Maison Martin Margiela

[Faust]

This is beyond WTF cubed.

[Shucks]

not if u remember renzo rosso is part of the equation. then it all makes some kind of evil sense. we have gone full diesel, people.

[Faust]

We have gone Vin Diesel

[Shucks]

funny in a sad way how this gets no discussion. they have really run the brand into the ground already and i guess nobody gives a shit about margiela anymore...

[Verdandi]

They still make nice clothes at Margiela and I think their continuous raiding of the archives isn't bad per se, it is just that no one there has found a way to push things further or into a new direction while staying in line what MMM used to be about. The gazillion collaborations don't help much in that matter either.

As much as I do appreciate and admire Galliano's earlier work (at least for Dior, he has always been good under his eponymous line), him at Margiela is too bizaar to even imagine. Just think about his penchance to make a grand entrance at the end of every runway show and then think about how things are at MMM in that regard....mind blown.

I wonder if there is even a place for someone like Galliano in todays fashion 'world'. There isn't much room for showmanship anymore.

[snafu]

he should be at McQueen, don't you think...?

[Fuuma]

funny in a sad way how this gets no discussion. they have really run the brand into the ground already and i guess nobody gives a shit about margiela anymore...

I wear a lot of Margiela, always a couple of nice pieces, yeah it's classics with a quirky twist but that's what I wear most days (Margiela, Schneider, Lanvin stuff like that).

[Shucks]

I wear a lot of Margiela, always a couple of nice pieces, yeah it's classics with a quirky twist but that's what I wear most days (Margiela, Schneider, Lanvin stuff like that).

i totally see why some people still buy. but apart from the couture there really isn't much there to talk about anymore. and now they're gonna put galliano on the couture, so...

i don't mind galliano - he knows how to cut on the bias and how to look like a pirate - but yeah, like faust said wtf x wtf x wtf x ...

[Shucks]

it's official:

WWD: John Galliano Joins Maison Martin Margiela



"Margiela himself (...) could not immediately be reached for comment." lol

[Pumpfish]

Martin's not ever coming back, so with that avenue closed, who could sensibly fill the job?

Someone brilliant, but someone who really does not want to be out front under the spotlight.

If Galliano is a reformed character, he has probably hung up his pirate suit, and wants to work and be appreciated without the direct glare of public scrutiny of his person.

I think it is an inspired fit.

[Blackman]

I'm preparing for the loudest gaudiest looks since JG's time in the coffee shop

[Faust]

Martin's not ever coming back, so with that avenue closed, who could sensibly fill the job?

Someone brilliant, but someone who really does not want to be out front under the spotlight.

If Galliano is a reformed character, he has probably hung up his pirate suit, and wants to work and be appreciated without the direct glare of public scrutiny of his person.

I think it is an inspired fit.

Stephan Schneider or Christophe Lemaire.

[Faust]

it's official:

WWD: John Galliano Joins Maison Martin Margiela



"Margiela himself (...) could not immediately be reached for comment." lol

[SuE]

it's official:

WWD: John Galliano Joins Maison Martin Margiela



"Margiela himself (...) could not immediately be reached for comment." lol

I had to doublecheck that this wasn't the WTF thread.

[Resge]

I had to doublecheck that this wasn't the WTF thread.

It calls for its own WTF thread.