Discover MM6 Maison Margiela‘s Spring Summer 2020 collection, inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono 1969 wedding and subsequent ‘bed-in’ for peace, presented on Wednesday, September 18th, during the recently finished Milan Fashion Week.
Spring Summer 2020 Womenswear
“The possibility that multiple identities can exist within a single garment is a concept inherent to the world of MM6. Duality, in particular, provokes us to question origin versus evolution – the idea that our collective consciousness ascribes certain meanings (and even rules) to materials, shapes, and the way we wear them – all of which can be twisted in an instant.
Parading in an infinite looping action, a cast of MM6 models populate the Fabbrica Orobia – a former railway station in the south of Milan, stripped to a concrete shell. Marching to the beat of their own drum, they carry individual speakers playing a soundscape of church bells, chirping birds, honking cars, spoken word recitals, rock, and folk music engineered to provoke harmony and dissonance as they pass each other by.
Questioning what is casual and what is ‘dressed-up’, the MM6 wardrobe revels in the in-between space of our expectations, appropriating both British and Japanese traditions (care of the season’s source material). Everything from the tuxedo jacket to the tracksuit pant is re-imagined, removed from its original context to become something else. T-shirts and tutus collide in broken white shades of tulle and jersey, becoming draped and tiered separates, veiled blouses, and cleft-open dresses (worn undone or back-to-front). Cut in black leather, white satin and tattered blue denim, shawl collar blazers are split up the sides to fall straight or tie across the body, and the ‘blouse blanche’ work coat returns bearing a shadowy bouquet of tulips. Adorning pieces from a circle-cut doily dress to the iconic nude bodysuit, the MM6 logo and numbers device join slogans ‘They Are Two Of A Kind’ and ‘BETTERHALFISM’, evoking the collection’s performative spirit of commitment, celebration, and amical togetherness.“
Stylist: Anna Pesonen
Casting Director: Henry Thomas, ARQA Casting
Make-up: Nami Yoshida featuring Code 8 products.
Hair: Kiyoko Odo featuring Wella products.
Production: Studio Boum
Sound Design: Wladimir Schall
Sound System: Revolve Soundlink speakers by Bose
Thanks to Polaroid Originals for their ongoing support
Courtesy of © MM6 MAISON MARGIELA
