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.
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Dressing in the Dark at Maison Margiela
Symbiotic bonds between Martin Margiela and John Galliano, forged in London clubdom, wove a web for the future.
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Identity Theft at Paris Couture
In a couture season ‘hijacked’ by marketers, Mr Martin Margiela was at the center of the problem and the solution.
At Maison Margiela, Revolution in the Air
In the confluence of what looked like repurposed bits and pieces, artisanal ingenuity and experimental construction, this collection felt like the best marriage yet of Margiela and Galliano.
At Margiela, Palpable Melancholy
The undone quality which permeated everything looked like a reflection on time: its passing, and the effect that has on objects and lives.
Tribes, Melancholy and Singularity
The gang mentality, undone melancholy and the power of a single idea were on display at the Paris men's shows.
Brexit, Not the Clothes, Are the Talk of Paris Fashion Week
The British vote to leave the European Union and not the clothes were the talk of the front row crowd at menswear shows in Paris on Friday.