You can run, but you can't hide.

He has put a lot of effort in being incognito. He doesn't want his picture shown anywhere and whenever he is doing interviews, it is merely by fax. I've done some research and I've dug up a picture of him, but this photo is from 1983, so I could imagine he has changed a lot since then.

Ladies and gentlemen, here's the master of deconstruction, Martin Margiela.

Margiela - My hero

He is without a doubt one of my favorite designers. His clothes are so strong, futuristic, beautiful and brilliant.
I am deeply in love with the FW 07/08 collection and his SS 08 collection. I love the big shoulders and his use of color. I admire him and his work highly. And I am not the only one. He has a bunch of fans and is said to be a genious in the fashion business (yes, he is). Nicolas Ghesquiere (Balenciaga) is also a huge fan and has said that he only wears Margiela.


"Martin Margiela (born April 9, 1957 in Leuven, Belgium) is a Belgian fashion designer. He studied at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, graduated 1980 and worked as a freelance designer for five years after graduation. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked for Jean Paul Gaultier, before showing his first collection under his own label in 1988. "


(Pictures below: From the SS 08 collection)