This show happens on the street, on a painted white in lieu of the catwalk. It is the idea of heightened normality cultivated by MM6 Maison Margiela.

Passers-by follow one after the other, wearing a wardrobe of neat, streamlined shapes.  

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In a panoply of post-it colors, non-colors, neutrals, and prints. Covered buttons give a sense of appropriateness, the play of real versus illusion persists. Garment bags turned into blousons, dresses, coats and capes reiterate well-known identitary tropes. Shoulders are pushed forward, defining posture and gestures. Hemlines are short. The new twin-set consists of a coat worn over a matching dress.  

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On the street, anything can happen, and impromptu is the law: bibs, lining skirts. The classics are indeed presented, – the mac, the pantsuit, the blouson, the shirt, the trousers – but a shuffling of categories happens as jeans have the fit and details of tailored pants, and tailored pants are treated like jeans.End of fabric roll labels and raw hems characterize items. Transparent inserts create trompe l’oeil cutaway effects. The same shimmer styles socks.  

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Accessories are flat metallic shoes, shielding sunglasses, cocktail glass jewelry, sleek handbags, satin satchels
knotted at the waist.

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