MM6 Maison Margiela Menswear Autumn 2025

In these fractured, uncertain times, this MM6 Autumn-Winter AVP collection seems to suggest that dressing can be both a mirror of the moment and a form of escape. In response to streetwear’s long, long arc, the studio pivoted away from a be-hooded, baggy, dressed-way-down aesthetic, instead mining a pre-streetwear past for a sense of connection. Not all that long ago, clothing was less about trends—let alone followers—and more about emotional engagement, with subtle nods to music, memory, and art, and little need for qualifiers like “elevated.” But what appears straightforward enough in these photos also deserves a closer look. Those lines on a sculptural shift in jersey? Those are a nod to the Stockman that is every designer’s constant companion. The oversized shoulders that defined the house’s early days, back in the 1980s, now return in a new iteration on a white wool pea coat that feels oddly cool again.