The Maison Martin Margiela Fall 2009 collection is weird, and most pieces are totally unwearable as usual. There were a few dresses and pants that could be worn on the street by a sane person, but not alot. The strangest design were the tops of the dresses, jumpsuits, and shirts that were pulled over the models head. It looked absolutely ridiculous. Then there were the organza polka dot blouses that covered the entire head. Does he really intend to sell any of these or were they just props I wonder. Then came the eighties looking leather sleeves - no front, no back, just basically attached arm warmers. And lastly were the strange overly cut out pants and top. The pants are one leg pant length and the other leg short length. And the top was so openly cut out it exposes too much skin for realistic everyday wear. Oh well, MMM always shocks. But he is an artist.

I can always count on a Maison Martin Margiela collection to have a beautiful design and many strange/ugly designs.  Maison Martin Margiela has a history of revolting against the luxurious fashion world with garments of over sized proportions such as long arms, and with linings, seams and hems on the outside. This concept of deconstruction is evident in every one of his collections, many of his pieces are clearly not meant to be worn, but are more categorized as 'art'. For example, Mr Margiela famously redesigns by hand objects such as old wigs, canvases and silk scarves into couture garments. So it's no surprise his collections contain the 'weird' and 'ugly', for consumers like myself who appreciate fashion that is meant to be worn and flatter the female form.

The model's face covered up is obviously unusual, but the vest is decent, although not particularly flattering.

This is ridiculous, and no sane person would ever wear this outside of a runway. It is designed from lots of small pieces of denim sewn together.

I like this look a lot, it's quite beautiful, however in the real world it would need a flowy semi -sheer or silk skirt.

This is hideous. It looks like a Moo Moo.

This is interesting. It could be very pretty with black silk pants