A collection of works by Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela.

This book was published in March and August 2017 at the Momu Fashion Muse in Antwerp, Belgium.

From March to September 2018, the Muse of Decorative Arts in Paris, France,

The book is a 2024 reprint of the catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, which was held at the Artipelag contemporary culture center in Stockholm, Sweden from October of the same year to March 2019.

The exhibition and book focus on the author's time as a women's ready-to-wear designer at the French luxury house Hermes, from 1997 to 2003.

This book allows you to enjoy numerous illustrations of the collections, image photos, and drawings that were created at the time.

The designer's innovations in tailoring, techniques and materials, as well as a new fashion perspective that emphasizes comfort, timelessness and tactility, have resulted in clothes whose primary purpose is to please the wearer, rather than to impress the viewer.

Additionally, images of women emerged that were not fixated on youth but instead left room for embracing women of all ages, giving birth to a new vision of beauty.

The book includes interviews with the artist's closest collaborators, as well as a special feature on dress and textile history, Rebecca Arnold,

Kaat Debo, the curator of the Mode Museum,

A wide-ranging essay by fashion journalist Sarah Mower and others,

Through a foreword by journalist and fashion critic Suzy Menkes, this pivotal period in 20th and 21st century fashion is evoked.

〈Masion Martin Margiela〉のアーカイブからの未公開資料、〈Hermes〉が顧客向けに刊行する季刊誌『Le Monde d Hermes（ル・モンド・エルメス）』から取り上げた数多くの印象的で絶妙に洗練された数多の画像、そして新たに加わった写真資料によって、作家がエルメスの為に制作したワードローブの物語を織りなしています。

[Specifications/Details]
·hard cover
・280 pages
·English edition
・240mm x 300mm
Publisher: LANNOO

*Due to the characteristics of the product, there may be creases or stains on the main body. Please note that this is not a defective product.

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