Since the late 1980s and the early days of Maison Margiela, the reinvention of found garments, deconstructed then reconstructed, has been at the heart of an aesthetic that is among the most influential in fashion. Martin Margiela himself once transformed a leather butcher’s apron into a dress; he took apart an antique wedding gown and recast it as a sequence of jackets, to name just two examples. A respect for the past and the emotional resonance that comes with aged…
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