Martin Margiela is disrupting fashion—again. The Belgian designer who made deconstruction mainstream and invented the ever popular camel-toed Tabi boot, then abruptly quit the business in 2009, is unloading a private trove of fashion detritus in Paris today. The sale, which includes early sketches, lookbooks, personal items, and clothing from Margiela’s namesake brand as well as from Hermès, where he designed women’s ready-to-wear in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is hosted by the French house Maurice Auction in association with Kerry Taylor Auctions of London.
“After many years of moving archival material from place to place and subsequent loans for exhibitions, I felt it was time to let go of a part of my fashion memorabilia,” Margiela, who is known to be reclusive and media-averse, said in a statement.
