Aminata Productions

In the early 1980s, six young people came together in Antwerp and, armed with nothing but vision, courage, and radical independence, transformed the fashion world. Forty years later, they look back on a time when creativity trumped convention and commerce.

In 2008, after a show celebrating the 20th anniversary of his fashion house, Maison Margiela, visionary designer Martin Margiela left the fashion world for good. Throughout his career, the Belgian designer remained anonymous, refusing interviews and never being photographed, leading some to call him the fashion world’s answer to Banksy. Now, more than a decade after his departure, Margiela digs into his meticulous and idiosyncratic personal archives to reflect on his revolutionary career and legacy.