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Maison Margiela presents its Fall/Winter 2026 campaign through “ANONYMITY,” a trailer for a psychological thriller that will never reach cinemas. Rebecca Hall stars as an actress preparing for a role while repeatedly confronting a masked version of herself. Each encounter raises the same question: which version represents the real person? The premise fits a house built around concealment, and it works because the tension feels personal rather than constructed. Hall says she relates to the fictional film’s title and plot. “There’s a funny war always going on between one’s identity as a figure in the public eye and one’s desire to disappear,” she said. “I liked that the film was pushing this concept to its archetypal extreme; I mean, there’s some satire in it, too, the classic Garbo line spoken seductively to camera, ‘I want to be alone.'” That self-awareness is what separates this from a standard fashion film. Hall is not playing a character so much as negotiating with the idea of character itself.
The Maison Margiela Mask and What It Has Always Meant
Masks have been part of the house’s visual language since its first show, where they directed attention to the clothing rather than the model. “ANONYMITY” returns to that device, using it to examine how clothing can shape character and perception. The masks seen throughout the campaign are the same Artisanal pieces created in the Paris atelier for the FW26 Shanghai show, each one distinct, each one worn by Hall’s doppelganger as she moves through the thriller’s mounting unease. The two-minute video delivers its share of unnerving imagery, with scenes of a bleeding television screen, clear goo spilling out of Hall’s mouth, and ghostly figures seemingly stepping out of closets. The visual references are deliberate, drawing from the cinematic language of Argento, De Palma, and Lynch without directly quoting any of them. It stays horror-adjacent rather than horror, which is precisely where Margiela has always been most comfortable.
The Maison Margiela Fall/Winter 2026 Collection and Its Shanghai Origins
Photo: Maison Margiela On April 1, 2026, Maison Margiela FW26 took over Shanghai Fashion Week, marking the brand’s first runway show outside of Paris since its establishment in 1988. Held within a striking maze of industrial shipping containers, the scenography invited guests to navigate the space physically, blurring the line between audience and performance. Creative director Glenn Martens brought both the Artisanal and ready-to-wear lines into a single show for the occasion, joining them under the FW26 theme of anonymity. Set to “Where the Wild Roses Grow” by Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue, the show unfolded like an eerie parade of unearthly beings and resurrected aristocrats. Liquid-like drapes, textures seemingly eaten through, and delicate chiffon dresses walked alongside meticulous tailoring with a gothic edge. The collection includes Edwardian tailcoats that have been chopped and recut, destroyed tapestry garments, Bianchetto white-painted cracked skirts, and second-skin jersey pieces layered against fused textiles. Standout Artisanal pieces include a dress with over 150,000 gold stars applied by hand, a process that took 2,975 hours, and porcelain panels broken by hand into around 500 pieces, then rounded and fixed to an organza underlay.
New Accessories and Where to Shop the Drop
Photo: Maison Margiela The accessories in the Maison Margiela Fall/Winter 2026 carry the collection’s material logic into everyday objects. The signature Tabi receives an update in floral prints, while the Tabi Claw continues the second-skin concept in nude leather. The bags are equally considered. The Glam Slam has been sanded down to resemble plush, battered old leather, while the new Link bag arrives with a soft structure and a metal chain shrink-wrapped in velvet and broken mirror, a detail that imitates the chain necklaces found in the jewelry line. The Box bag comes in two treatments: covered in star stickers, echoing the gold-star Artisanal dress from the runway, and with porcelain-effect trims inspired by a second Artisanal look. The 5AC takes the tapestry prints from the clothing and places them on a laser-cut base designed to continue distressing over time, with a wrapped handle inspired by the binding of vintage tennis rackets. The jewelry extends the same logic: some pieces appear as if discovered at a flea market and dipped in wax. In contrast, others mirror the metallic structure of chandelier crystals, with link necklaces and bracelets molded in leather and broken mirror. Nothing in the accessories lineup reads as separate from the clothing. Each object feels as if it were pulled from the same world the garments already inhabit.
The Maison Margiela Fall/Winter 2026 collection is available now globally, in flagship boutiques, online at maisonmargiela.com, and through authorized retailers.
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