Alisa Velyka

DIY techniques, patchwork and the decontextualization of materials and objects that acquire new meanings becoming unexpected garments, accessories or jewelry

anonymity was a reaction to an overly commercialised fashion industry.

Deconstructing clothing meant cutting and reassembling parts of old garments, showing the linings and inner parts, separating and reassembling patterns in a new way.

emphasising anonymity

In 1988 he founded his Maison Martin Margiela in Paris, where he debuted his first spring-summer 1989 collection.

the father of the sartorial deconstruction technique

20 The Exhibition

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