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Martin Margiela
Fashion Designer, °1959

Martin Margiela graduated from Antwerp's Fashion Academy in 1979. He worked as Jean Paul Gaultier's assistant from 1984 to 1987 before founding Maison Martin Margiela in Paris in 1988. The MoMu (fashion museum) in Antwerp marked the label's twentieth birthday with a five-month-long exhibition.
It is a well-known fact that Martin never appears in photographs. We don't know what he looks like and we know nothing about his private life. We respect his wish to remain anonymous.