Maison Martin Margiela

Continuity between collections isn’t always a hallmark of the Couture offerings. But it goes without saying that the Fall 2014 couture collection…

Continuity between collections isn’t always a hallmark of the Couture offerings. But it goes without saying that the Fall 2014 couture collection…

Maison Martin Margiela: The fashion set prefers to inhabit digs that are artfully decorated; a colorful backdrop to their lives if you will. With Maison Martin Margiela’s latest Couture showing, home-apropos textiles have found their way onto the runway. Models shrouded with face masks (this year’s version is a sheer black with applique eyes) served as mannequins for the richly textured fabrics. Raw hems and unfinished fabrics hinted at a wealth of history. The likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Raoul Dufy, and Paul Gauguin’s work got translated into oversized coats and pant suits.

WHAT: Maison Martin Margiela Lazy Sunday Morning Perfume…WHY: Leave it to the masters at Maison Martin Margiela to recreate the feeling of the ever-covetable Sunday morning snuggle. You know the feeling: you’ve just woken up encircled in crisp (and freshly laundered) linens to a vision of sunlight streaming through your blinds. Right then and there you decide to stay in bed all day, basking in the glory of laziness. Now you can walk around with that scent, regardless of whether it’s 6 a.m. on Monday, dinnertime on Tuesday, or cocktail hour on Thursday…AVAILABLE: $110, Barneys.com…

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WHAT: Maison Martin Margiela Crystal Bib…WHY: Who said bibs are just for the petit set? Set again a dramatic black backdrop, Maison Martin Margiela’s array of crystals and chains are strictly for the chicly grown-up set. Add some spice to a basic black tee or dress up an evening gown; nothing’s off limits. Just avoid spills when donning this number, OK?…AVAILABLE: $1,965, Shopbop.com…

Bauble alert! Swarovski and Maison Martin Margiela joined forces on a bit of bling. Consider us intrigued: By fusing crystal and matte white resin, an assortment of couture and ready-to-wear jewelry will be created out of the material, which bares the formal name of Crystalactite. The higher-end pieces from the collection graced Maison Martin Margiela’s couture runway earlier this month, and will retail around $1,285 for a bracelet and $1,025 for a pendant when they hit stores in November.

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Maison Martin Margiela: The Maison Martin Margiela design team’s take on menswear was anything but ordinary. Suiting came in pieces like a black zip jacket with enormous oversize shirt cuffs, done up with canary yellow brushstrokes, which matched the slouchy trou streaked with paint stripe. A white buttondown featuring magenta megacuffs paired nicely with slouchy brushstroke pants. Pinstripes peppered the collection, whether in vest-laden painsuiting with a knotted halter top that resembles a men’s tie or a skirt suit with armbands and a scalloped skirt fashioned to look like the curved hem of a suit jacket that had a bit of a mod look when paired with black calf-length booties. Eveningwear came in bannerlike silk columns with indecipherable writing cut up and hodgepodged together. Ever the trailblazers, it’s not surprising the enigmatic Margiela maison would put forth a translating-challenged message onto the runways.