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By Guest Contributor Maison Martin Margiela scarification | Source: Agenda Inc This only served to make journalists more suspicious: “Where has Martin Margiela gone? Now we’re a little bit worried,” asked The Guardian. Three things Maison Martin Margiela could have learned from real-world cults.

By Guest Contributor PARIS, France — This month, after several years of intriguing – then frustrating – rumours among journalists, fashion editors and fans, Maison Martin Margiela announced that Margiela was no longer designing at the brand that he had created.

Click to view more photos. Yohji Yamamoto, like Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons and Martin Margiela, is one of those few futuristic designers credited with influencing other designers with his concepts.  His outfits, often with deconstructed tailoring, dark colors, and avant-gard...

Backstage after the show, Ghesquière wore a tribute to another influential designer — a navy blue sweater and gray jeans by Martin Margiela, whose show is on Friday night here in Paris. He said he tried to create an entirely modern collection without any references to the past, though keep...

Catwalking/ Getty ImagesBalenciaga Spring 2010 Fashion tweets were abuzz with reactions to Balenciaga Spring 2010, and Racked finds Maison Martin Margiela in an unlikely place. Fashion tweets were abuzz with reactions to Balenciaga Spring 2010.

What: L.A. mainstay Fred Segal kicks off their annual end-of-season sale this week—including sales at their Ron Herman and Ron Robinson boutiques. Stop by their Santa Monica or Melrose store for preliminary discounts of up to 50% off their designer merch and score additional markdowns as...

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By Frank Gargione We visited yesterday evening and found a delightfully decorated space: Plaid side chairs, luggage trolleys as clothing racks, vintage suitcases and postcards, and a brass chandelier all serving as a warmly-lit and comfortable backdrop for delicious past season womenswear (menswe...

By Izzy Grinspan Labels: Project No.8 and No. 8b Deal: 50% off clothing from designers like Martin Margiela, Sunshine & Shadow, and Stephan Schneider at the sibling stores'... Labels: Project No.8 and No. 8b Deal: 50% off clothing from designers like Martin Margiela, Sunshine & Shadow, and Stephan Sc...

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By admin2 Monday July 6 – two shows by Christian Dior Tuesday July 7 – LaCroix, Givenchy, Chanel Wednesday July 8 – Elie Saab, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino Maison Martin Margiela will also do a special presentation on July 7 and 8th - is this couture? Or ready to wear?.

By Leslie Price On the right, we have our LA contender Elizabeth (42.9% Perfection!/20.2% So close!/14.3% I feel strangely ambivalent about it./22.6% Who did this to you?) wearing Balenciaga jeans, a Martin Margiela jacket, shirts from Sara and K-Mart, Army/Navy surplus glasses, and Nike sneakers.

By admin2 They are taking cash, Mastercard, Visa and Amex, and will sell, along with Margiela, pieces from Sophia Kokosalaki, and DSquared mens and women’s clothes. It’s worth a mapquest and a long drive! Margiela is expensive - and also, beyond trends. His often-eccentric, and very beautiful, pi...

By Fashion Rules Team Okay, mark your calendars: May 22. That’s the date next week that Ron Herman is marking FIFTY off on major designer pieces from spring - and that’s even EARLIER than Barneys will go forty off (Memorial Day weekend)! And these designers are absolutely among our faves: Dries Van Noten, Lanvi...

 UK The likes of Comme des Garçons, Martin Margiela and any gifted progeny paraded the ideas behind their clothes – and these were often difficult or, in fashion parlance, challenging – with pride. Clothing that was clever was a mark of distinction. ...

 NY Restir is one of Japan's luxury purveyors, offering designer brands like ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, BALENCIAGA, BURBERRY, COMME DES GARÇONS, DIOR, JIMMY CHOO, JOHN GALLIANO, LANVIN, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, MIU MIU, RICK OWENS , YVES SAINT LAURENT and much ...

 CA Although mcqueen had some harsh words for his former employer Hubert de Givenchy in an interview for the Spring 2009 issue of Numero Homme (#17), he also revealed that he 'admires' Martin Margiela. 'There are designers that I admire, but I don't look ...

