Maison Martin Margiela

by Martin Margiela, Jean-Paul Gaultier (Contributor), Susannah Frankel (Contributor)

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 wholly his own with the founding of his own label in 1988. Margiela propounds a singular, enigmatic look, moving beyond the recognizable tropes of deconstruction—a monochromatic palette, outsized garments, non-traditional fabrics, exposed seams, or roughly appliquéd details—to develop a fully considered worldview, one with elegance, mystery, and menace in equal measure. This book provides an inside look at the design process from a craftsman who creates pieces prized for their originality, delicacy, and daring. In the spirit of Margiela’s garments, the book is a work of art in itself, designed exclusively by Margiela and complete with silver inks, ribbon markers, a variety of lush paper types, twelve booklets, and an embroidered white-linen cover. This book provides a window onto the intimate, handmade world of a unique designer.

Genres: Fashion, Art, Design

368 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2009

Reviews

[Germán de la Fuente · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's true, it's the bible

[hajin yoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

pulling out all the stops to reach my goal this year !!!!

“I am a woman who'd be mortified to be caught wearing anything that smacks of recognizable designer trophy, ever-_and I'm not one who'd risk any garment that might hang me out on
the extreme edge of fashion to be sniggered at. What I require is straight, chic clothes of unidentifiable provenance that are turned just one or two notches up the dial toward UNUSUAL, WIT-
TY, Or SEXY (though always at a visual frequency conventional people can't pick up). Martin Margiela is the only designer who does that.”

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

inspirational!

[Camilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

genuinely such a great source for anyone who loves margiela

[Terence · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really beautiful book, the mini zines/essays inside were clever and the embroidered cover is excellent. Really gets to a lot of the process.