Margiela Runway History - Fall 1989

Margiela runway show during Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 1989. We analyze every look in the collection to unpack the meaning behind the clothes of the most legendary Maison in modern history.
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[@SoundLad123]

literally the fastest 27 minute vid i've watched. man i love these. thanks bliss

[@edvard8535]

Only two episodes in but I'm already extremely inspired and fascinated. I absolutely love learning about his creations through your videos, keep it up

[@BlissFoster]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@spencergarvey8684]

I feel like a part of the idea behind the plate vest is highlighting how the runway process itself creates and embellishes the pieces with value. That vest, by being on a runway model at a fashion show, is inscribed with tons of meaning, that the broken plates themselves probably wouldn't have in other contexts.

[@jaredw610]

all we can say is *Thank You Bliss Foster* 🥂

[@BlissFoster]

😊

[@KalivTv]

I was watching for a while and i was like “where tf is the intro”😂😂. That intro is honestly 🔥

[@ledgebound9415]

Amazing and thorough video as I expected after the first one. To add onto the craziness that is the classic jacket: The seam that connects the lapel and collar is inverted and the rest isn't. Which is quite an annoying thing to accomplish.

[@BlissFoster]

Wow that’s a great insight!

[@iantee6349]

Always looking forward to your runway analysis videos, we're still here!!

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

That collapsible adjustable dress form vest is spectacular!

[@BlissFoster]

I knoooooo I love it so much 😭

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

​@@BlissFosterjust seeing ur reps now that i'm reviewing the series (looked up a certain piece that i couldn't find on search engines) coz i long ago turned off notifs coz some people reply rudely on here

[@thiagoalmeidapetramale190]

Amazing video! Keep going with the series! You're able to explain the whys in a such easy way!! Thanks for that

[@Youngcaptainharlock_]

Cannot wait for the next video of this series. You are making me love Margiela even more with every new video! Thank you

[@spencergarvey8684]

You do such a good job with these videos I'm so happy I found your channel! Thanks for putting the work in!

[@fponi]

I’m obsessed with you!!! Thank you for your work and passion

[@hugocostin-neilsen4704]

I love these vids so much!! Thank you for making them

[@BlissFoster]

It’s very literally my pleasure 🙂

[@hornbeck]

Love these videos!

[@dunnystuff]

really reminds me of london club culture in the 80's, when all the art school kids would basically do this to go to the club

[@fy2895]

All the ideas that go into a piece are amazing

[@mytidat.3084]

Thank you for making these educational videos Your videos really help me on my research

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

That 3piece was awesome! Thanx for showing that

[@victor.benitezzz8188]

Keep it up bliss, you’ll go a long way💪🏾❤️

[@Hdisowoqmndv]

Great vid, glad this dropped in my recs. I was always under the impression that in the first show the models walked with red paint on the tabis as opposed to them adding it in the studio after

[@BlissFoster]

Sam Llewellyn I thought that too! I’m sure they wish they’d thought to do that.

[@GarrettCorbin]

You killed it per usual

[@LordvilexD7]

great series, keep it up! :)

[@333d0ll]

so underrated, ty for telling us about the margiela universe

[@adamrodgers2160]

Amazing thanks!

[@LaurenRaaijmakers]

The broken plate vest reminds me of mummy nets. It is a net made out of beads and amulets to be placed directly on the mummy after the coffins fell out of fashion. Also broken plates & pottery are very popular with archeologists.

[@iantrowell9123]

Your research insight and presentation are phenomenal. I'm just working through these vids. Margiela has always confounded me. I used to sell the mens clothing but it was hard to shift. Pockets of fans in bizarre places. I had a pile of the '0' '10' but it has dwindled, always a regret. Broken plates calls up the artist Tony Cragg, maybe also Mark Dion and some of the sculptors taking on radical materialism

[@allanvirgo3400]

I 💛💛💛💛 your Margiela videos 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@tdog8885]

You are very underrated...

[@BlissFoster]

Thanks so much! Help me out! If you have any fashion friends, link them a video you think they’d enjoy :) I do a lot of promo myself but nothing puts people on like a personal recommendation

[@tdog8885]

Bliss Foster I have a small circle , but I definitely will . Hope the best for you

[@retroazul]

I am so on into this series wowwww

[@user-ld1fx2sf57j]

actors sometimes use champagne corks to practice speech. And wear them as a neck pendant sometimes (just makes you practice more often)

[@BlissFoster]

Like they put them in their mouths to practice enunciating?

