maison margiela lore

the father of the sartorial deconstruction technique

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

anonymity was a reaction to an overly commercialised fashion industry.

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20 The Exhibition

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

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

emphasising anonymity