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Brand has been in decline
Plus the pricing on tabis has gotten egregious and the brand appeal has mostly just been ways to sell different tabis for a while now.
But who knows, Glenn Martens is the new CD and we'll have to see how that goes
MM6 is still quite fun and I do love my tabis and they consistently use good quality leather on the shoes which can't be said for a lot of fashion brands, no matter the price point
Fingers crossed, looking at MM mainline is depressing.
The only defense of recent MM was the couture last year, which was great.
MM6 has had a different designer which is why its good, so theres hope yet. Galliano doesn't care for RTW, and there's a reason he is out of a job
Yea a few hits last season. Agreed it’s not in its peak right now
Footwear is deff carrying rn but hopeful they get some positive momentum after the whole Luigi thing
i disagree
financially sure
but the footwear the last few has been as uninspired as the rest of mainline imo
new CD will do far more for the clothes than the meme
agree on footwear the good tabi variations are all the ones that have been around forever
the cowboys are i think the newest ones and they are also my least favorite
i dont like the tabi chelseas either
Yea I agree but meant financially
Tabi Chelsea’s are a sleeper, I wear them a lot
I don't hate them but the brands basically become slap a tabi toe on everything and the chelseas are representative of that. Still, fun shoe
I'm over tabis because of this reason
like its a cool shoe but its lost a lot of its allure cause its so clear MM has no other ideas
"what new shoe can we stick a tabi toe on" isn't design its a cash grab
Not to bash on it to be clear! This is def a very fashion nerd take on it and more of a criticism of margiela as a fashion house. Tabis are really fun. It's just fun to wear them and that's what personal fashions really about IMHO
My non fashion brained friends love their tabis too and they're actually well made and comfy, plus the loafers and babouches are such a fun summer shoe
The Tabi cowboy boot was the most offensive iteration
Basically every men’s Tabi version sucks
The mid heel version is fine but still just cope for the womens high heel and low heel
Plus I think nobody in the fucking world has a single idea how to wear those shoes anymore
At this point, bar some dramatic shakeup (no Glenn Martens does not count) if you want Margiela you should just look at the designers vying for his conceptual successorship elsewhere rather than the brand itself
OTB will not let any of their designers do anything cool
Also there’s still plenty of good shit on the secondhand market that isn’t the trillion dollar early 90s stuff