Modern easy

Maison Martin Margiela FW14
By Jacob Mallinson Bird | 17 January 2014
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Maison Martin Margiela, Fashion Show in Paris, Menswear Collection, Fall Winter 2014

Set in the HQ of the French Communist Party, Margiela’s modernist collection was well housed.

Garments had a casual ease with wide-legged trousers and baggy knit jumpers, but this attitude was mainly enforced through styling. Half-tucked shirts and crumpled cuffs conveyed had a laissez-faire tone, coats hanging from the shoulders gave a masculine backbone to the easiness. The closing look – a long black cape held together by the model’s own hands – epitomised the attitude.

But somehow, the opposite was also true. Coats and jackets fastened with buckles and straps seemed as though they could have been taken from a 1940s airplane uniform, both functional and decorative. Some of these straps held jackets together, whereas some extruaneous additions gave a restrictive sensation. Another jacket with conjoining panels and full body straps reinforced the airplane reference, resembling a parachute.

These sculptural elements were found elsewhere also, with long trench coats given a structural edge with seemingly detachable cross-body wraps.

The colour palette was mainly neutral tones: navy, camel, grey. This backdrop was punctuated by vibrant interjections of blue, covering lacquered panels on jackets and on v-neck jumpers.

GALLERYBackstage images from Maison Martin Margiela FW14

GALLERYCatwalk images from Maison Martin Margiela FW14





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