His shoe is completely hip again after 35 years, but who is designer Martin Margiela, ‘the Belgian enigma’? | Fashion & Beauty

They have been around for 35 years and yet today, thanks to a viral video on TikTop, they are hipper than ever: the ‘Tabi’ from Maison Margiela. There is a lot to be said about the shoe with the split toe. But very little is known about the 66-year-old Belgian who created them: Martin Margiela is ‘the invisible man’ of the fashion world. What do we know?


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