DESOLATION

 Renowned for playing with the balance between feminine and masculine forms, Belgian fashion label  Maison Martin Margiela, recently had their S/S 14 Ready to Wear Collection featured in a Hyperbeast Editorial. 

'Desolation' was shot in black and white by Cheuk Yin  and features the colorless  pieces of the collection including button down shirts, loose fitting dresses and slim structured suits. 

La Garçonne

MODEL TAO OKAMOTO IS TRANSFORMED INTO A BOY AND STARS IN NUMERO FRANCE'S OCTOBER'S ISSUE. 
HAVANA LAFFITTE, THE STYLIST OF THE EDITORIAL SELECTED ANDROGYNOUS APPAREL FOR DESIGNERS LIKE CALVIN KLEIN, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA AND JIL SANDER . 
PHOTOGRAPHER GREG KADEL CREATED STRONG BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES FOR THE SPREAD WHICH WERE SHOT OUTDOORS.

I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

BALDOVINO BARANI PHOTOGRAPHS ANNA PIIRAINEN AND HANNARE BLAAUBOER FOR DESIGNARE' COUTURE MAGAZINE  CREATING A SET FULL OF EXPLOSIVE COLOURS AND IMAGES.

THE EDITORIAL IS SHOT AS A MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA ARTISANAL SPECIAL FOR THE MAGAZINE AND WAS SHOT AT LA PAGODE CINEMA IN PARIS. I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS SHARES ITS TITLE BY THE FAMOUS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK OF THE AUTHOR AND POET MAYA ANGELOU WHICH INSPIRED THE SHOT.

THE MODELS WHERE STYLED BY YASMINA BENABDELKRIM, WHILE THE MAKE UP IS WORK OF BEA BARBAT AND THE HAIR STYLING OF VINCENT DE MORO.

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA HAUTE COUTURE AW13

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA'S NEW ARTISANAL COLLECTION PRESENTED IN AN OLD FACTORY FOR HOT- AIR BALLOONS MAKES OUR MINDS FLY!

THE COLLECTION IS AN EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATION OF MATERIALS AND REMNANTS OF THE PAST THAT ARE REWORKED, REMADE AND RESTORED TO FORM NEW PIECES WITH UNIQUE IDENTITY.

TRANSFORMATION IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT FOR THIS ARTISANAL COLLECTION. 

TRANSFORMATION NOT ONLY OF RULES AND FASHION CODES ( EVEN THE MOST BASIC OUTFITA WHITE T-SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS REMODELED RADICALLY IN LATEX), BUT ALSO A LITERAL RECYCLING OF MATERIALS FROM DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES... A TULLE AND COTTON COAT CUT FROM A 1950'S PROM DRESS FROM N.Y, VINTAGE FABRIC FLOWERS SOURCED IN L.A, LONDON, PARIS AND BRUSSELS, COSTUMES FROM THE BEIJING OPERA IN THE 1930'S AND EMBROIDERED ART NOUVEAU CURTAINS IN SILK TULLE. 

LIKE AN ALCHEMICAL PROCESS THE LOOKS TOOK LONG HOURS TO CREATE FROM THE CLOTHES TO THE MASKS THAT THE MODELS WORE AND WERE UNIQUELY CREATED FOR EACH LOOK.

TRUE TRANSFORMATION TAKES TIME AND THE RESULTS IN MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA'S COUTURE COLLECTION ARE STUNNING!