris Couture, a Return to Elegance

The haute couture week which closed yesterday was marked by a poignant return to rigour, restraint and dressmaking, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Nomadic Glamour at Maison Margiela

John Galliano’s ‘neo-digital natives’ — always on the move, impatient with convention and bundled up against the world — made for a gorgeous confusion of form, function and fearless flight of fancy.

Fashion Week

Nomadic Glamour at Maison Margiela

John Galliano’s ‘neo-digital natives’ — always on the move, impatient with convention and bundled up against the world — made for a gorgeous confusion of form, function and fearless flight of fancy.


Luxury

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Streetwear Takeover

BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.

Luxury

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Streetwear Takeover

BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.