The Belgian fashion designer Glenn Martens made his debut as creative director of Maison Margiela in Paris on Wednesday.
The Paris fashion house presented the Artisanal Collection 2025. This is full of visual quotes from the 16th and 17th centuries from Flanders and the Netherlands, said Maison Margiela with the most striking look. Dark and black fabrics such as leather were combined with colorful, shiny fabrics like silk. This eclectic game of materials ensures optical illusions that are known from painting techniques like trompe-l’œil.
The models carried face cover: a classic Margiela element from the 1980s. Founder Martin Margiela used this element to attract attention to the art of craftsmanship and not to the carrier: inside.
Glenn Martens honors Margielas Erbe
Martens showed strong examples of upcycling, a trademark of Margielas. The creative team used recycled plastic, vintage leather and metal waste. The crystals from remaining stocks, which were incorporated into the collar and masks, were striking. Wet draps caused a veiled, sensual interpretation in some looks. Time was used as the “extension of the skin”. Some silhouettes reflect the Gothic structures of towers from the Netherlands.
The most remarkable looks in pictures:
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