TY - BOOK ID - 79546820 TI - Martin Margiela : the women's collections, 1989-2009 AU - Samson, Alexandre AU - Saillard, Olivier AU - Palais Galliera (Paris) PY - 2018 SN - 9780847864256 0847864251 PB - New York, N.Y. Rizzoli Electa DB - UniCat KW - Applied arts. Arts and crafts KW - fashion [concept] KW - fashion designers KW - Margiela, Martin KW - anno 1990-1999 KW - anno 2000-2009 KW - Beauty and Fashion. KW - CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General. KW - Damenmode. KW - Fashion design. KW - Fashion designers KW - Fashion designers. KW - Modeschöpfer. KW - Margiela, Martin, KW - Margiela, Martin. KW - Belgium. KW - fashion [culture-related concept] UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79546820 AB - Timed to coincide with a major exhibition, this volume revisits the years during which celebrated designer Martin Margiela achieved the status as one of the most important designers at work today. One of the Antwerp group of six who changed the face of contemporary fashion, Margiela created 41 runway shows between 1989 and 2009 which promoted a unique vision of understated luxury -- monochromes, oversize volumes, and his signature constructed-deconstructed cuts - whose credo is comfort, timelessness, sensuality, and authenticity. Famously reclusive, Margiela never showed his face even at his own shows in order that the work could stand purely on its own, free from any link to celebrity or self-promotion. This volume chronicles these amazing fashion shows in careful detail: the extraordinary spaces, the music, the designer's intentions, the iconic pieces. Over the years, recurring motifs and inspirations become more apparent including anonymity, whiteness, past and anteriority, diversion. The book reveals the sensitive, poetic and incredibly innovative universe of this most influential contemporary fashion designer. ER -