making it the largest single auction of Margiela ever held. Key pieces hailed from seminal collections such as Maison ... Martin Margiela. The most coveted look and star lot was a spring 1990 ...

All 270 lots were sold and yielded a total take of almost 2 million euros, including a spring 1990 wool suit that commanded 101,400 euros, touted as a new world record for a piece by the designer.

Belgian designer Glenn Martens was unveiled on Wednesday, January 29, as John Galliano's successor as creative director of French fashion house Maison Margiela on a busy day of Haute Couture Week ...

Martens, who made his name at now-defunct experimental label Y/Project, studied at Antwerp's renowned Royal Academy of Fine ...

Not to mention, Martens studied at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, like Maison Margiela’s namesake, Martin Margiela; and also followed a similar career path, moving from Belgium to Paris ...

Belgian designer Glenn Martens was unveiled Wednesday as the successor to John Galliano as creative director of French fashion house Maison Margiela on a busy day of Haute Couture Week in Paris.

Martens, 41, is currently creative director at Diesel and was promoted internally from within the Italian fashion company OTB Group which also owns Maison Margiela. "I have worked with Glenn for ...

Today, Maison Margiela has announced that Glenn ... Born in Belgium, Martens honed his skills as a master designer at Martin Margiela’s alma mater, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.