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Casey Mackenzie Johnson

Martin Margiela was born in Limbourg, Belgium, in 1959. He was schooled at the Antwerp Royal Academy and assisted Jean Paul Gaultier from 1984 to 1987. In 1987 Margiela founded Maison Martin Margiela (MMM) in Paris. MMM’s output is known as “meta-fashion”—that is, “clothes about clothes.” Read full biography here. 

 

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• "Martin Margiela: Signs of Time." In Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion SystemVinken, Barbara., 139–152. Oxford: Berg, 2005. Accessed March 31, 2017.
• Evans, Caroline. "The Golden Dustman: A Critical Evaluation of the Work of Martin Margiela and a Review of Martin Margiela: Exhibition (9/4/1615)." In Classic and Modern Writings on Fashion. Oxford: Berg, 2009. Accessed March 31, 2017.
• Nicewonger, Todd E. "Belgian Designers and the Antwerp Academy." In Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: West Europe, edited by Lise Skov. Oxford: Berg, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2017.
• Milbank, Caroline Rennolds. "Hermès." In The Berg Companion to Fashion, edited by Valerie Steele. Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2017. 

   

ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen (MoMu)

• Boots with a split toe
• Black leather collar with wide lapels

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• Woman’s blouse and pants

Kerry Taylor Auctions

• Green silk evening dress with train

  

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