Maison Margiela

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Popularity score

95 of 100

186

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Paris, France

https://www.maisonmargiela.com

Style keywords

Deconstructive

Avant-garde

Conceptual

Unconventional

Subversive

About the brand

Maison Margiela is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela and business partner Jenny Meirens, headquartered in Paris. The brand revolutionized fashion with its deconstructive and avant-garde approach, challenging conventional notions of luxury through unconventional materials and innovative design techniques. Known for its distinctive white labels with four white stitches and numbered product lines, Maison Margiela became synonymous with anonymity and anti-fashion principles, with Margiela himself avoiding interviews and photographs to keep focus on the clothing rather than celebrity culture. The house produces both haute couture-inspired artisanal collections and ready-to-wear lines, encompassing womenswear, menswear, accessories, and fragrances. Famous for staging shows in unusual locations like empty metro stations and street corners, with models' faces often obscured to direct attention to the garments, Maison Margiela has profoundly influenced contemporary fashion. After Margiela's departure in 2009, John Galliano served as creative director from 2014 to 2024, with Glenn Martens now leading the brand's continued evolution.

Paris, France

https://www.maisonmargiela.com

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YouTube

you got this really soft plush leather that I don't be seeing on sneakers a lot and then you got probably one of the softest suedes... they did such a good job of making this such a daily sneaker. and that's why I think people love Margiela. so much

Aug, 2025

YouTube

I have more of a wider foot not too wide. but I do love my wider fitting shoes. and these fit me perfect i feel they fit so cozy. so comfortable. and I have no complaints about them

Aug, 2025

YouTube

yeah you're paying for the name just like any other brand you're paying for the name. but I will say these are such good quality shoes. and I know once I get the bottoms. done they're going to last for years.

Aug, 2025

Market Appointment

I think that's what makes tabis so appealing to me: they're so well-made, the leather is stunning, they wear beautifully; to me they're a stunning basic but elevated.

Mar, 2025

Harper's BAZAAR

Wearing the Tabi boot has made me feel like I'm taking a risk. I'm myself, just enhanced. It's exhilarating. And that's the feeling Margiela always sought to elicit with his designs.

Mar, 2025

I do not know much about leather but the leather on this shoe is buttery smooth and soft. The entire shoe feels hefty and durable. The suede is also very smooth.

Oct, 2024

The shoe was very comfortable even for the first time wearing it. I walked around downtown Toronto for whole day and at the end of the day there was not any major discomfort. The insoles were pleasant with good enough cushioning.

Oct, 2024

The Impression

Steadily building on the principles of deconstruction and subverted elegance that characterize his vision for Maison Margiela, John Galliano delivered another great collection that, while it didn't offer too many surprises, was rife with imaginative construction and lavish layering.

Oct, 2024

The Impression

Then out of the controlled chaos a classic and totally commercially viable piece will appear: typically in the form precise yet fluid tailoring that transcends gender, like in the long belted coats or double-breasted jackets.

Oct, 2024

Market Appointment

My ankle boots which were the first pair I ever bought and wore a lot have definitely been worn down, I actually even had a hole at one of the toes but the Margiela in Soho kindly repaired that for me a few months ago. The material holds up and is still polished but I think the soft leather pairs are a bit more delicate.

Mar, 2025

The Cut

But the rigidity and weight of many of the clothes were counter to Margiela's principle of things being worn in the streets, however new and strange they looked. That would be an interesting challenge to Martens, to make these Artisanal pieces also real.

Jul, 2025

Maison Margiela seems to be raising their prices by 10 bucks every year. I just can't do it.

Sep, 2024

YouTube

you got this really soft plush leather that I don't be seeing on sneakers a lot and then you got probably one of the softest suedes... they did such a good job of making this such a daily sneaker. and that's why I think people love Margiela. so much

Aug, 2025

YouTube

I have more of a wider foot not too wide. but I do love my wider fitting shoes. and these fit me perfect i feel they fit so cozy. so comfortable. and I have no complaints about them

Aug, 2025

YouTube

yeah you're paying for the name just like any other brand you're paying for the name. but I will say these are such good quality shoes. and I know once I get the bottoms. done they're going to last for years.

Aug, 2025

Market Appointment

I think that's what makes tabis so appealing to me: they're so well-made, the leather is stunning, they wear beautifully; to me they're a stunning basic but elevated.

Mar, 2025

Harper's BAZAAR

Wearing the Tabi boot has made me feel like I'm taking a risk. I'm myself, just enhanced. It's exhilarating. And that's the feeling Margiela always sought to elicit with his designs.

Mar, 2025

I do not know much about leather but the leather on this shoe is buttery smooth and soft. The entire shoe feels hefty and durable. The suede is also very smooth.

Oct, 2024

The shoe was very comfortable even for the first time wearing it. I walked around downtown Toronto for whole day and at the end of the day there was not any major discomfort. The insoles were pleasant with good enough cushioning.

Oct, 2024

The Impression

Steadily building on the principles of deconstruction and subverted elegance that characterize his vision for Maison Margiela, John Galliano delivered another great collection that, while it didn't offer too many surprises, was rife with imaginative construction and lavish layering.

Oct, 2024

The Impression

Then out of the controlled chaos a classic and totally commercially viable piece will appear: typically in the form precise yet fluid tailoring that transcends gender, like in the long belted coats or double-breasted jackets.

Oct, 2024

Market Appointment

My ankle boots which were the first pair I ever bought and wore a lot have definitely been worn down, I actually even had a hole at one of the toes but the Margiela in Soho kindly repaired that for me a few months ago. The material holds up and is still polished but I think the soft leather pairs are a bit more delicate.

Mar, 2025

The Cut

But the rigidity and weight of many of the clothes were counter to Margiela's principle of things being worn in the streets, however new and strange they looked. That would be an interesting challenge to Martens, to make these Artisanal pieces also real.

Jul, 2025

Maison Margiela seems to be raising their prices by 10 bucks every year. I just can't do it.

Sep, 2024