Maison Martin Margiela and the Return of Selective Perception

Last season was no good season for Maison Martin Margiela. Having lost Martin Margiela at the helm of his maison, the house's leadership had led inspiration a bit awry. If you've watched it, then you probably remember the dreamy and slightly unearthly draped and paper maché juxtaposition that came together on a different MMM frequency. Add the t-shirts and you get what looks like a students interpretation of Margiela's body of work. But when you thought the maison might turn into a shebang, there was a very redeeming collection delivered yesterday.

Tuned to a more familiar Margiela motif, one could find that there was a certain return of the kind of intellectualism into the inspiration.

For me, there was a certain message in the clothes. (I am also watching the Da Vinci Code as I watch this) In order to decipher the message,  I used the power of selective perception in order to identify and metaphors that were extended to the clothes. The look that was most vocal was this:

A watch band belt around the waist. Translation: WATCH THE WAIST

From the looks earlier, they showed these gravity defying full length skirts that give me a a reason to watch the waist.

The waist is a kind of bucket shape, which is not filled all of the way. This could mean Margiela's team at the helm are not overwhelmed with filling role.

Yet another watch band waisted coat with a simple cardigan, all over a silver lamé shirt which is in close relation to the body of the model. What does this mean? Possibly that their creation is imitable of metal, hard and not easily broken. But the fact that it is molded to the body and walking down this runway, they're saying that they don't have much of a problem lasting in the future. Then this walked down the runway.

... And I knew they have exactly what it took to last, veiled and protected by the brain.

But who knows. This is only my perception.

images from Style.com

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