// Maison Martin Margiela //
Maison Martin Margiela
Martin Margiela was born in Belgium in 1957, graduating from Antwerp’s
Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1980. He founded Maison Martin Margiela
in 1988 showing his first women’s ready to wear collection for spring /
summer 1989.
His work is closely associated with the
deconstructionist fashion movement of the 1980s. Martin Margiela's work
is characterised by a poetic appreciation of imperfection, personality
and eccentricity. His Margiela collections have been presented on tube
platforms and street corners. He says 'My main inspiration has always
has been the extremities and changes of daily life.'
