The Belgian designer will show his first Maison Margiela collection during Haute Couture Week, 7–10 July.
Glenn Martens will step onto the Maison Margiela runway for the first time this July, opening his tenure as creative director with a Couture collection shown during Paris Haute Couture Week.
Maison Margiela confirmed that the Belgian designer will present the fall 2025 Couture line between 7 and 10 July, keeping the house’s couture platform at the heart of its calendar.
“This marks the beginning of an inspiring new chapter for the maison, rooted in our core creative values and shaped by Margiela’s couture heritage. Under Glenn’s direction, couture will continue to ignite creativity for the brand and drive boundary pushing designs,” Maison Margiela said in a statement.
Martens’ appointment was first announced in January, when parent company OTB Group named him successor to John Galliano while he remains at the helm of Diesel in Milan. A firm show date was not given then; the July slot ends months of speculation.
His debut joins a busy couture week that will include Demna’s final Balenciaga couture outing before he moves to Gucci, Iris Van Herpen’s return with an annual format, and a hybrid award presentation from Giambattista Valli.
At 41, Martens is known for fusing classical tailoring, streetwear elements, and off-beat historical references—often Flemish Old Masters—into silhouettes marked by exaggerated, twisting volumes. The July show will give the first glimpse of how that vocabulary meets Margiela’s storied codes.
