{"id":49863,"date":"2018-10-14T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T11:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=49863"},"modified":"2018-10-14T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T11:01:12","slug":"martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is well known that Martin Margiela<\/strong> is a man of few words and almost total anonymity. But a few days ago, at the Belgian Fashion Awards<\/strong><\/em>, the discreet designer showed up when he received the grand prize of the evening.<\/p>\n

\"Martin
Martin Margiela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Awarded the Jury Prize award for “his entire career and his obvious impact on the history of fashion, today\u2019s collections, and more than likely the ones to come”<\/strong><\/em>, Margiela reacted with a letter – obviously he wasn’t going to appear -.<\/p>\n

At a time when fashion is flying, seasons are already capsules and social media are accelerating the evolution of trends at unsuspected speeds, M. Margiela<\/strong> showed his discontent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very touched and indeed honoured to receive this award, here in my native country. Especially because I stepped down from fashion already ten years ago,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> the letter read. \u201cThis evening my memory goes back to 1983 when I received, here in Brussels, my very first recognition: the second prize of the \u2018Golden Spindle\u2019 contest, handed to me by the then only foreign jury member, Jean Paul Gaultier.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Maison
Maison Martin Margiela SS96 (Left) | Herm\u00e8s AW 99 (Right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Margiela took the opportunity to detail the reason why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008, citing, like many designers before him, the fast fashion rhythm and the rise of social media as an enormous pressure on his creative production.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that I could not cope any more with the worldwide increasing pressure and the overgrowing demands of trade,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> he wrote. \u201cI also regretted the overdose of information carried by social media, destroying the \u2018thrill of wait\u2019 and cancelling every effect of surprise, which was so fundamental for me.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A letter that invites reflection and undoubtedly calls into question the new system of fashion turned into a simple business increasingly removed from the art that a few years ago embraced.<\/p>\n

Here you have the complete letter:<\/strong><\/pre>\n
\u201cI am very touched and indeed honoured to receive this award, here in my native country.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Especially because I stepped down from fashion already ten years ago.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
This evening, my memory goes back to 1983 when I received, here in Brussels, my very first recognition: the second prize of the \u2018Golden Spindle\u2019 contest, handed to me by the then only foreign jury member, Jean Paul Gaultier.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Many say that fashion has a short memory as it is obsessed by actuality and novelty. But some recent exhibitions about my work exemplified the opposite. Again, my homeland Belgium was the first to honour my work at the MOMU Antwerp, and then my adoptive city Paris followed with two more, at Palais Galliera and Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
A beautiful tribute to a period of hard work and dedication starting at early age and lasting for more than 30 years, until 2008 \u2013 the very year I felt that I could not cope any more with the worldwide increasing pressure and the overgrowing demands of trade. I also regretted the overdose of information carried by social media, destroying the \u2018thrill of wait\u2019 and cancelling every effect of surprise, so fundamental for me.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
But today, I am happy to notice again a growing interest for creativity in fashion, by some upcoming designers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
This evening, I feel proud and fulfilled and I wish to thank wholeheartedly all of you for your precious support back then and today’s recognition.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At a time when fashion is flying, seasons are already capsules and social media are accelerating the evolution of trends at unsuspected speeds, M. Margiela showed his discontent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[1042],"class_list":["post-49863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-en","tag-maison-margiela-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMartin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008 - HIGHXTAR.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At the Belgian Fashion Awards, designer Martin Margiela explained why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the Belgian Fashion Awards, designer Martin Margiela explained why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HIGHXTAR.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highxtar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-14T11:01:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Highxtar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@highxtar_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@highxtar_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Highxtar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Highxtar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a1985a8f43ccdf547a205f400f379f8d\"},\"headline\":\"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-14T11:01:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":582,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Maison Margiela\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Fashion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/\",\"name\":\"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008 - HIGHXTAR.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-14T11:01:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"At the Belgian Fashion Awards, designer Martin Margiela explained why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"HIGHXTAR.\",\"description\":\"HIGHXTAR. es la voz latina de la moda y el streetwear. Devotos de las cosas que hacen la vida urbana excitante: Moda, M\u00fasica, Lifestyle, Arte & Dise\u00f1o.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HIGHXTAR.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/HIGHXTAR_com_Favicon_2019.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/HIGHXTAR_com_Favicon_2019.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"HIGHXTAR.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/highxtar\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/highxtar_\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/highxtar\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@highxtar\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/c\\\/highxtarofficial\",\"https:\\\/\\\/open.spotify.com\\\/user\\\/highxtar\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a1985a8f43ccdf547a205f400f379f8d\",\"name\":\"Highxtar\",\"description\":\"HIGHXTAR.\u00a0is an online blog\u00a0|\u00a0magazine devoted to the products that make contemporary urban life exciting.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/highxtar.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/highxtar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008 - HIGHXTAR.","description":"At the Belgian Fashion Awards, designer Martin Margiela explained why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008","og_description":"At the Belgian Fashion Awards, designer Martin Margiela explained why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008.","og_url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/","og_site_name":"HIGHXTAR.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highxtar","article_published_time":"2018-10-14T11:01:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Highxtar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@highxtar_","twitter_site":"@highxtar_","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Highxtar","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/"},"author":{"name":"Highxtar","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a1985a8f43ccdf547a205f400f379f8d"},"headline":"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008","datePublished":"2018-10-14T11:01:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/"},"wordCount":582,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg","keywords":["Maison Margiela"],"articleSection":["Fashion"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/","url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/","name":"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008 - HIGHXTAR.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-14T11:01:12+00:00","description":"At the Belgian Fashion Awards, designer Martin Margiela explained why he moved away from his brand of the same name in 2008.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thumb_Martin_Margiela_BFA_Declaraciones.jpg","width":800,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/martin-margiela-tells-us-why-he-left-the-fashion-in-2008\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Martin Margiela tells us why he left the fashion in 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/","name":"HIGHXTAR.","description":"HIGHXTAR. es la voz latina de la moda y el streetwear. Devotos de las cosas que hacen la vida urbana excitante: Moda, M\u00fasica, Lifestyle, Arte & Dise\u00f1o.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#organization","name":"HIGHXTAR.","url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HIGHXTAR_com_Favicon_2019.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/HIGHXTAR_com_Favicon_2019.jpg","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"HIGHXTAR."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highxtar","https:\/\/x.com\/highxtar_","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/highxtar","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@highxtar","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/highxtarofficial","https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/highxtar"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a1985a8f43ccdf547a205f400f379f8d","name":"Highxtar","description":"HIGHXTAR.\u00a0is an online blog\u00a0|\u00a0magazine devoted to the products that make contemporary urban life exciting.","url":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/author\/highxtar\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}