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Unlike other brands that time, Margiela didn’t use big logo’s, popping colors and polished models. They new thing about it was the entire experience combined with the collection. They wore extraordinary creations, in line with Margiela’s previous seasons. Models were hobbling on the ‘catwalk’, since it was uneven. When the first models showed up, everyone knew this show would become history. Recommended: why we should all follow Phoebe Philo’s life lessons The Tabi Boot looked like a men’s shoe, crafted of thick leather and chunky heels, while everyone was still wearing pumps and stilettos. While fashion critics were doubting the success of the entire show and Margiela’s collection, the fashion incrowd loved it. The show also marked the big breakthrough of the iconic Tabi Boot, she shoe with two toes. During the fittings before the show, he asked models about their opinions of the looks, because he wanted his collection to look as if they’d put it together themselves. Watch and be inspired.įashion designer Martin Margiela has always done things differently.

Unlike today’s incredibly short fashion shows, this spectacle lasts for almost an hour.

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Without knowing the impact it would have on the fashion industry, it felt good to them.īefore you read any further, watch the full Martin Margiela 1989 fashion show below. However, Jenny Meirens and Martin Margiela forced them to come, when they decided their 1989 fashion show had to take place at this playground in the outskirts of Paris. A desolate place in a North African neighborhood. Watch and read everything below about this phenomenal show and show it has shaped today’s fashion industry and Maison Margiela as a progressive fashion brand.Ĭover photo: © Margielatab1 on Instagram The Martin Margiela 1989 fashion show – SS90 Why? Because it was the first show open for public, clothes were deconstructed, models were acting outrageous and the front row was packed with children from the neighborhood.

The Martin Margiela 1989 fashion show marks an important point in history.

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