As another Parisian heat wave threatens to melt the city's famed restraint, MM6 Maison Margiela has answered with a collection that strips away the superfluous - both literally and metaphorically. The brand, born from Martin Margiela's 1988 deconstructionist ethos, has long played with the tension between exposure and concealment. For Resort 2027, the creative collective turned its signature "logic of alteration" toward summer's most pressing question: what to wear when every layer feels like a burden.
Lightweight cottons, airy nylons, and even deconstructed suiting formed the basis of a wardrobe that seemed to evaporate on the body. Trompe-l'oeil effects mimicked the ghost of a blazer's lapel, while shorts and skirts featured basques cut from waistbands - a nod to the corsetry that underpins lingerie's architectural history. Sleeves were severed and repurposed: a pair became a top; a half-dozen were stitched into a shift dress as crisp as a vintage slip.
But the collection's most compelling echo was a distinct '90s lingerie-dressing sensibility, filtered through a pragmatic lens. Off-the-shoulder dresses revealed a second layer, like a camisole slipped askew, while sheer mesh ballerinas and pumps evoked a near-barefoot intimacy. This is not the overt seduction of a garter belt, but the quiet power of a silk chemise - a nod to the era when designers like Margiela first blurred the line between undergarment and outerwear. In a season of relentless heat, MM6's razor-thin layers offer a cool, cerebral escape.
Originally reported by WWD