Show for Maison Margiela recalled gleeful days of old while Dries van Noten’s gaudy elegance edged a real-life comfort zone
The 11am catwalk show in the Tuileries on Wednesday was, in theory, a display of next spring’s ready-to-wear womenswear collection for the Parisian house of Margiela. In reality, the entwined stories of John Galliano and Paris fashion long ago moved beyond such mere technicalities.
Ready-to-wear womenswear is, anyway, a term that could be only very loosely applied to skirts wrapped in clingfilm, jackets made from sofa stuffing, and fishnet bodystockings; especially when many of the models on the catwalk are men.
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