 Taiwan One of them is Martin Margiela. He’s very confident and he’s really created his own unmistakable aesthetic. I feel that every designer has to have a very specific point of view and the ability to translate that into clothing. ...

 France In a separate “Avant Garde” room Liberty anchor brands such as Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Acne and Martin Margiela. Other collections include Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, and Cacharel’s 50th-anniversary range, consisting of archive pieces ...

 United States Just about everything at the Martin Margiela show tonight — the hokey starlight projections on the ceiling, the empty design techniques, the use of beautiful young models instead of older, interesting-looking chicks — said that Mr. Margiela is no ...

Maison Martin Margiela, Fall 2009. Martin Margiela is normally so far ahead of the fashion curb that he has fellow designers panting to keep up. Mr. Margiela is one of the most insider of fashion insiders - whose clothes labels are a simple white patch with no words. His shows can seem…extreme.

Margiela en Route... Sandove's Close Call... Darwin & Doonan... by WWD Staff WILL TRAVEL: For those who missed the recent Maison Martin Margiela retrospective at Antwerp’s fashion museum, MoMu, dubbed “Maison Martin Margiela (20) The Exhibition,” it may soon be coming to a museum near you. ...

By By CONSTANCE C.R. WHITE column notes that designer Martin Margiela will not participate in Paris fashion shows; he will show his line by appointment

By By AMY M. SPINDLER, Young designers are caught in a curious game, of trying to mimic and anticipate the radical trendsetters -- Martin Margiela, Dries van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester and Helmut Lang -- who are cautiously dismantling the staid ideas of beauty in fashion.

 NY - Even colleagues appreciate Maison Martin Margiela's importance. "Everyone is influenced by Comme des Garçons and by Martin Margiela. ...

 France Away from the catwalks, Belgium's Martin Margiela and France's Franck Sorbier, who share a passion for recycling, have each come up with their own answers to show their couture collections without the expense of a conventional presentation. ...

 Turkey Away from the catwalks, Belgium's Martin Margiela and France's Franck Sorbier, who share a passion for recycling, have each come up with their own answers to show their couture collections without the expense of a conventional presentation. ...

 United States By Alex Hawgood Ramey/Xposure; Firstview Lady Gaga’s DIY high fashion (left) is refreshing in the current pop climate, but Maison Martin Margiela (right) offers a more refined take on the singer’s futuristic silhouettes. While Madonna was busy grooming ...

CHRISTIAN LACROIX: Lovely though it was, Lacroix's lineup was just dresses, lacking the sense of passion and otherworldliness that makes his best work transcend fashion and approach art. MARTIN MARGIELA ARTISANAL: The conceptual Belgian took the ...

 UK - Chalayan's clothes are often grouped with the more radical designers – Comme des Garçons, Martin Margiela and so forth. His aesthetic tends to be more ...

 - From art fairs, exhibitions and fashion shows (Martin Margiela and Alexander McQueen were among the first), the 104 offers a unique cultural experience. ...

By bryanboy I'm a few keystrokes away from ordering but I think I'll sleep on it. The jacket is beautiful alright (I mostly buy women's jackets because of my size) but I have this cloud of doubt over my head. Perhaps it's the price I'm (really) attracted to versus the jacket itself? Come on... a Margiela jacke...

By Cyril Style Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. Central Saint Martin's graduate Yang Li is the designer of the successful 'Cloth Label'. He has interned with Gareth Pugh and already made two collections. We are always excited to see new menswear talent. Here is some beautif...

By By CONSTANCE C. R. WHITE Martin Margiela and Marc Jacobs may have forever changed the expectations for designers brought in to energize static labels.

 UK - Dec 14, 2008 At Maison Martin Margiela, shoes are designed to be worn either too big or too small – the idea of something that simply fits the foot being overly ...

The house was packed for Martin Margiela's 20th-anniversary collection, an occasion whose significance was sharpened by the swirling rumors—causing fear among the many Margiela wearers in the hall&#8212that he is about to retire. (To get that one out of the way up front, a spokesw...

