Maison Martin Margiela: the alliteratively named designer steeped in renown for the reconstruction of clothing both literally and symbolically, needs little introduction. His concept-driven oeuvre speaks for itself, and intentionally so, as he was notoriously cloaked with invisibility for much of his career: an antithesis to the vanity of continual reinvention so prevalent in contemporary fashion. Despite Margiela’s long-standing association with intellectually motivated…
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