//// Margiela reworks
Posted on | January 6, 2010 | 5 Comments
I have love/hate relationship to Yoox — but it is not their fault. When I have money I don’t find anything interesting from there — and when I don’t have money there’s huge amount of stuff to desire.
Well, with my income I can only dream about Maison Martin Margiela recycled creations, but could not resist about posting these. Mainly for two reasons. If you have that money, this is the last chance, kind of. And if you don’t these are such a glorious inspiration for some DIY projects. This time I included full size images, just click and see the details.
Stole made from various floral fabrics from different eras, either in their original state or colored by hand and stitched together. The white and red versions maintain the original shades of fake flowers, while the dark version has been dyed.
A velvet ribbon becomes a top. The ribbon is folded and applied on a mannequin to envelop the body in order to make a top.
Jacket made from the uppers of women’s white sandals that have been joined together. Every piece has been modelled by hand on a mannequin, with the buckles used as a closure.
Three oil-painted canvases have been removed from their frames and arranged to create a sleeveless dress. Every painting has been washed, softened and treated in order to fix the oil and chalk. The canvases have then been lined in silk taffeta and simply draped around the body. The shape and volume of the dress have been obtained by refolding the canvases rather than re-coloring them.
Hand embroidered sequinned tops from the ’80’s were transformed into coats and skirts. These handmade tops from the ’80’s were assembled directly on tailors’s mannequins to form coats and skirts, with their original lining turned inside out. Made and lined entirely by hand, their original lining was later removed to reveal the other side of their sequinned outside. Bleaching or overdying makes it possible for every garment to be offered in light and dark tones.
Jacket created with strands of beads that have been perfectly assembled to achieve an ideal weight. The original necklace clasps now serve to fasten the jacket.
The jacket is made of fourteen sections from the backs of leather jackets and trench coats. Different types of leather are overlapped, creating shades of colors that go from white to black.
All images and item descriptions from Yoox.
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January 6th, 2010 @ 6:04 pm
The re-worked necklace jacket left me speechless. I honestly gasped when I saw it, but unfortunately my income isn’t enough for this lust either.
January 6th, 2010 @ 11:03 pm
i have the same problem with yoox. the store also plays a special part in my life as a permanent storage for items i try to remember wanting: my dreambox is filled with stuff i realize i need, but i hardly ever order anything from what i have stored there… curious.
i have drooled over those margiela pieces. sigh.
January 7th, 2010 @ 2:26 am
Oh goodness, I’d think I had died and gone to heaven if I could get my hands on one of these pieces. Did you see the jacket made of umbrellas?!! Sad that I can’t even afford one of the regular Margiela pieces. Don’t us lower income bracket people deserve such gorgeous creations as well?
January 7th, 2010 @ 9:15 am
I watched a really stupid movie last night as a dinner-no-brain-entertainment, talking about a shopaholic … i really can relate to that — the temptation, the dream and the price-tag, which was why i developed this “self-defense” syndrome: i called, design snobishism
— so whenever I come across pieces as listed above from Margiela, instead of wanting to have them as my procession, I felt the kick on my butt, telling me to get my act together because it’s time to create!!!
Kamicha, i know you are capable of making beautiful things .… sorry for the random rumbling … the thoughts just kind explored, xx
January 9th, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
Steff, yeah, I have browsed them through several times, and the umbrella raincoat is so great!
Lily, I actually appreciate your comment. My self-but-kicking ability has been bit tainted lately, but I hope that I will regain some of my energy during this spring. It is all too easy to lull oneself to the fluff of wanting the stuff that is not even within reach.