Margiela red leather painted tabi boots, fw 1995
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in London, GB
Martin Margiela; red leather painted tabi boots Fall-Winter 1995
Margiela red leather painted tabi boots, fw 1995
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in London, GB
Martin Margiela; red leather painted tabi boots Fall-Winter 1995
$6,630Sale Price|35% Off
MARTIN MARGIELA 1990's Vintage black silver handpainted tabi boot EU39
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Hong Kong, NT
MARTIN MARGIELA 1990's Vintage black silver handpainted tabi boot EU39 Reference: TGAS/A04278 Brand
Maison Martin Margiela Tabi Boots Black Canvas Circa 1999
By Maison Martin Margiela, Martin Margiella
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare Archival Maison Martin Margiela black raw canvas Tabi boots from circa 1999. Worn but in good
Margiela red leather painted tabi boots, fw 1995
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in London, London
Martin Margiela; red leather painted tabi boots Fall-Winter 1995
Martin Margiela black leather 'Les Topless' Tabi sandals, ss 1996
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in London, London
Margiela; Black leather 'Les Topless' Tabi sandals, designed to be worn with clear tape Spring
Martin Margiela - MMS-080
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Black Leather Tabi Ankle Boot
Unavailable
Martin Margiela - MMS-092
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Charcoal Wool Tabi Ankle Boot
Martin Margiela - MMS-070
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Black Leather Knee-High Tabi Boot
Martin Margiela - MMS-073
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Yellow Leather Knee-High Tabi Boot
Unavailable
Martin Margiela - MMS-091
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Brown Leather Tabi Boot Circa 1999
Martin Margiela - MMS-075
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Black Leather Tabi Pump Circa 2007
Martin Margiela - MMS-065
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Grey Suede Tabi Pump Circa 2007
Martin Margiela - MMS-082
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Brown Suede Tabi Stiletto Boot Circa 2007
Martin Margiela - MMS-067
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Black Patent Tabi Ankle Boot Circa 2002
Martin Margiela - MMS-072
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Tan Leather Knee-High Tabi Boot Circa 2004
Unavailable
Martin Margiela - MMS-093
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Red Painted Leather Tabi Ankle Boot Circa 2006
Martin Margiela Tan Suede Tabi Glove
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Maison Martin Margiela tan suede gloves featuring tabi detailing at the fingers. Please
new MARTIN MARGIELA 1990's Vintage black silver handpainted tabi boot EU39
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new MARTIN MARGIELA 1990's Vintage black silver handpainted tabi boot EU39 Reference: TGAS/A04278
Martin Margiela black leather 'Les Topless' Tabi sandals, ss 1996
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in London, GB
Margiela; Black leather 'Les Topless' Tabi sandals, designed to be worn with clear tape Spring
Martin Margiela black leather 'Les Topless' Tabi sandals, SS 1996
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in New York, NY
Martin Margiela black leather 'Les Topless' Tabi sandals, SS 1996, Designed to be worn with clear
90s Margiela Tabi Black Ankle Boots
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Berlin, DE
1990s Original Margiela Tabi Boots Black Leather Size EU 39 U.K. 6 Collectors, archivers and
Martin Margiela Vintage Painted Red Tabi Boots Winter 1996, Sz. 38
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Berlin, DE
The iconic Tabi Boots are painted red to reflect the red tent that MMM showed his winter collection
Martin Margiela - MMS-071
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Olive Suede Tabi Boot
Martin Margiela - MMS-081
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Hand-Painted Tabi Mule Circa 2002
Martin Margiela - MMS-078
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Spray-Painted Tabi Ballet Flat Circa 2007
Martin Margiela - MMS-085
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Martin Margiela Gold Satin Tabi Ankle Boot Circa 2003
Maison Martin Margiela Leather Painted Tabi Boots Circa 1990's
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Maison Martin Margiela, circa 1990's, painted Tabi boots with stacked conical heels and zip
1980s Galanos Silk Dress in a Hounds Tooth Plaid W/ Matching Wool Jacket & Scarf
By James Galanos, Galanos
Located in Gresham, OR
A lovely 1980s Galanos wool houndstooth jacket and Galanos silk mini dress in a novelty hound's tooth window pane plaid pattern (black, tan and oxblood palette). Includes matching si...
