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Maison Martin Margiela Bone Leather Tabi Gloves
Maison Martin Margiela Bone Leather Tabi Gloves

Maison Martin Margiela Bone Leather Tabi Gloves

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Resurrection Vintage is excited to present a pair of vintage Maison Martin Margiela bone leather tabi gloves, featuring a short wrist length fit, slits at the inner wrists, and a spl...

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Maison Margiela Off White Long Leather Glove With Chain Detail
Maison Margiela Off White Long Leather Glove With Chain Detail

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By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

The Maison Margiela Off White Long Leather Glove with Chain Detail is a striking piece that exudes sophistication and modern edge.

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Martin Margiela Silk and Lambkin Leather Glove Dress Rare  New!
Martin Margiela Silk and Lambkin Leather Glove Dress Rare  New!

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By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Martin Margiela dress fashioned of black silk crepe with soft lambskin saddle color leather at shoulders with attached black leather zipper long gloves. Asymmetricallyl draped and pl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Day Dresses

Margiela Artisanal black glove top and pleated skirt runway ensemble, ss 2001
Margiela Artisanal black glove top and pleated skirt runway ensemble, ss 2001

Margiela Artisanal black glove top and pleated skirt runway ensemble, ss 2001

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in London, GB

Martin Margiela; Runway ensemble (LOOK #10) Artisanal shirt-front made out of black leather gloves and oversized black artisanal skirt made out of vintage pleated skirts. Spring-S...

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Martin Margiela Black Leather Glove Purse Bag SS 1999
Martin Margiela Black Leather Glove Purse Bag SS 1999

Martin Margiela Black Leather Glove Purse Bag SS 1999

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Berlin, DE

The Maison Martin Margiela Glove Bag from the Spring/Summer 1999 collection.

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Hermes by Martin Margiela brown cashmere sweater vest and long gloves, ca. 2002

Hermes by Martin Margiela brown cashmere sweater vest and long gloves, ca. 2002

By Hermès, Maison Martin Margiela

Located in London, London

Hermes by Martin Margiela; Dark brown cashmere sweater vest paired with extra long fitted gloves Fall-Winter 2002

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MM6 MAISON MARGIELA Black Knitted Wool Blend Long Tabi Gloves
MM6 MAISON MARGIELA Black Knitted Wool Blend Long Tabi Gloves

MM6 MAISON MARGIELA Black Knitted Wool Blend Long Tabi Gloves

By MM6 Maison Margiela

Located in San Francisco, CA

MM6 MAISON MARGIELA 'Tabi' gloves comes in a black stretch knitted wool blend featuring a long length.

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MARTIN MARGIELA black leather glove clutch - 2007
MARTIN MARGIELA black leather glove clutch - 2007

MARTIN MARGIELA black leather glove clutch - 2007

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in San Fransisco, CA

Intentionally distressed shiny jet black leather clutch with glove handle from Martin Margiela (line 11) dating to 2007. Bag measures approximately 8.5" wide by 5.5" tall. Strap drop...

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MARTIN MARGIELA artisanal top made of kidskin gloves
MARTIN MARGIELA artisanal top made of kidskin gloves

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By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in San Fransisco, CA

Stunning example of Margiela's artisanal line dating back to 2001. Top is made entirely of vintage kidskin gloves. Color is jet black. Leather is butter soft. Size is somewhat flexib...

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Rare Vintage Maison Martin Margiela Black Leather Long Tabi Gloves
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Rare Vintage Maison Martin Margiela Black Leather Long Tabi Gloves

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Rare Vintage Collectible Maison Martin Margiela Black Leather Long Tabi Gloves.

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Early 2000s Italian Gloves

Martin Margiela New One Shoulder Dress and Gloves
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By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Water Mill, NY

A fabulous dramatic pale mint one shoulder jersey dress from Martin Margiela with matching long gloves. The dress drapes over one shoulder and has an adjustable zippered opening for...

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2010s Italian Day Dresses

MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA For H&M Black Leather GLOVE COIN PURSE Bag
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By Maiscon Martin Margiella

Located in CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, ZH

Maison Martin Margiela for H&M glove coin purse/bag in sleek black genuine leather.

