PARIS, Oct 7, 2005/ FW/ ---– The house of Martin Margiela has always been one for the semi conceptual, so it came of no surprise that ushers in white coats greeted guests and carrying wicker baskets handed out red wine, neither were the train tracks that ran down the catwalk.

What however was disappointing was that there seems to have been little forward thinking for Margiela’s design intellectual.

The half sewn garments are not new and hence after various seasons seeing the same way of presenting the collections, it has become somewhat repetitious when models sprayed wet wear trousers half sewn, shirts half made and at times simple rolls of fabric wrapped around supple bodies.

Set up like a work in progress, the street is an inaugural part of Margiela’s style.

Tailored jackets with a single button heightened but made of wrinkled fabric are functional, while men’s sartorial detail in trousers is desirable.

Geometric circles stitched together hinted at reworked zipped biker jackets and then go on to make-up entire dresses. Running colour like spray paint on fabric largely replaced prints and shoes and accessories were bandaged in ‘fragile’ tape.

Nonetheless the spring summer 2006 collection for Martin Margiela will be a viable success, it will just be a little curious to see exactly what will end up on the store shelves.

Maison Martin Margiela

Maison Martin Margiela

Maison Martin Margiela

Maison Martin Margiela