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Size: Medium
1970s Hiroko Salmon / Coral Color Blocked Slinky Vintage 70s Bias Maxi Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Slinky 1970s HIROKO salmon and coral color blocked jersey bias cut maxi dress! This beauty simply slips over the head and stretches to fit. Slimming diagonal stripes on the front and...
$1,715
Size: Recommended size Small / UK 6.
Spring 2003 Christian Dior by John GALLIANO Graffiti Kaos Silk Cami Vest Top
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Sheffield, GB
Spring 2003 Christian Dior by John GALLIANO silk camisole with iconic Graffiti print detail. Sunset Colours and zip detail straps with the Dior Breloque charm. Size; Recommended siz...
New Versace Fur Mink Leopard Print Coat It. 38
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
New Versace Real Mink Leopard Print Coat Designer size - 38 ( pls. check measurements) 100% Real Mink, Oversize Raccoon Fur Collar, 100% Silk Lining, Two Side Pockets, One Inner Pock...
Jean Paul Gaultier Transformable Peplum Jacket
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in New York, NY
Jean Paul Gaultier Transformable Black Faille Moire Peplum Jacket from the 1990's. Gaultier's Haute Couture training is evident in this fitted "Bar" style peplum jacket with pointed ...
$5,785
Size: FR 38 - IT 42 - UK 10 - US 6
Dolce & Gabbana black silk spandex and leather lace up dress, ss 2003
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in London, GB
Dolce & Gabbana; black silk spandex figure hugging evening dress. - Lambskin leather grommet trim - Open on both sides with lace up fastenings - Invisible side zip closure ...
Michael Kors Collection Size 8 Chocolate Brown Leather High Heel Knee High Boots
By Michael Kors
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION Size 8 chocolate brown leather knee high boots! It is so easy to find a good pair of black boots, but brown leather boots are hard to come by. Sensibl...
JENNY PACKHAM 1990's Vintage Black Backless Evening Gown
By Jenny Packham
Located in Leonardo, NJ
Jenny Packham '90s Vintage Jet black opaque Long sleeves Missing size and comp tag, but definitely silk Cowl neck Adjustable back tie Pullover style Half velvet tulips at the end of ...
ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2002 "Supercalifragilistic" Leather Buckle Pencil Skirt
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
DESCRIPTION: ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 2002 "Supercalifragilistic" Leather Buckle Pencil Skirt Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: Autumn/Winter 2002 Designer: Alexande...
Vivienne Westwood Logo Print Denim Cropped Jacket
By Anglomania, Vivienne Westwood
Located in New York, NY
Vivienne Westwood Denim jacket, cut with 18th Century corset seaming. The master of historical fashion revisits the denim jacket, in a more fitted shape with a dipping curved hem. Th...
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 Striped Crosshatch Button Front Men's Dress Shirt
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1995 Striped Crosshatch Button Front Men's Dress Shirt Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1995 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: butto...
1990s Christian Lacroix Large Size Brown Black Silk Chenille 90s Mini Dress
By Christian Lacroix
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous vintage 90s CHRISTIAN LACROIX brown and black silk chenille larger size strapless mini dress ! Features a beautiful brown silk chenille fabric embrodiered with hearts and pa...
$1,832Sale Price|20% Off
Alexander McQueen mustard suede BIKER Jacket 38
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Zürich, CH
Alexander McQueen suede biker jacket in mustard suede with a notch collar and an attached belt on the back. Has two vertical and two asymmentrical pockets with a silver tone zipper o...
Oscar de la Renta Fall/Winter 2006 Shearling Cognac Color Jacket with Belt It 42
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in Montgomery, TX
Luxuriously crafted in Italy, this Oscar de la Renta Fall/Winter 2006 shearling jacket showcases refined craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Rendered in rich cognac-toned shearling,...
Black swimsuit CHANEL
By Chanel
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black swimsuit . Fabric composition: 80% nylon, 20% elastane. SIZE S
1992 Gianni Versace Bondage Black Wool Jumpsuit with Medallions
By Gianni Versace
Located in New York, NY
Iconic 1992 Gianni Versace Black Wool and Silk Jumpsuit with original tags. Features Silk Faille Bands over Embroidered Net Bodice; Gold-tone Medallion Accents with inset Amber Color...
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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