Margiela The Hermes Years Antwerp

Less widely known and visually referenced this pre digital period in margiela s career is often overlooked or deemed less radical than the avant garde designer s own eponymous collections.

Margiela the hermes years antwerp.

The hermès years published by lanoo next month celebrates the six year period during which margiela was creative director of the french brand. The hermès years exhibition which opens this week. 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. The margiela the hermès years exhibition in artipelag stockholm will be extended to april 28th.

In margiela s hand was a cuff with the buttons sewn on with six instead of four holes. First antwerp lannoo 2017 hardcover. Antwerp s modemuseum is here to introduce the 21st century and the internet to the truth of margiela s vision at hermès. Numerous colour and black white plates.

Margiela s work for hermès continues to influence the work of many contemporary designers today. 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. Its fantastic new exhibition margiela. Near fine 4to 256pp.

Cloth in printed dustwrapper. 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. The hermès years will be at momu antwerp from march 31 until august 27 2017. If you have missed out on the exhibition in antwerp and paris now is your time to visit this iconic show.

The hermès years. What margiela actually debuted for aw98 was remarkably tame in comparison. 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. Suzymenkesvogue margiela s concept was often based on deconstruction which is why he was known in the 1990s as an iconoclast.

Instead of avant garde concepts the focus was on. 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. The resulting flourish was a pattern that read h for hermès.