WHITE OUT: It’s probably safe to say this is the first time Maison Margiela‘s four white stitches have been threaded through aluminum.
Rimowa has collaborated with the Paris-based fashion house on a limited-edition cabin suitcase and a roomy leather handbag with a grooved surface. The items, priced at 3,200 euros and 3,600 euros, respectively, drop on Nov. 19 at select Rimowa and Maison Margiela boutiques as well as the two brands’ online stores.
The most glaring feature of the collaboration is Bianchetto, Maison Margiela’s signature overpainting technique, born in 1988 when the founding Belgian designer, Martin Margiela, painted all the furniture in his Paris design studio white, partly to disguise their humble origins and ragtag appearance.
According to the partners, all the Rimowa x Maison Margiela cases and bags are hand-painted, “rendering them as unique records of lived experience, transforming with time.”
That’s because the paint will gradually flake and crackle over time, giving the cases more character just as dents, scratches and patina shifts on aluminum cases “become personal records of meaningful journeys.”
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