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Inside Martin Margiela’s solo exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations

For his first-ever solo show, designer and artist Martin Margiela presents over 20 installations, sculptures, paintings and films in a headline exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations, Paris. Presented for the first time to the public, Margiela’s artworks are labyrinthed through a myriad of immersive spaces composed to highlight the creator’s...

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Fashion critic Suzy Menkes and her 3 most favorite runway shows.

SHOWstudio has invited Suzy Menkes, fashion critic, journalist and editor at Vogue to reveal her top three catwalk shows for a series of videos called Narrated Catwalk. Lumps and Bumps (SS 97) by Comme des Garçons, Black and White (SS 93) by Maison Martin Margiela and Christian Lacroix’s Haute Couture (AW 89) commented with Suzy’s passion and...

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Video: official trailer for the documentary Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

Check out the official trailer of the documentary mode Martin Margiela: In His Own Words u> . The documentary focuses on the first creative expressions Margiela. The Margiela mother drawings and sketches saved from her son. The Barbie dolls of his youth, which he made a copy of an Yves Saint Laurent blazer, kept them. P> The Belgian designer...

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Martin Margiela leaves namesake house

After month's of speculation, Martin Margiela has confirmed he is leaving the fashion house he founded in Paris in 1988. Women's Wear Daily reported the Belgian designer, who celebrated his 20th anniversary last year, will have no successor. “We want to stay avant-garde, and provocative, but without a new creative director,” said Giovanni...