V News: MAISON MARGIELA MEETS THE (GENTLE) MONSTER

This feature appears in V141, Spring 2023 issue now available for purchase 

Spring is upon us, and while that may be splendid for those who enjoy pulsing sunbeams, some prefer to opt for a more toned-down take on the season of bright new beginnings. Conspiring against the impending sunshine enters Gentle Monster and Maison Margiela in their latest collaboration.

A master of recontextualizing bourgeois gestures with a punchy flair, John Galliano reimagines expansive, wraparound shades through a Margielan filter. Liberated from binary constraints through classic frames—featuring oval, cat-eye, wayfarer, and clubmaster—opulence and a sporty edge come together in the collaboration’s genderless line—all dipped in an irresistible neo-futuristic gloss.