The Maison Margiela Spring/Summer 2024 collection, creatively led by John Galliano, is characterized by a confrontation of dualities, where tailored items contrast fluid ones. The collection features a mix of fiercely imaginative and commercially desirable pieces, including black tailored coats, suits, dramatic volumes, deconstructed white shirt collars, and misfit silhouettes spontaneously customized with tape or work-in-progress stitching.
For Spring/Summer 2024, MM6 Maison Margiela continues this exploration by deconstructing and rebuilding office-ready uniforms for refined workers and fashion lovers alike. The 34-look collection keeps elevated suiting at the forefront, dipping classic styles in white pinstriped fabrics and dark grey hues. The brand’s dismantled identity is present in every item, seeing sleeveless silver shirting loosened at the chest paired with deep-V bodysuits and dramatically oversized trousers.
Staple leather trench coats made for daily wear complement brown shirting with dangling neckties, while the show’s bold invitation is pinned to cropped tees and rebellious hoodies. Discolored leather enhances elongated vests and billowing shorts with vintage appeal, completing the collection with netted tops and blue patent leather ensembles that insert dashing pops of color.
The show presents a search for individual truth reflected in the generational adaptation of an inherited legacy, with garments appearing as if passed down from one generation to another, their genetics modified and advanced. The collection also reimagines the iconic Tabi in new forms and evokes the memory of one age through the radical eye of the next.
