A newly opened fashion exhibition explores the legacy of designer Martin Margiela, showcasing his absence, anti-stardom, and deconstructive approach. The exhibition is a partnership between vintage retailer Byronesque and the Parodi Costume Collection.
While Martin Margiela hung up his fashion gloves in 2008, his influence endures, both as a perennial reference on the runways and as an educational trove for budding students the world over. However, in the years since his departure – he has swapped the fashion studio for a career in art – his legacy as the designer’s designer has only been institutionally surveyed on a few occasions.
It makes the newly opened fashion exhibition,(until April 5, 2024), an important milestone for anyone with an interest in the history (and future) of fashion design. The show comes from a partnership between Paris-based vintage retailer Byronesque and the Miami-based Parodi Costume Collection, home to an extensive archive of Maison Martin Margiela, Comme Des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto and Cristóbal Balenciaga, among others. Together, the two organisations settled on the concept of ‘void’ as a way to explore the absence, anti-stardom and deconstructive approach that has defined Margiela’s oeuvr
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