Out of Fashion: Maison Martin Margiela – Film as Presentation

In this combined programme

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  Men’s Presentation – Fall/Winter 2005-2006

  Six short films on the theme of music. The various outfits are related to six different genres of music.

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  Women’s Show – Fall/Winter 1993-1994

  For its 10th collection, this fashion house replaced the usual show with a film. Seven women, each in a setting that typifies her.

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  Women’s Show – Spring/Summer 2002

  For this presentation, Gibbs uses 2D, drawn elements to create a minimalist style that seems to have had all the colour removed.

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  Women’s Show – Fall/Winter 2004-2005

  English photographer Nigel Bennett based this film on still photographs. It was simultaneously screened in nineteen Parisian cafés.

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  Men’s Presentation – Spring/Summer 2011

  Martin Margiela plays tricks: which model is real? During the summer collection show, models are accompanied by their filmed alter egos.

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  Women’s Show – Spring/Summer 1997

  Images of two women wearing the summer collection, interspersed by shots of the studio. A beautiful insight into production.

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  Women’s Show – Fall/Winter 1999-2000

  This film was screened before the collection was shown. A fascinating way of explaining the concept, directed by Margiela himself.

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  Women’s Show Fall/Winter 1998-1999 (Extract)

  To present his vision of a collection, photographer Borthwick has three women wear clothing by MMM, and then talk to each other about this.

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  Women’s Show – Spring/Summer 1998

  Recording of a fashion show. Outfits are presented in film fragments, accompanied by music, described in projections and shown by models.

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  Men’s Presentation – Spring/Summer 2002

  In 2001, Martin Margiela filmed five male models, both in his office and in the street. This is the first time this men’s line has been prese

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