Maison Martin Margiela at Pitti Immagine Uomo 69

[Arturo21]

MM

I love it. Love it. Love it.

and no, I don't think that's Martin Margiela in the pic.

See the other MM thread, I think that's him in the pic I posted..

[rekko]

actually it's not so interesting.....
it's really hard to find out all these white spots
that so called map sucks

[droogist]

Originally Posted by rekko

actually it's not so interesting.....
it's really hard to find out all these white spots
that so called map sucks

Oh, that's too bad. I was under the impression that all of the white stations were concentrated in one spot - that would have been a lot more impressive. In any case I like the range of white products they chose, there's some fun things in there. Gelato...mmmm...

[Scott]

WOW!! Definitely the patchwork pieces are my favourites. I'll have the coat with the fur bits and a pair of those gorgeous trousers.

[airboyair]

thanks runner! so many things to want but if there's only one piece that i need it's the white jumpsuit!

[Bidwell]

God save Renzo Rosso! What a job this saint has done with Margiela. I wish there were more like him. I love the new italianized MM. Now if he can do the same for the womenswear he'll be back in form. Very slick but still underground. Who'd have thought that little white detail would amount to so much?

[faust]

Originally Posted by Scott

WOW!! Definitely the patchwork pieces are my favourites. I'll have the coat with the fur bits and a pair of those gorgeous trousers.

They are yours for a mere $2300

I can't say I like much of this. A ton of it is rehashed (not that I mind the classic leather jacket - it's still on my collectables list), and much of it doesn't strike me like F/W (except a few chunky sweaters).

The presentation though is quirky as ever...

[Scott]

^2300...depending on the composition,and how the patchworking was done,I'd say that was worth the money. That's alot of work,really,considering the intricacy of doing an entire trouser of small patches...plus the construction.

bidwell,I must disagree with you. When Rosso bought MMM not only did the quality go down quite significantly,but the design aspects were also something to question. This is actually the first menswear collection that's really impressed me at all since he signed.

[faust]

Originally Posted by Scott

^2300...depending on the composition,and how the patchworking was done,I'd say that was worth the money. That's alot of work,really,considering the intricacy of doing an entire trouser of small patches...plus the construction.

bidwell,I must disagree with you. When Rosso bought MMM not only did the quality go down quite significantly,but the design aspects were also something to question. This is actually the first menswear collection that's really impressed me at all since he signed.

$2300 is for a pair of jeans with different patches of wool fabric sewen on. I am guessing that it's a manual process, so it probably took a long time to make - hence the pricetag.

[nqth]

Originally Posted by faust

$2300 is for a pair of jeans with different patches of wool fabric sewen on. I am guessing that it's a manual process, so it probably took a long time to make - hence the pricetag.

Oh I don't think it'd take *that* long:-)

[faust]

Originally Posted by nqth

Oh I don't think it'd take *that* long:-)

were you thinking in terms of money or time?

[Scott]

Oh I dunno,nqth...patchwork quilts normally take months to complete...I can imagine the trousers took a couple weeks at the very least to finish. Depending on the hours a day he spent making them. And yes, all done by hand. There's no way a machine could do that.

[cerfas]

i 2nd softgrey's emotions

[Zazie]

I love the set-up, especially the string installation. Nice clothes, and the pared down, neutral palette is right, but the fur patchwork.....also can't see the clothes clearly in the pictures, only thing is, I know of few men who can actually wear white......

[battles]

thank so you much, runner! i can't believe i was missing out this thread. mmm has never been far from my heart and to look at the pictures, it's just overwhelming. i wish these retrospective pieces are going for re-production. would love to buy some of them that i had left out in the past seasons.