{"id":31479,"date":"2020-11-13T16:31:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/magazine\/paris-loves-martin-margiela-madly\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T16:31:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:31:34","slug":"paris-loves-martin-margiela-madly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/magazine\/paris-loves-martin-margiela-madly\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Loves Martin Margiela Madly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris celebrates Martin Margiela over two seasons with two exhibitions, one at the Palais Galliera and the other at the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs. The first provides a comprehensive retrospective of his career, while the second explores his years of collaboration with the house of Herm\u00e8s. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Margiela Takes Over Paris for Two Seasons<\/h3>\n

Martin Margiela has taken over the Palais Galliera, where the exhibition “Margiela \/ Galliera” traces the history of his house from his first collection in 1989 to his last in 2009. The other exhibition, titled “Margiela: The Herm\u00e8s Years,” is held at the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs and focuses on the 1997-2003 period, when the designer was responsible for Herm\u00e8s’ women’s ready-to-wear collections. <\/p>\n

Martin Margiela: A Flawless Biography<\/h3>\n

As the leader of the Antwerp school, Martin Margiela became the only designer from this major 1980s fashion movement to establish himself in Paris. After working with Jean-Paul Gaultier from 1984 to 1987, he founded his own house in 1988 and presented his debut Martin Margiela collection for Spring-Summer 1989 at the Caf\u00e9 de la Gare. Over the next two decades and forty collections, he left an indelible mark with his signature style and innovative vision. <\/p>\n

The Margiela Label: Conceptual Fashion<\/h3>\n

The Margiela style challenges both the aesthetics of clothing and its creation process. For the designer, fashion represents an endless field of exploration, transcending the boundaries of traditional tailoring to become an artistic or even a statement-driven endeavor. <\/p>\n

Margiela Against the Current<\/h3>\n

Margiela, the innovator, had models walk the runway with their faces covered by nylon veils, directing the viewer\u2019s focus entirely on the clothing. This approach stood in stark contrast to an era that elevated models to the status of superstars. He also often chose non-professional models from his own circle\u2014people of all ages and body types, breaking away from fashion’s rigid standards. Their commonality wasn\u2019t in their looks or generation but in the way they wore the clothes.
Margiela also challenged conventions through his work with silhouettes, particularly shoulder lines. While the 1980s celebrated broad, oversized shoulders, Margiela opted for constricted and narrow designs, once again moving against the prevailing trends of his time. <\/p>\n

Margiela\u2019s Runway Shows: Carefully Orchestrated Events<\/h3>\n

Margiela presented his style through forty runway shows, each crafted as an event that further defined his vision. Margiela’s fashion could not be confined to traditional venues. For each show, the chosen location was an integral part of a carefully constructed narrative.
Collections were showcased in unconventional spaces\u2014parking lots, abandoned metro stations, warehouses, Salvation Army halls, vacant lots, or caf\u00e9-theaters. The models walked in unique sensory atmospheres, surrounded by unusual sounds and scents. The scent of patchouli might fill the air, or the strange rhythm of heels piercing through corrugated cardboard covering the runway might set the tone. Every detail contributed to the immersive experience, making Margiela\u2019s shows a true extension of his creative universe. <\/p>\n

When Martin Margiela Made Every Show an Event…<\/h3>\n

For his Spring-Summer 1990 collection, Martin Margiela took things a step further by organizing\u2014or rather, disorganizing\u2014his show on a vacant lot in Paris\u2019s 20th arrondissement. Invitations were scrawled on pieces of cardboard by local children, who then became the first to take front-row seats\u2014not the press. Critics struggled to understand Margiela\u2019s approach; his message was simple: fashion does not belong to a handpicked elite\u2014it is for everyone.
Margiela \/ Galliera, March 3 to July 15, 2018, at Palais Galliera.
\nMargiela: The Herm\u00e8s Years, March 22 to September 2, 2018, at MAD. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paris celebrates Martin Margiela over two seasons with two exhibitions, one at the Palais Galliera and the other at the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs. The first provides a comprehensive retrospective of his career, while the second explores his years of collaboration with the house of Herm\u00e8s. Martin Margiela Takes Over Paris for Two Seasons Martin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeithappen-paris.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}