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<\/p>\nEarnings totaled over \u20ac1.3 million, with a portion of the profits going to AIDS charities. Hopeful buyers could bid on objects of Martin Margiela\u2019s, from his designs for the Canette d\u2019Or in Antwerp in 1984 all the way through to 2008, when he decided to quit Maison Martin Margiela for personal projects. There were even some items up for bid that he created during the pandemic. The lots featured toiles, Barbie clothes, and early prototypes alongside photographs, sketches, books, and DVDs. Some of the more niche ephemera included champagne corks from the opening of his first Paris boutique and his personal phone, painted white with his number written on the side so he wouldn\u2019t forget it. (Pirson warned bidders that the number no longer works.)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had strong results, considering it is a very conceptual sale,\u201d says Pirson. \u201cYou can\u2019t wear most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lack of wearability did not deter serious fashion collectors like Jean-Denis Franoux, who runs Paris-based fashion archive, Regarderobes. He took home a few collectible pieces, including an early sketch from the Canette d\u2019Or and a sundial ring necklace from the SS91 \u201cGarage\u201d collection. \u201cIt was important to see and feel Martin\u2019s legacy,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a piece of history, what was shown today. Each piece for me is like a treasure, so it will go in a glass box.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Photo: Ni\u00f1a Slavcheva<\/p>\n
For Liam Neupert, 24, however, who flew from New York to Paris for the first time to attend this auction, Margiela\u2019s designs are meant to be worn. They bought a pair of SS02 Tabi mules that happened to be in their size. \u201cI think that the whole reason we make clothes is for them to be adored and cherished, and I believe that is every designer\u2019s greatest wish, so I\u2019ll continue to do that for Martin,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
Given that a portion of the profits will be donated to AIDS foundations, one of the auction\u2019s most meaningful pieces was a purple velvet badge from the FW99 collection printed with AIDS helplines and a quote reading, \u2018There is more action to be taken than to wear this badge, but it is a good start.\u2019 Conor O\u2019Driscol, 24, who also came to Paris from New York for the auction, was thrilled to take this piece home. \u201cThe AIDS pin was something that I really, really wanted,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very meaningful, especially knowing it was part of Martin\u2019s personal archive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earnings totaled over \u20ac1.3 million, with a portion of the profits going to AIDS charities. Hopeful buyers could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,5345,41612],"class_list":["post-533693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-latest","tag-maison-margiela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}