Jacket and trousers
1992
spring-summer 1992}; 1991 {spring-summer 1991
Medium
cotton (canvas), polyester (twill, satin), plastic (buttons)
Measurements
(a) 84.0 cm (centre back) 66.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 121.0 cm (outer leg) 43.5 cm (waist, flat) (trousers)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program, 2025
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Martin Margiela was born in Louvain, Belgium in 1957. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp in 1979 and began working as a freelance fashion stylist the following year. In 1982 Margiela moved to Paris to join Jean Paul Gaultier as a design assistant, remaining there until 1987, when he left to found his own company, Maison Martin Margiela, with Jenny Meirens. The house presented its first women's ready-to-wear collection in Paris in 1988. This same year, Margiela established his artisanal collection to reconstruct new garments from existing clothing and accessories – used or new – giving abandoned pieces new life. These pieces exemplify Maison Martin Margiela’s legacy of deconstruction, referencing fashion history and documenting the passage of time.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
France
Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline: (white cotton tape rectangle)
Accession Number
2025.728.a-b
Department
International Fashion and Textiles