Emily in Margiela
SSENSE
Oct 26 2019
Key Looks from Maison Margiela and MM6
From experimentation comes an ambiguous elegance. Maison Margiela's collective of designers has always found poetry in experimental cuts and fabrications, and our latest editorial spotlights their soul and tactility. Divergent textures and materials find a warm, unexpected harmony in pieces from the Maison's main women's and men's collections and contemporary MM6 line.
Lisa Marie Fernandez Swimwear’s Next Wave “It’s associated with a great time,” laughs swimwear designer Lisa Marie Fernandez. “You’re going to spend time by the pool on weekends. You’re going to relax. You’re going to party.” And she would know. The former stylist and market editor for Elle launched her namesake line in 2009 with a small collection of surf-inspired neoprene swimsuits that have since become a signature, and cites her year-round travels to beaches from Bali to Brighton as the inspiration for her endlessly adaptable designs. 
Shapes In Time An Outline of Fall’s Strongest Silhouettes The most important space in fashion isn’t in the front row of the season’s most-hyped runway show. It’s the space between the body and the garments it’s wearing. Slowly morphing from season to season, the cuts and proportions that define this space change shape almost like living forms. One season sees more volume at the shoulders; the next sees waists suck closer to the body and hemlines creep down. Silhouettes are living and evolving things. And as the key shapes we’ve identified for Fall 15 show, we’ve caught them at a moment of particular drama. 
Kieron In Haider What is elegance? Look to Haider Ackermann’s menswear and you’ll find the answer. His unique approach to tailoring lands squarely in between relaxation and refinement. Formal styles feel blissfully at ease, and loungewear is elevated to a higher plane with sumptuous fabrics and directional proportions. Ackermann’s languorous shapes come with attitude built in – quiet confidence, effortless poise.