Current couture shows (A/W 2018 and beyond)

This current Galliano collection for Maison Margiela is absolutely gobsmacking....

he's been getting there slowly but here has managed to completely fuse Margiela's deconstruction of pattern and his own wild vision. He really is the cutter and draper extraordinaire. these skills are MAD SKILLS.

https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2018-couture/maison-martin-margiela

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In his dynamic presentation, the working methods of the haute couture were exposed—literally—in the reveal of the interfacings and magic stitchery that goes into constructing a man-tailored jacket, or in Katerina Jebb’s X-ray print photographs of garments, superimposed on other garments. Other examples of “the memory of a garment in another garment” include the Edie Beale–esque repurposing of a skirt (worn upside-down as a top) or clothes worn back to front as though put on in haste.

Iris van Herpen:

https://assets.vogue.com/photos/5b3a1f1f203eed2501cf8f14/master/pass/_IRI1085.jpg

https://assets.vogue.com/photos/5b3a1f3b516b2e7880ef2cbf/master/pass/_IRI0729.jpg

^How is that even possible?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXNdSuN9gc8

Glenn Martens’ first couture show at Margiela looks incredible.

Maison Margiela FW25 couture by Glenn martens—craftmanship at its finest pic.twitter.com/RfnUrpTQiJ

— sam (@pinkmochhi) July 9, 2025

Robert Wun as well.

The avant-garde magician ✨Robert Wun✨ finally returned to the COUTURE fashion week Fall/Winter 2025 — a thread on ALL the looks.🪡🧵

PS: apocalyptic, dramatic and fashionably CONTAGIOUS. pic.twitter.com/HcRywqYFQB

— La Mode Unknown (@LaModeUnknown) July 9, 2025

Absolutely incredible show from Louise Trotter for Bottega Veneta at the Milan shows. Mindblowing work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtNM4zpGvIs

Current couture shows (A/W 2018 and beyond)

I really do not like what Martens is doing with Margiela - I find it morbid and joyless.