TACTILE PERMANENCE

Originally created as an homage to their own archive, Maison Margiela's Fall/Winter collection carefully applies a sense of tactile fragility and surreality to its silhouettes. An internal recognition of their own legacy, one seen through a contemporary lens, this selection of garments now finds themselves captured by Paris-based artist and photographer Anna Vosse.

Renowned for their search of unconformity, Margiela's implementation of experimental and explorative making come from a viewpoint on tradition that has always veered left, something that remains true for this collection. Created through techniques involving repurposed fabrics, fusing garments with bonded materials, overpainting, and assemblage, the pieces are naturally finalised with the brand's four stitches motif.

Such details find themselves magnified through Vosse's lens, such as the overpainted textured pattern of the Argyle Knit top, foregrounding the added depth created through experimentation. The effects of structure, such as that of the Box Bag's unique silhouette or the proportions of the Shawl Collar Tuxedo Blazer, are similarly outlined, allowing such form to speak for itself. Here, their dedication to exploring the breadth of materiality is imprinted in digital engraving, existing beyond the physical.

Debossed as if a moment in time stamped in place, the beauty of the collection here is given a permanence harkening to the collection's own brand self-reflection. In such a transient era, Vosse's perspective on this collection serves as an invitation to pause with the garments, stripping away fleeting urgency in favour of something more inspective.