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Martin Margiela Vintage '91 Organza Black sleeves
Martin Margiela Vintage '91 Organza Black sleeves

Martin Margiela Vintage '91 Organza Black sleeves

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Berlin, DE

Martin Margiela vintage Organza Black sleeves. The iconic cut sleeves from the first collection of MMM 89, are now made in black organza, to be worn under a garment or as a layering ...

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Martin Margiela Glove Purse Bag SS 1999
Martin Margiela Glove Purse Bag SS 1999

Martin Margiela Glove Purse Bag SS 1999

By Maison Martin Margiela

Located in Berlin, DE

Martin Margiela leather glove coin purse from SS 1999. Please inquire for additional images.

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Maison Margiela Glove For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact vintage or contemporary maison margiela glove you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. If you’re looking for an option in Black and you’re unable to find the right fit, there are plenty of variations in Blue, Gray and more. If you’re looking for a maison margiela glove from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When shopping for these accessories, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men or unisex today than there are for women.

How Much is a Maison Margiela Glove?

Prices for a maison margiela glove can differ depending upon size, designer and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $695 and can go as high as $18,624, while, on average they fetch $2,500.

Maison Martin Margiela for sale on 1stDibs

Belgian designer Martin Margiela (b. 1957) — whose life, career, and designs for handbags, clothing and shoes have become cult-collector obsessions — pushed those who attended his shows outside their comfort zones. In the years following the 1988 debut of Maison Martin Margiela, he toyed with creative and aesthetic paradoxes that persist in fashion today.

Consider the Spring/Summer 2001 shirt patchworked from vintage clothing labels, or his famous corset dresses made from tailoring dummies, from his Fall/Winter 1997 line. Or his oversize collection for Fall/Winter 2000. In 1992, Margiela told Dépêche Mode magazine, “My clothes appeal to women of a certain mindset rather than of a specific age or physique.”

Born in Genk, Belgium, in 1957, Margiela knew he wanted to be a fashion designer after catching glimpses of Parisian fashion on TV as a child. Although his parents discouraged this career choice as an oddly funny aspiration, Margiela enrolled in the fashion program of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. There, he befriended and graduated a year ahead of the Antwerp Six — the acclaimed group of Belgian fashion designers comprising Dries Van Noten, Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester, Marina Yee, Dirk Bikkembergs and Dirk Van Saene.

Like many of his contemporaries in the 1980s, Margiela understood Paris fashion but felt a deep resonance with the deconstructed beauty espoused by Japanese designers Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo, of Comme des Garçons. Margiela’s fascination with Japan influenced many of his earliest collections and designs, from a dress pieced together from broken plates to his iconic Tabi boots, inspired by the split-toe Japanese worker’s shoe, which dates back to the 15th century.

Margiela decided to launch his own line while working for renowned Paris designer Jean Paul Gaultier. With Belgian designer Jenny Meirens, Margiela established Maison Martin Margiela in the French capital in 1988. 

Margiela’s debut show was nothing short of spectacular. Set in a packed Café de la Gare in the still-seedy Marais district, it was also scandalous to the Parisian fashion set of the time. The designer tore up the conventions of contemporary couture presentations, most notably having his models, plucked from the streets and wearing ink-blotted Tabis, wend their way through the crowd.

The show redefined the concept of the runway in a way that would later inspire such designers as Alexander McQueen and Demna Gvasalia.

While the notoriously private designer retired from fashion in 2009, for many Maison Martin Margiela collectors, his pieces capture the irreverence of the postwar, post-punk late 1980s and ’90s. Katy Rodriguez, cofounder of the cult vintage fashion shop Resurrection, is among those who felt a connection to Margiela’s clothing in the subliminal challenges it posed to the time’s beauty norms.

“Growing up in San Francisco and coming out of the end of punk rock, not wanting to be objectified, not wanting to be seen as a sexual object, not wanting your value to be just because you’re pretty — all those clothes played into all of that,” she says. “It really was a reflection of the kind of world the young people I knew at the time wanted to live in.”

John Galliano was named creative director at the house in 2014 and it rebranded as Maison Margiela in 2015.

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