Margiela, Martin; Duits, Thimo te (Ed.). La Maison Martin Margiela (9/4/1615). Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. 154pp. White raw edged cloth as issued. Numerous Colour and Black & White images. Text in English. Fine condition with no marks or inscriptions. More images available on request. Fine. Hardcover.
A real treat here! The first book by Margiela, which accompanied the MMM show at Boijmans. Very much a conceptual project, with the team taking one piece from every collection since the beginning, reproducing it in white, cream and grey, and covering it with bacteria specially created for the show, which then grew, ate and changed the colours of the clothes during the duration of the exhibition. The book itself comprises 3 parts, firstly- archive photographs of the garments chosen, second- garment descriptions, diagrams, and the original press releases with space for notes, and the third part comprises the research into bacterias and micro organisms by collaborator Dr. van Egeraat, with numerous photographs and diagrams. Really brilliant.
