AZZEDINE ALAÏA
HUSSEIN CHALAYAN
  COMME DES GARÇONS
  HELMUT LANG
  JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
  MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA
  ALEXANDER McQUEEN
  ISSEY MIYAKE
  JUNYA WATANABE, COMME DES GARÇONS
  VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
  YOHJI YAMAMOTO
THE DESIGNERS
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA


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SPRING SUMMER 2001
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Martin Margiela was born in Belgium in 1959. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, and is closely associated with the deconstructionist fashion movement of the 1980s. Margiela's work is characterised by a poetic appreciation of imperfection, personality and eccentricity. His collections have been presented on tube platforms and street corners. He says 'My main inspiration has always has been the extremities and changes of daily life.'



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