MaisonMartinMargiela

Graduating from Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, Martin Margiela (and his contemporaries in the Antwerp Six) transformed global fashion with his aggressive restatement of traditional fashion design and a polemical approach to luxury trends. Working first with the house of Gaultier, Margiela absorbed the radical design of Japanese deconstruction, making it whol...

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GraduatingfromAntwerp’sRoyalAcademyofFineArtsinthe1980s,MartinMargiela(andhiscontemporariesintheAntwerpSix)transformedglobalfashionwithhisaggressiverestatementoftraditionalfashiondesignandapolemicalapproachtoluxurytrends.WorkingfirstwiththehouseofGaultier,MargielaabsorbedtheradicaldesignofJapanesedeconstruction,makingitwhollyhisownwiththefoundingofhisownlabelin1988.Margielapropoundsasingular,enigmaticlook,movingbeyondtherecognizabletropesofdeconstruction—amonochromaticpalette,outsizedgarments,non-traditionalfabrics,exposedseams,orroughlyappliquéddetails—todevelopafullyconsideredworldview,onewithelegance,mystery,andmenaceinequalmeasure.Thisbookprovidesaninsidelookatthedesignprocessfromacraftsmanwhocreatespiecesprizedfortheiroriginality,delicacy,anddaring.InthespiritofMargiela’sgarments,thebookisaworkofartinitself,designedexclusivelybyMargielaandcompletewithsilverinks,ribbonmarkers,avarietyoflushpapertypes,twelvebooklets,andanembroideredwhite-linencover.Thisbookprovidesawindowontotheintimate,handmadeworldofauniquedesigner.Thefirstbooktodocumentthework—fromfashionandarttodesignandperformance—oftheParis-basedBelgiancouturiere,oneofthereigningluminariesofthecurrentfashionscene.