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2017 · (a) wool, cotton, (b) cotton, silk, nylon, (c, d) leather, cotton, metal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Maison Martin Margiela
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Conceptual Art
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8
Works in Collection
11
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Maison Martin Margiela is a French fashion house founded in 1988, known for deconstructed garment design and unconventional material practices. The label pioneered the strategic use of unfinished seams, reversed construction, and repurposed industrial textiles as primary aesthetic and conceptual strategies. Margiela's work reframes fashion production itself as a site of critique, revealing the hidden labor and structural logic beneath conventional tailoring.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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