For the Maison Margiela Spring/Summer 2020 Artisanal Co-Ed Collection, creative director John Galliano identifies the nature of the bourgeois gesture and investigates the impact of heritage codes in the age of cyber-industrial revolution.

The bourgeois gesture signals a shared social heritage. Characteristic of timeless values formed by our mutual inheritance, it triggers an eternal spark for rebellion.

Look 2 – Pistachio wool overcoat with an asymmetric bow sleeve and neck detailing and ceramic buttons, worn over a yellow crêpe de cine bias-cut dress. White Maison Margiela x Reebok shoes.

Look 4 – Yellow boucle oversized gentleman’s coat with a calico sleeve worn over a light blue satin-back crêpe bias-cut dress. Black Maison Margiela x Reebok shoes.

Look 5 – Blue satin-back crêpe bias-cut dress hand-cut with fabric sequins and worn with a light brown tweed and calico work-in-progress sleeve. Black Tabi pump.

Look 7 – Pistachio cotton trench coat worn over a light blue crêpe de chine bias-cut dress with a green bouclé sleeve. Black Tabi pump.

Look 9 – Green tweed, fair isle wool and white cotton decortiqué dress. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 10 – Armagnac leather asymmetric blouse worn with check tweed plissé culottes. Black knee-high Tabi boot.

Look 13 – Light green tweed jacket cut into a cape with fawn panels of faux fur hand-cut with fabric sequins, worn with matching culottes with hand-cut holes. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 15 – Silver dégradé jacquard jacket cut into a cape with fawn panels hand-cut with fabric sequins, worn with matching culottes. Yellow and red Maison Margiela x Reebok shoes.

Look 16 – Terracotta cotton caban worn with a terracotta bouclé wool sleeve and black faux crocodile leather culottes. Black knee-high Tabi boot.

Look 17 – Pink inside-out wool coat cut into a cape with fawn panels of faux fur and fabric sequins. Black MaisonMargiela x Reebok shoes.

Look 18 – Red slickers cut into a cape with pink panels of faux fur with hand-cut fabric sequins, worn with black mohair culottes. Black knee-high Tabi boots.

Look 19 – Yellow slickers cut into a cape with blue panels of faux fur with hand-cut fabric sequins, worn with black mohair culottes. Black knee-high Tabi boots.

Look 20 – Light blue hacked-up pussy-bow plissé crêpe de chine dress worn over a black crêpe de chine hacked-updress with white lining. Black knee-high Tabi boots.

Look 21 – Scarf-printed hacked-up double-layered crêpe de chine dress. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 24 – Green satin-back crêpe bias-cut dress with a black polka dot lace overlay. Red Tabi pump.

Look 26 – Dark grey wool and trench facing coat with a black tulle insert. White Tabi pump.

Look 28 – Gold lamé bias-cut dress with black velvet abstracted leopard dots. White Tabi pump.

Look 29 – Sea foam lamé cloque bias-cut dress overlaid with white invisible tulle embroidered with cream fringes. Pink Tabi pump.

Look 30 – Trench coat bonded with red lining, with a nude tulle insert, worn with black faux crocodile culottes. White painted Tabi pump.

Look 31 – Blue wool coat with an asymmetric sleeve worn with a yellow crêpe de chine and yellow chiffon bias-cutdress. White painted Tabi pump.

Look 32 – Slashed tweed jacket and a white cotton trench coat with white tulle insert. White painted Tabi pump.

Look 33 – White cotton garment bag cape worn over a butter muslin bias-cut dress. White painted Tabi pump.

Look 35 – Green satin-back crêpe bias-cut trench coat with hand-cut holes underpinned with orange and light blue chiffon, and a brown tweed sleeve. White painted Tabi pump.

Look 37 – Coral silk tulle bias-cut dress underpinned with yellow crêpe de chin and nude chiffon. Silver Tabi pump.

Look 38 – Yellow satin-back crêpe bias-cut trench coat with hand-cut holes underpinned with light blue and green chiffon, worn with a dark green tweed sleeve. White painted Tabi pump.

Look 39 – Dark grey wool gentleman’s coat worn over a dark blue striped wool vest with a white blouse blanche. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 40 – Dark grey wool jacket with slashed-up shoulders with a black tulle insert, worn with a white cotton slashedshirt and black wool culottes. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 41 – Dark blue striped wool and silk anonymity of the lining jacket worn with matching work-in-progress culottes. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 42 – Black mohair and dark navy wool jacket with a white tulle insert, worn over a slashed white shirt and black wool culottes. Black Tabi derbies.

Look 46 – Black crin trench coat worn over a red satin-back crêpe bias-cut skirt. Black knee-high Tabi boots.

Maison Margiela launched a new first of a kind fashion podcast series: “THE MEMORY OF… With John Galliano.” The podcast tells a story usually only heard by select fashion insiders. Discover more about this creative process behind the SS20 Artisanal Co-Ed collection here.

All images courtesy of Maison Margiela.

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Maison Margiela is a French fashion house founded in Paris in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela. Both masculine and feminine, oftentimes fusing the two genders, the brand’s universe can be described as conceptual and enigmatic, mysterious and iconoclast. Today, the House is recognized internationally for its unique approach to modern elegance. Since 2014, the Maison thrives under the guidance of Creative Director Mr. John Galliano. He reveals a new aesthetic, marrying his own poetic vision with the codes of the house of Margiela.

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