The Maison
Maison Martin Margiela
for View on Colour
04/02/1998
(BEGINS)
WHAT IS COLOUR?
An intensity, a temperature, a clash, a harmony.
AND
HOW DO YOU USE IT?
When it asks.
WHAT IS BLACK?
An absence, a presence, a mood, a mantle.
WHAT IS RED?
A blush, a flush, a fever, a command.
WHAT IS SKIN?
A protection.
WHAT IS FABRIC?
A medium.
WHAT IS TEXTURE?
A result of time.
WHAT IS CONSTRUCTION?
A means to an end.
WHAT IS FUNCTION?
A reply to a need.
WHAT IS ART?
A need to reply.
WHAT IS CRAFTSMANSHIP?
A fruit of time.
WHAT IS CLOTHING?
The final layer.
WHAT IS FASHION?
A series of propositions.
WHAT IS RECYCLING?
Another chance.
HOW DOES RECYCLING FIT INTO YOUR WORK?
By nature.
HOW DOES A CONCEPT DEVELOP AT MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA?
Time, a question, a reply.
HOW DOES A CONCEPT DEVELOP AT HERMES?
Time, another question, another reply.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEVELOP? BESIDES CLOTHING?
An understanding.
WHAT WORDS DO YOU LIVE BY?
We.
(ENDS)
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"Trash is always abundantly decorated: the luxury object is well-made, neat and clean, pure and healthy, and its bareness reveals the quality of its manufacture"
- Le Corbusier
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With or without Margiela at the helm, the Maison still provides dependable basics. But I wish Martin would come back.
Dex - edIT
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"Trash is always abundantly decorated: the luxury object is well-made, neat and clean, pure and healthy, and its bareness reveals the quality of its manufacture"
- Le Corbusier
-
With or without Margiela at the helm, the Maison still provides dependable basics. But I wish Martin would come back.
Dex - edIT
xxxx