John Galliano, speaking to his Maison Margiela FW20 collection, attached himself to “the idea of giving something a new life, [of] kickstarting a new consciousness.”
Cited as the driving force behind his latest inspirations for Maison Margiela, the house is no stranger to the ethos of recicla. Deconstructing iconic cuts and silhouettes, Maison Margiela has long transformed all that is uniform into something unparalleled—unpicking the stitches of familiar aesthetic cues as a formal exercise in trompe-l’oeil. By building an identity on absence, Margiela invites speculation. Forget what do I wear, and instead wonder who will I be?
Echoing the sentiment of looking to the past to inspire the future, for the Maison Margiela FW20 collection, classic becomes contemporary. Playing with cinematic mise-en-scene, yet avoiding saccharine nostalgia, collage artist Kalen Hollomon situates the garments on a surreal plane—the collection brings a vibrant energy to the stagnated pixels of a frozen film still. Hollomon transforms the deconstructed, obscuring identities, and making space for the new consciousness.
Visual Collages: Kalen Hollomon
Visual Collages: Kalen Hollomon
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