Maison Martin Margiela '20’ - Talks

Exhibition Spotlight Tours
Wed, Sat & Sun, 14.00
These 15 minute talks will guide you through the key themes and concepts behind the exhibition, giving you a unique insight into the world of Maison Martin Margiela.

Spotlight tours are free with your exhibition ticket. Spaces are limited so will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

See below for details of previous events.

Maison Martin Margiela: 20 Years
3 June 2010
Curator of the exhibition, Kaat Debo, creative director at MoMu Antwerp gave a talk tracing the trajectory of one of fashion's most innovative and enigmatic figures. Employing a ‘deconstructivist’ approach, Margiela displayed a radically new visual language that diametrically opposed the power-dressing of the 1980s. The talk explored how Maison Martin Margiela has challenged our conception of fashion and changed the way we view its history, craft, authorship and innovation.

Antwerp Avant-garde
8 July 2010
During the early 1980s a group of fashion designers emerged from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts and established the city as the centre for radical fashion design. Trained by designer Linda Loppa, the original ‘Antwerp Six’ consist of Dries Van Noten, Dirk Bikkembergs, Dirk Van Saene, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck and Marina Yee (Margiela was the unofficial seventh member). All of them have challenged the traditional systems of the fashion world, adopting a deconstructivist, avant-garde approach that has heavily influenced contemporary fashion. The panel included:

Alistair O'Neill, Fashion History at Central St Martins
Johanna Agerman, Deputy Editor, Icon Magazine