It seems there are some infallible forces working behind the scenes of the Maison Martin Margiela – strong individuals who not only support the Margiela aesthetic, but who each add their own taste and perspective to the creative pool of thought. This is of course a dynamic team – people come and people go, but their influence remains to be developed and enriched by those who succeed them.
Paul Helbers and Ola Rindal both fall under this banner, as a designer and a photographer who carry the flag for Margiela with gusto and an original flair.

For A#1, the pair devised the shoot “Layers”, exploring everyday fashion objects as a cross-section, with a boot, a suit, a leather bag and a wallet dissected to reveal their inner components, their contents and the various layers of fabrics usually hidden from common view. Shot against blue sky and green grasses, the  neutral coloured objects seem suspended in mid-flight, almost like the skeletons of the whole objects – not entirely present, but an abstract representative of each object and a strong example of the deconstructed concept of Margiela clothing and products.