At the end of last week, through the Instagram account of MM6 Maison Margiela, we discovered that the Parisian brand had just unveiled a collaboration outside of the schemes we are used to seeing on the catwalks.

There is no doubt that outerwear, as well as workwear, already represents the present and the future of the streetwear world. To support this thesis today come the images of the Fall/Winter 2020 fashion show by MM6 Maison Margiela during London Fashion Week.

The French fashion house chose The North Face to upset a lot of dogmas: in 1990 TNF launched the Expedition System line on the market, characterized by a structure of detachable and stackable layers specially designed to face extreme weather conditions. MM6 Maison Margiela and The North Face deconstructed the models and then rebuilt them with the concept of circularity as the focal point. 

What came out is a transversal collection, which does not reflect the ideals of the genre; the choice of a vivid palette reflects that of The North Face in the early 90s, purple, cobalt blue and bottle green but also red, orange and yellow. The insulation of the garments is guaranteed by recycled feathers. 

The two brands have worked a lot on the original idea of the Expedition System, integrating the garments with a system of hinges that allows overlapping several pieces of the collection. 

Tradition, innovation, and awareness are the words that best describe the work done by MM6 Maison Margiela and TNF.

The capsule collection will be available from September 2020.