By Leslie Price On the left, we have a men's Maison Martin Margiela distressed leather snap wallet. Cost: $375 on eLuxury.com. Crucial details: smooth, artfully distressed leather; flap with snap closure; three card slots and one flat pocket; nylon lining; coin pocket on back with snap; made in Italy.

By Colleen Nika What separates Paris from the other Fashion Weeks? Well, in addition to the City of Lights’ rich sartorial legacy and the fact that the industry’s most iconic, directional, and envelope-pushing luxury houses present there, for Spring 2009, it is also the most likely location to catch a...

By Irina Aleksander Martin Margiela is fashion's invisible man, hiding from fans and the press while nonetheless influencing designers like Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen. [NY Times]. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego, Bruno, has been showing up at ...

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By Sara Clemence Exactly what kind of role does Martin Margiela play at his namesake brand? (NY Times) Vintage Yves Saint Laurent pieces have increased in value since the designer died in June. (IHT) LVMH's top executives were at the Givenchy show in Paris, displaying confidence in the brand and its desig...

 United States - Let’s go right to the scene of madness outside the former morgue on the outskirts of Paris where Martin Margiela chose to hold his 20th-anniversary show. ...

The house celebrated its 20th anniversary and so the show was essentially a retrospective. Word had it that the location was actually a former city morgue, which seems appropriate for a fashion show on so many sordid and twisted levels. After going down memory lane with the house, the final...

By Christina PassarielloFor two decades, Belgian designers have been the fashion industry anti-conformists.Now, they're emerging as business forces as well, trying to balance their dissident identities with the increasingly commercial needs of the fashion world.Maison Martin Ma...

Just as Maison Martin Margiela does fashion its own way, it celebrated its 20th birthday in its own way. Many fashion houses mark their anniversaries with manicured parties and limited-edition handbags. The unbridled display of celebration staged by Margiela is rare in fashion.

By Deysa The Bag Forum: Maison Martin Margiela’s Airbrushed Wolf Med. Sac Bag ] July 17, 2008 post written by Bag Bliss blogger: Deysa Maison Martin Margiela’s Airbrushed Wolf Med. Sac Bag Oh my goodness was my first reaction as I ran upon Maison Martin Margiela’s Airbrushed Wolf Medium Sac Bag. My fi...

By BrS Martin Margiela, a former designer for Paul Jean Paul Gaultier and Hermés, is known for his simple designs. This particular bag is just a simple sack made of satin. And yet this simple design and delicate fabric are the reason behind the gorgeous gathers seen in this bag. The bag is elegant lik...

By By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM Martin Margiela, the Paris-based Belgian designer, opened his first New York shop in the West Village last week.

She pointed out that Margiela never sits for portraits, answers interview questions in the first person plural (for his house, as opposed to for him as a designer), puts a blank label in his garments, and keeps his models anonymous by ...

By Alicia March 13, 2008 post written by Bag Bliss blogger: Alicia Maison Martin Margiela Chain Mail Handbag Designer Martin Margiela has definitely presented a few unique pieces in his new collection. It seems this fashion artist isn’t afraid to use different materials that a bag normally would...

By Alicia February 25, 2008 post written by Bag Bliss blogger: Alicia Martin Margiela MM6 Convertible Terry Beach Bag Seriously, who ever would have thought to create a beach bag that transforms into a comfortable mat? That would be innovative designer Martin Margiela for MM6. And if you ask me, I t...

By Alicia February 20, 2008 post written by Bag Bliss blogger: Alicia Cork Clutch by Maison Martin Margiela Ever wish there was a purse to match those cute little cork wedges? Well, there is now. Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela, who had formerly worked for designer Jean Paul Galutier year...

By Jennifer January 15, 2008 Maison Martin Margiela Bags! The Belgian fashion designer, who worked for Jean-Paul Gaultier before starting his own Maison Martin Margiela in the late 80’s has moved into the prime real estate of eluxury, the designer boutique. Clothing, shoes, accessories and bags b...