61. Martin Margiela
- Agnese
- Mar 16, 2016
- 1 min read
“The designs should surpass the designer”, simple, abstract, avant garde, deconstructive, influential
Martin Margiela was born in Belgium in 1957 and graduated from the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1984 Martin moved to Paris to work as a design assistant to Jean Paul Gaultier. The Maison Martin Margiela was founded in 1988 in Paris, and presented its first prêt-à-porter collection for spring/summer 1989. He won the very first ANDAM fellowship in 1989 and he is considered an honorary member of the 'Antwerp Six'. In 2009 Margiela left the business. In 2014 John Galliano was appointed as creative director of the fashion house. The use of white as a universal colour in varying forms has become their symbolic signature. Today everyone who's anyone in fashion wears Margiela.
Webpage: http://www.maisonmargiela.com/
Sources: vogue.com
thedillychic.com
The Artist Is Absent: A Short Film On Martin Margiela
The Making of Maison Martin Margiela`s Artisanal Collection/Behind the scenes
Since being established in 1989, Maison Martin Margiela has presented its prêt-à-porter collections of dresses, accessories, and artwork with the label "Artisanal", or "handmade". "Our most important sources of inspiration have always been excesses and the transformations of everyday life", is the philosophy behind the Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal Collection. In the spirit of sophisticated eco-compatibility, used material of all types and purposes gets brought back to life with meticulous craftsmanship, transforming into new objects that are surprising and extraordinary, while maintaining the traces of time and history -- one of the Maison's signature forms of creative expression.
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