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Its Martens at Martin.
Glenn Martens is the new creative director of Maison Margiela, the company announced today.
PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 02: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Fashion designer Glenn Martens acknowledges the audience at the end of the Y/Project as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 02, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
And I thank Renzo for the trust he is putting in me.
Todays appointment has been heavily speculated upon since Martensexited Y/Projectin September 2024.
He had spent 11 years at the independent Paris-based label, which has sinceshuttered.
Glenn is a couturier, not just a designer.
Like John Galliano, couturiers have a different way of designing.
Every single piece has a story to tell, he said as rumors swirled about the companys next chapter.
This is where their pathsat least for a whilediverged.
Margiela co-founded his eponymous brand in 1988.
Your collections need to be very forward.
But I knew that I could give more if I felt protected.
The whole time it was about copies copies copies.
It remained collectively designed, with no nominated creative director, until the appointment of Galliano in 2014.
As Martens takes on this new challenge, perhaps the chickens will have to wait.
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