RUNWAY: Maison Margiela SS19

John Galliano is one of the few couturiers working together that still adhere to the codes made of yester-decade, one where the couture collection is the masterpiece, the one where all the ideas are proffered. Those ideas, while not always commercially viable, trickle down to ready to wear. That's exactly what he's done here with Maison Margiela's SS19 gender-fluid collection - it has trickled down from the first-ever Margiela couture (called Artisanal) for men. For the RTW collection, there were elaborate brocade bustiers, swimsuits, dramatic Crombie jackets-cum-capes and more - all of which were on offer at FW18 Artisanal. It was bold and intriguing and went with the theme of the collection, and of Margiela's new scent: Mutiny.