Martin Margiela
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Sep 24, 2026
Chloe MalleHOST
Yeah.
Raf SimonsGUEST
I was in an industrial designs university, and then I ended up seeing this Martin Margiela show, and it, my perception of fashion changed.
Chloe MalleHOST
Interesting.
Raf SimonsGUEST
And I, m- even if we never talked about it, because she said this thing about, you know, everywhere, in movies, in real life, the, the bad also, or the ugly or whatever, but in fashion it always has to be glamorous and it always has to be like...
Raf SimonsGUEST
And I had that perception in fashion before I saw the Martin Margiela first collections in 1989.
Chloe MalleHOST
Hmm.
Raf SimonsGUEST
My perception of fashion was glamorama-
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
So I think it's interesting to see and to look at unconventional materials and see how you can take that in, use it as inspiration and fuel for your new creations.
Sarah de ClercqHOST
Is this also where Martin Margiela is coming in because he's a big inspiration for you?
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
Yeah, I think especially when he was still the creative director at Mezzel Margiela.
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
For his time, he really showed how you can be unconventional, think differently and question everything that you're doing actually within your own industries.
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
But what I think is the most interesting about this, he showed how he did it.
17 MINS LATER
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
Same with Galeano, not the biggest fan of Galeano, right away gonna put that out there.
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
But also undeniable a icon.
Tess van ZalingeGUEST
For me the charm is, and that's also I think where my inspiration comes from, from Margiela.
Mattia Van SeverenGUEST
Unfortunately, during my second year already in school, he, uh, he stepped away from his brand, so I was a bit like, "Okay, shit, what I do, do, what I'm gonna do now?" [laughs] But, um, it was definitely not Ann Demeulemeester or Haider Ackermann.
Mattia Van SeverenGUEST
I al- I mean, I, I, I love their work, uh, still to this day, but back then- At least during my like formative years in fashion design, it was, it was, uh, yeah, Martin Margiela, and then at one point even also Raf Simons, especially on the menswear part.
Mattia Van SeverenGUEST
Um, and then if you're digging into Raf Simons, you easily end up, uh, with Helmut Lang.
Mattia Van SeverenGUEST
Um, so these three were more like, uh, I was more gravitating towards them.
Fabian KluthHOST
Yeah, but I mean also, um, Martin Margiela is not even, uh, I think he's, was not even a designer in or an artist in a classical sense.
Fabian KluthHOST
He was more like a visionary.
Fabian KluthHOST
He was-
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Barbie's breasts were impressive.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
And certainly a lot of fashion designers, I talked to Victor and Rolf, I talked to Martin Margiela, they were really struck by Barbies or imitation Barbies that they saw and had as children because of the breasts and the pointed toes for high heels.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Right.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Both of these things said adult, fashionable woman.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Yes.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Barbie's breasts were impressive, and certainly a lot of fashion designers, I talked to Victor & Rolf, I talked to Martin Margiela, they were really struck by Barbie's or imitation Barbies that they saw s- and had as children because of the breasts and the pointed toes for high heels.
Jessica CruelHOST
Right.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
That both of these things said adult fashionable woman.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Barbie's breasts were impressive.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
And certainly a lot of fashion designers, I talked to Victor and Rolf, I talked to Martin Margiela, they were really struck by Barbies or imitation Barbies that they saw and had as children because of the breasts and the pointed toes for high heels.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Right.
Valerie SteeleGUEST
Both of these things said adult, fashionable woman.
Freya RoskiHOST
I don't know if privacy and, for example, with the Olsen twins that are also not online and they prefer to be in privacy.
Freya RoskiHOST
And if that is a luxury, if that is possible, like the way how also Josanna built her career or people like Martin Margiela, is it still possible to do it in that anonymity or in that sense just like... keeping people outside of your life?
Ingeborg HarmsGUEST
I think it starts with her fashion design, because that's really the word I think I was looking for.
Ingeborg HarmsGUEST
She designed clothes for women and later for men that keep their privacy.
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
...
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
Anna has gottenGalliano appointed at, at Margiela.[laughs] So-
Jessica DeFinoHOST
Right
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
... it's a pretty quick turnaround, um, from, from infamy to rehabilitation there in my opinion especially, I'm not sure if peo- if people outside the industry really understand what being appointed at the head of Margiela means, um, within fashion.
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
Like that is kind of one of the most ...
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
Not only one of the most prestigious roles that you could take on, like honestly obviously like Chanel, Chanel is the holy grail right? Like when w- when Karl died everyone was fighting o- to be the next creative director of Chanel.
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
But Margiela I would say is just as coveted but it's also like reserved for like a more of a creative genius like artistic type.
Emily KirkpatrickHOST
Like you have -
Hanny AhernGUEST
And all those guys.
Hanny AhernGUEST
Yeah, Andrew Muehlmeister, Walter Van Berendonck, Dries Van Norten, Margiela, Martin Margiela.
Hanny AhernGUEST
Some really good stuff.
Hanny AhernGUEST
And they graduated, and good for them that it's fucking hard.