Margiela The Hermes Years Antwerp

The book coincides with an exhibition of the same name at the momu museum in antwerp and features contributions from suzy menkes sarah mower rebecca arnold and kaat debo the.

Margiela the hermes years antwerp.

First antwerp lannoo 2017 hardcover. Numerous colour and black white plates. The hermès years exhibition which opens this week. If you have missed out on the exhibition in antwerp and paris now is your time to visit this iconic show.

In antwerp with kaat debo at momu fashion museum where margiela the hermes years opens on friday 31st march foto. Suzymenkesvogue margiela s concept was often based on deconstruction which is why he was known in the 1990s as an iconoclast. The hermès years will be at momu antwerp from march 31 until august 27 2017. A new exhibition at antwerp s momu fashion museum focuses on the synthesis martin margiela reached between concept and commerce in his collections for the french luxury house hermès.

During paris fashion week for autumn winter 2016 2017 the international press described martin margiela who retreated from the fashion world more than eight years ago as the true protagonist of fashion week. Its fantastic new exhibition margiela. What margiela actually debuted for aw98 was remarkably tame in comparison. Fashion beauty in pictures exhibitions maison martin margiela hermes subscribe to the weekly another newsletter.

Antwerp s modemuseum is here to introduce the 21st century and the internet to the truth of margiela s vision at hermès. In margiela s hand was a cuff with the buttons sewn on with six instead of four holes. The resulting flourish was a pattern that read h for hermès. Near fine 4to 256pp.

Cloth in printed dustwrapper. Margiela s work for hermès continues to influence the work of many contemporary designers today. They were having fantasies of martin cutting the kelly in two explains kaat debo director at antwerp s momu fashion museum and curator of the new margiela. Instead of avant garde concepts the focus was on.

The hermès years at the momu fashion museum in antwerp from 31st march until 27th august is a triumph for kaat debo director of momu and the exhibition s curator. Text in english martin margiela s pioneering and timeless designs made for the luxury house of hermﾏs between 1997 and 2003 are the stars of this book highlighting this period in the iconic and enigmatic belgian designer s career. The hermès years published by lanoo next month celebrates the six year period during which margiela was creative director of the french brand.