To say the name Martin Margiela is to conjure images of stacked-heel tabi-toe boots and blank labels held in place with four visible stitches. The name also evokes an aura of beguiling mystery ...

The brand’s autumnal line up blended conceptual design with a sense of new age refinement ...

that shows Martin Margiela’s sketch of the tabi boot. Aristocratic women parading past a shop, Tokyo, 18th century. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Picture Book of ...

Elsewhere, there are blockbuster fashion exhibitions at the V&A and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (the latter will be celebrated with the 2025 Met Gala in May), and a vast auction of the ...

With its sparse walls, exposed pipes, and undressed mannequins, Maison Martin Margiela looks more like a working artist’s loft than the New York outpost of a major Belgian designer. Staff in ...