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    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A sleeveless tailored jacket, inspired from a 1905 tailcoat found in the South of France, is cut in “Calico”, a raw cotton material. An Edwardian crystal door-knob becomes a brooch, closing the jacket.

      Production time: 38 hours / Cotton, bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 1
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A tailored jacket and straight trousers are cut in “Calico”, a raw cotton material. An Edwardian crystal door-knob becomes a brooch, closing the jacket.

      Production time: 24 hours for the jacket and 8 hours for the trousers / Cotton, bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 2
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A smoking jacket made from several sources of Edwardian lace is worn over lace trousers. The jacket's pleated lapel is made from one of the former dress' satin underskirts. An Edwardian crystal door-knob becomes a brooch, closing the jacket.

      Production time: 61 hours for the jacket / Lace: Chantilly, Bruges and Calais, sourced in France, Belgium and Great Britain. Cotton, bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 3
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A sleeveless coat, cut from a patchwork of lace and Art Nouveau dresses is worn over lace trousers..The antique lace is restored and reassembled to create a vegetal pattern.

      Production time: 96 hours for the coat / Lace: Chantilly, Bruges and Calais, sourced in France, Belgium and Great Britain.

    • Look 4
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A basque jacket and skirt are cut from several silk and lace period dresses, dating back to the early XXth century and from lace veils made by Weiner Werkstätte. An Edwardian crystal door-knob becomes a brooch, closing the jacket.

      Production time: 89 hours for the jacket and 15 hours for the skirt / Lace: Chantilly, Bruges and Calais, sourced in France, Belgium and Great Britain. Lace veils from a private collection in Paris. Cotton, bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 5
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A mass of embroidery, whose designs are attributed to Paul Poiret and created by the master passementier Prevost is gathered to recreate an open-back blouse, worn over lace trousers and under a wrap-around skirt made from a patchwork of lace and Edwardian dresses.

      Production time: 20 hours for the blouse and 15 hours for the skirt / The embroidery was found in a Parisian antiquary, production estimated between 1905 and 1915.

    • Look 6
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • An Edwardian tailor-made gown is opened up, restored and reassembled. Only the outer layer is conserved, creating a chasuble dress worn over lace trousers.

      Production time: 30 hours for the dress / Garment originally made between 1900 and 1910 by L. Deleplanque, a tailor from Brussels.

    • Look 7
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A cut of antique lace is lined with silk and tied around two Edwardian door-knobs to create an evening dress.

      Production time: 12 hours / Antique lace found in Senlis, France. Bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 8
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A cut of silk is tied around a crystal Edwardian door-knob to become a backless evening dress, worn over lace trousers.

      Production time: 6 hours for the dress / Bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 9
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • Antique costume jewellery from the Opera de Paris' early XXth century supplier Le Blanc-Granget, is assembled on a velvet covered leather bib.

      Production time: 16 hours for the bib / The jewellery was sourced from France's Saint-Ouen flea market.

    • Look 10
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A sleeveless suit jacket is completely re-embroidered with rhinestones and antique crystals. It is worn over lace trousers.

      Production time: 88 hours for the jacket / Rhinestones and crystals, found in Paris. Bronze and crystal door-knob sourced in New York.

    • Look 11
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • An antique tailor-made silk gown, embroidered with an Art Nouveau vegetal pattern is restored and transformed to become a long evening bomber jacket.

      Production time: 140 hours for the bomber jacket / Tailor Andréa Jamet's dress is estimated to date from between 1905 and 1909 in Saint-Étienne, France.

    • Look 12
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A bolero made from several vintage leather baseball gloves is worn with lace trousers and over a Prevost embroidered blouse.

      Production time: 48 hours for the bolero and 23 hours for the blouse / Vintage baseball gloves from the United States of America. The embroidery was found in a Parisian antiquary, production estimated between 1905 and 1915.

    • Look 13
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A sleeveless jacket made from several vintage leather baseball gloves is worn over lace trousers.

      Production time: 43 hours for the jacket / Vintage baseball gloves from the United States of America.

    • Look 14
    • Maison Martin Margiela Artisinal

    • Fall 2012 Haute Couture

    • A coat cut from a windsurfing board's sail is tailored to reproduce the volume of a 1910 man's overcoat and is worn over lace trousers.

      Production time: 51 hours for the coat / PVC, reinforced plastic, nylon and metal.

    • Look 15
Fall 2012 Couture ::

Maison Martin Margiela Fall 2012 Haute Couture

Maison Martin Margiela's Artisinal Fall 2012 Haute Couture collection follows the house's traditional use of found objects and materials while incorporating them in unexpected ways.  Much of the clothing, fabrics, and objects originated from the early 20th century while placed in modern silhouettes.  Found doorknobs become jacket brooches, antique laces are restored, baseball gloves were cut, and even a windsurfer's sail was used, for a collection that takes vintage inspiration to modernity.

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