Coat

Title: Coat
date created: spring/summer 2009
designer: Martin Margiela (Belgian, born 1957)
design house: Maison Margiela (French, founded 1988)
has culture: France
material: polyester (fiber); acrylic (fiber); silk (textile)
description: Belgian designer Martin Margiela used blonde wigs and hair extensions to make this coat for his spring/summer 2009 couture collection. His use of inexpensive, everyday materials emphasizes his belief that haute couture is defined by craftsmanship and human skill rather than the use of expensive fabrics.
subjects/references: Wigs
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 2016.231a, b