Maison Martin Margiela 90s Deconstructed Pantsuit Ensemble
Before Maison Margiela, there was simply the designer eponymous... Maison Martin Margiela. This extraordinary ensemble suit bears the iconic blank white label and darted four-point signal that defined fashion's most revolutionary house. Dating from 1997-99, this museum-worthy avant-garde masterpiece represents Margiela's genius statement on the process of fashion itself - tattered, frayed, asymmetric, with missing button holes and clasps creating "the fully functional version of incompleteness." Every seemingly incomplete aspect is extremely intentional - extra leg fabric with snap closure, deliberately ripped front revealing intentional fraying, bare hook clasp creating beautiful discord with the pants' line-work. While one half of the jacket is complete with shoulder padding and straight lapels, the other side is torn and frayed like a manipulated vest. This highly collectible wearable art represents Margiela's house of daring statements, broken down to bare