One of its effects was to focus attention on the clothes themselves, created by a team and credited to Maison Martin Margiela, aka MMM. And what intriguing clothes they were: Recall, for instance ...

Shoes courtesy of Christian Louboutin. All other images courtesy of Florilegius/Universal Images Group, Guy Marineau/Condé Nast via Getty Images, and ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock During Martin ...

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 ...