Win tickets to Martin Margiela exhibition
Somerset House
Mon - Sun 10.00 - 18.00
South Building
Strand, London
WC2R 1LA
GEO:51.5109,-0.11762
Phone: 020 7845 4600
Website
This summer, Somerset House in Covent Garden is proud to host Maison Martin Margiela ’20’ The Exhibition; a major exhibition celebrating 20 years of one of contemporary fashion’s most influential and enigmatic designers.
Conceived in close collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela and curated by the Mode Museum, Antwerp, this exciting show makes its London debut where it will be specially reconfigured for the Embankment Galleries, following critical acclaim at the MoMu, Antwerp and Haus der Kunst, Munich last year.
A graduate of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Martin Margiela formerly worked as design assistant to Jean Paul Gaultier before showing his first collection under his own label in 1988. Employing a ‘deconstructivist’ approach – monochromatic palette, outsized garments, non-traditional fabrics, the use of recycled materials and exposing the construction of his clothes – Margiela displayed a radically new visual language that diametrically opposed the power dressing of the 1980s. In deciding to let his fashion speak for itself and remain anonymous, Margiela as a brand is driven by product and sheer invention rather than fad, hype and celebrity often linked to other fashion labels.
This multi-layered exhibition captures Margiela’s unique aesthetic and vision spanning the past 20 years, by incorporating installations, photography, video and film
The exhibition rungs from 3 June – 5 September 2010
Open daily from 10.00am to 6.00pm and until 8pm on Thursday.
Ticket Price: Adult £6, Concessions £5, Under 12s Free
Somerset House Embankment Galleries, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA
020 7845 4600
www.somersethouse.org.uk
