Oct 14, 20202 min read

Maison Marigiela: The "Trompe L'Oeil" Codes

Paris

October 2, 2020

We don't have to introduce Maison Margiela anymore, the French couture house has digitally showcased it's very last collection "MM6" at the Paris Fashionweek.

What "MM6" Is About ?

Designed by the MM6 team from home, the Spring Summer 2021 Collection meets the moment – questioning the corporate and embracing the domestic. Zooming in, out and around the collection, an in-situ lookbook film contextualizes the process of image creation in a series of studio perspectives. Both MM6 models and staff are seen interacting with garments, accessories and scenography, emphasizing games of scale, modularity, and superposition. Epitomizing the onscreen dream, printed satin scarves replace shirt, gilet or t-shirt backs to create floating pictorial scenes from cloudy skies to the Maison’s iconic library and scrawled ‘6’ typography.

MM6

Menswear and lingerie – opposites that attract – mix and match up and down the body. Chopped garments break formality: pinstripe and poplin sleeves are cropped to desktop elbow length, trouser legs wrap as a V-neck jumpsuit, a skirt lining is extended beyond denim, and the trench or blouse blanche is shorn apart as a jacket and skirt.

Remixing historical hallmarks of the Maison, typewriter descriptions are cut and pasted from the backdrop onto garments, and the white calico cover of a Parisian café chair becomes a short cotton dress.

Look further, and archive polka dots are warped across pleating, whilst nude crepe washes men’s tailoring with the trompe l’oeil shades of the MM6 beige bodysuit. Subtly distorted accessories play with proportions throughout the Spring Summer 2021 Collection, from schoolgirl satchels patched onto cotton tote bags and upsized sunglasses pouches to giant solitaire ring pendants and nude mesh jewelry. Square-toe sneakers slip on in puffy nylon, the signature tape heels and cylindrical ‘6’ stamp boots both return with an anatomic molded toe, and hybrid 3-way flats in soft leather are worn closed, open-toe, or backless.

The Full Collection