[@user-ld1fx2sf57j]

@@BlissFoster yes) like you put them in a mouth, hold with teeth and repeat tongue twisters (usually)

[@ivakura572]

@@user-ld1fx2sf57j can you share source of that info or how its exact name? want to make my speech better

[@user-ld1fx2sf57j]

@@ivakura572 at school we had an acting class and our teacher used to work in theater. That's where I learned it. It's a common practice to make speech louder. You need to clutch the cork between your teeth. Try to pronounce the text as loud and clear as you can

[@usernnammee12345ffghjjjjjjjk]

That longsleeve should be illegal

[@BlissFoster]

...do you know what that long sleeve is?

[@liamdwyer969]

@@goldenpanda303 Uniqlo x Disney....

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

@@liamdwyer969 lol

[@dvwnte]

“Everyone’s here to party, except for the clothes” 🤣

[@oldies2000]

Thank you bro

[@BlissFoster]

Of course! I’m loving making these so much

[@yalamburrrr]

Re watching all the margiela runway history again . 😌

[@BlissFoster]

There’s a lot in there. Please comment what you’re learning or noticing on your second watch!

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

Love that the band is wearing white coats!

[@Lauriieton]

Hey Bliss just wanted to point out that I'm pretty certain the asymmetry of a right hand dart w no left hand counterpart on the black dress you talk about at 24:08 doesnt actually exist, if you look a lil closer you can see the left hand dart as well, just freeze frame until you can see it :).

[@BlissFoster]

Oh bet!! I love corrections like this. Thanks so much for pointing that out

[@Lauriieton]

of course man! love how open you are to stuff like that :D

[@terrymcguinness9586]

Love ya bliss

[@fredk6992]

Margiela was really chasing the bag with this collection and I respect it

[@BlissFoster]

How do you mean?

[@user-gl1xd5wn5v]

Martin never chases 'the bag'. ew

[@BlissFoster]

W he was widely criticized for accepting the job at Hermes. This was viewed by many as him working for the man.

[@fredk6992]

@@user-gl1xd5wn5v do you not think this was more financially focused than the previous collection?

[@tuomas.937]

25:12 Backside of the coat looks like my grandma's coach, good shit.

[@7somekindofsomething]

See so many of the tongue-in-cheek methods used by Demna originating here.

[@jessegeltch491]

Thankyou

[@chrischang365]

The asymmetric darted garment folowed by the symmetrically darted garment looks like when I pin my skirts/ dresses to be shorter or tighter, sometimes if one pin comes loose it will be asymmetrical lol. But it doesn’t appear to be making her dress shorter or tighter

[@namedjohnsmith6780]

Could you leave the clothes and stuff you talk about on the screen for longer? Maybe next to you? Because the short impressions are gone a bit quick.. thankss

[@BlissFoster]

That’s actually a really good idea. Even tho some looks are only on the original vid for like 4 good seconds, I should perhaps do a loop so you can get a real good look at them. Thanks for the feedback!

[@MyVidStash]

Bliss Foster or just put a screenshot of the look next to you. Good series, btw 👍

[@nhlosenhlecele7371]

did they spray down the coats top collar before it was styled up at 21:19 or they added dust. crazy stuff

[@brandonbalbin8659]

Fire

[@xxxyxblkyth613]

Ur the best

[@BlissFoster]

No, you’re the best

[@user-ld1fx2sf57j]

white coats on the band members thing also reminds me of of seamstresses who wear white coats...just some strange connection

[@BlissFoster]

Yeah! That’s the idea. Typically it would just be atelier employees or fit models, but MMM has *everybody* in the coats. The runway models, the band members, etc. trying to eliminate any semblance of personal identity.

[@user-gl1xd5wn5v]

lol? you think.

[@bige9233]

Yesss

[@ashenitachi8917]

where do you get all the runway footage from ? is there a channel (except FF channel) or a site where i could find all runway shows from different Fashion Houses? very nice videos Bliss :D just found your channel a few days ago and been watching every day since

[@LN-gt1dd]

Are you able to post the link to the fashion shows

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

Maybe the band does a song per model that's why they end abruptly?

