Schooled in Antwerp and trained by Jean Paul Gaultier, Margiela showed his breakthrough collection in 1989, as Vogue reported, in “an abandoned lot in the seediest section of Paris.” It featured “papier-mâché vests, sheer mesh T-shirts cut open over ragged shirts, and menswear jackets with the sleeves ripped off.”
In the late ’90s, Vogue included Margiela among a group of renegade-turned-establishment designers and asked the elusive Belgian to define the avant-garde. His reply: “A pigeonhole into which the point of view of some is placed when it is considered difficult to assimilate into the lives of many.” Not so long after that, in 2002, he shocked his fans by selling a majority share of his company to the Italian concern that also owns Diesel. Then, in 2009, he flew the coop, resigning from the house that bears his name. Today John Galliano, another iconoclast, heads up the label.
Measurements:
•The silhouette is an asymmetrical one and fits the wearer’s body accordingly. Fabric comes with stretch, shown here on an XS. Tag size: XS | Fits upto Small
