John Galliano to Maison Martin Margiela!

According to WWD, John Galliano is headed to Maison Martin Margiela to become creative director.  It is both exciting and baffling at the same time.  On the surface it seems a bit of an odd fit for Galliano, a designer of lush, exotic dreams of fantasy fashion and the paired down all white house of Margiela.  But there is the couture - and January haute couture will be Galliano's debut for Margiela - the ready-to-wear and the secondary line MM6.  

And then again - maybe there are some similarities...

Martin Margiela Spring Summer 1990:

and John Galliano's first collection Les Incroyables in 1984:

Margiela's dressmaker form vest from Spring 1997 (and see here from RARE vintage):

and Galliano's undone Christian Dior dresses from the Fall 2005 couture collection:

I can hardly wait until January!

xo, Juliana

Giving Thanks to Martin Margiela

Thanksgiving was yesterday and RARE vintage was thankful for a great year of wonderful vintage finds.

We thought that it would be nice to share a 1996 dressmaker form vest from Martin Margiela. It is the complete opposite of the sequin YSL tank in our last post but Margiela is no less influential then Yves Saint Laurent. Mr. Margiela may not make clothes that are seen in the mainstream but his influence on designers who are inspired by his work and whose designs do make it to the street is tremendous.

This piece in thick linen, is printed with "semi-couture" on the lower front. It is fashion at its most simple and its most beautiful. It is seeing the ordinary and turning it into the extraordinary.

1996 Martin Margiela dressmaker form vest.

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