The big news swirling around the shows in Paris concerns Martin Margiela and his possible exit from designing.
Margiela is the 51 year old designer behind Maison Martin Margiela and he has come to wield tremendous influence in the world of fashion albeit from a distance. The designer is notorious for his refusal to give interviews or even be photographed earning him the name “Invisible Man”.
Eric Wilson reports for On the Runway about the rumors:
“The rumors about Mr. Margiela’s desire to leave fashion reached a fever pitch at the shows over the weekend as the Maison Martin Margiela prepared for its spring runway show on Monday night, which will mark the 20th anniversary of the house. Suzy Menkes, reporting in Monday’s International Herald Tribune, writes that two designers have been in talks with Renzo Rosso, the chief executive of Diesel Group, which bought Mr. Margiela’s business in 2002. She did not identify the designers and it was not clear whether Mr. [Raf] Simons was one of those.”
Martin Margiela to Exit Margiela? [On the Runway]
