It\u2019s the most glamorous accessory in history. The trench coat has appeared in both men\u2019s and women\u2019s wardrobes alike, but it\u2019s in the hands of the ladies that the piece has been earning its pedigree for over a century. It\u2019s enough to see it worn by Catherine Deneuve or Brigitte Bardot to realize what the \u201ctrench effect\u201d is all about. To compose this collection presented during Haute Couture Week in Paris, John Galliano took iconic figures like Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe as a starting point. But Maison Margiela\u2019s creative director is a far cry from backward-looking fashion – this man is an inventor, and this season he was animated \u201cby the idea of offering a new glamour. I\u2019m not saying I found out, since it\u2019s a working process.\u201d<\/p>\n
Within the brand\u2019s ateliers, established in Paris\u2019 11th arrondissement by Martin Margiela himself, John Galliano released a collection inspired by the gestures and \u201cthe speed of glamour\u201d. \u201cShe puts on lipstick, she takes a coat and leaves in a rush.\u201d This idea can be found in an over-pleated trench coat that looks like a work of art. The fabrics, the volumes, the cut – everything illustrates Maison Margiela\u2019s very DNA. The foundation of the collection and definitely its most iconic piece, this trench coat reevaluates the humble aspect of the coat upon contact with Margiela haute couture. John Galliano is brilliantly able to deform, twist, and cut a couture piece into an undulating sensation. It\u2019s done with organza and coir worked in a straight pleat and teamed with a trompe-l\u2019oeil trench coat – this is quite simply art.<\/p>\n
Galliano pushes his reflection on glamour even further: \u201cGlamour can\u2019t exist without an audience,\u201d he declared. \u201cYou can have an intellectual glamour, you can have a sense of humor and be glamorous, but without a public, that light – it doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d Galliano is thus questioning the very essence of haute couture, with a reflection that seems to be going after a number of other couturiers this season. To bring couture out of the museums, Galliano imagines magistral but pragmatic pieces. If Galliano\u2019s aesthetics for Maison Margiela are being specified a bit more in couture, it\u2019s only to better bring out a more earthbound vision. A ready-to-wear version will no doubt be better able to make it to the streets.<\/p>\n
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