[@DarkJupiter16]

Howd you get the We Margiela clip?? Ive been trying to watch it for months

[@BlissFoster]

Dubberz message me on IG

[@DarkJupiter16]

@@BlissFoster just did! Im @c.m.gonzalez

[@usernnammee12345ffghjjjjjjjk]

Btw do you have a stream link to We Margiela?

[@BlissFoster]

Hmu on IG, can’t post here

[@genesis2187]

Bliss Foster do you mind emailing me a link [e-mail]

[@rainer6672]

1:09 tea bubble pumps out

[@TorbjorTheRed]

This series should be worth a few credits at FIDM

[@BlissFoster]

If you know who to ask, I’ll make it happen 💫💫

[@shreeyapawaskar3116]

hey, where's your necklace from?

[@BlissFoster]

Little Lebanese brand called Saleh, it was a gift 💫💫

[@juliengfeller92]

where can i find the original vdieo to the show?

[@BlissFoster]

If you Google it, it’ll come up 💫💫

[@sahilmishra2945]

Margiela the og big coat boi

[@user-gl1xd5wn5v]

ew no.

[@Retreauxgirl]

I was today years old when I first saw the broken plate vest.....and belt buckle vest and today i understand. I get it and I will now binge the rest of the series....like right now 😁

[@BlissFoster]

Welcome, Leslie 😊

[@royauxlifestyle8098]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@BetaAW]

Ever thought about making a video on capsule wardrobes? Would love to see your thoughts on creating the smallest viable/variable set of clothes possible.

[@bennettzug]

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[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

Not knowing where garments begin and end is a precursor to sacai! =]

[@BlissFoster]

Ohhhhh yes. Man, Abe is a gift 🥳

[@roryalexanderm]

Broken plate drip

[@icaprone1]

yoohoo - i totally don't mean to be a jerk but grosgrain is pronounced grow-grain AND the franken patch jacket was also done in the early 80s in rabbit fur and leather jackets. maybe he is referencing cheap and popular. don't know

[@BlissFoster]

Ahhh, if you like correcting pronounciations then I have a lots for you to do 🥰

[@timshearer5589]

hmmmmm, been watching ur vids, thank u, but sidenote---I may have just ordered some tabi sneakers as a result of margiela reflections via engaging with your videos. powdery/colorless grey suede with reflective silver paint applied to outsole and beyond. lol enormously indulgent for me personally, but idgaf at this point tbh.

[@BlissFoster]

Yessssss!! That’s awesome! Congrats! Send me a pic on IG when they come in! I’m jealous tbh 😆

[@timshearer5589]

@@BlissFoster you betcha, keep up the great work, peace

[@werdtoyourmoms]

...or maybe he saw a Julian Schnabel painting?

[@NYBornAndRazed]

In conclusion... margiela = genius

[@ahmetbaytar]

Mason Margiela :)))

[@user-gl1xd5wn5v]

margiela doing a full length shearling coat is not him compensating his vision or to be commercial. you just don't get it. and that's fine.

[@BlissFoster]

I’d love to hear your interpretation of that :)

[@sarishalekhi7986]

Joy division Mickey mouse sweatshirt?

[@BlissFoster]

There is such a funny story with that one! About six years ago, Disney created that design and released it at the Florida Walt Disney World Park. There were tons of headlines that got released that same day basically saying “what the fuck is this?“ Disney realized that Joy Division doesn’t really align with their brand in anyway and pulled the shirts the same day 😂😭 Since then, that design has kind of become a legend among a certain kind of T-shirt collector. I had looked to find an original version for years and could never get one. So I broke down and bought a fake reprint of it. The quality of that T-shirt is honestly horrible, I wish I hadn’t bought it. But it was funny and I wanted to wear it for at least one video 🤪

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

Wrangler and seizure are lol

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

Btw i kinda can't w/ "marty" lol

[@BlissFoster]

Haha buckle in bc I kinda don’t stop with that 😂 Have we met on IG yet, Marvin? If not, send me a DM so we can chat!

[@user-kahsnani]

L

[@ioloedwards4823]

first

[@radiobekot3821]

U have big eyes today

[@BlissFoster]

Haha wat?

[@radiobekot3821]

@@BlissFoster nevermind