In 2018, three heroes will be honored in Europe, influencing not only fashion, but also modern culture: Michael Jackson, Martin Marghela and Azzedine Alaya.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson would have turned 60 in 2018. His work may or may not like him, but this figure is undoubtedly an outstanding, scandalous and in many ways defined the culture of the 80s and the last decades. American singer, songwriter, music producer, arranger, dancer, choreographer, actor, screenwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur, he will forever remain the idol of millions. "King of Pop", winner of 15 Grammy awards and hundreds of other awards 25 times hit the Guinness Book of Records. The number of records sold in the world of Jackson (albums, singles, compilations, etc.) - 1 billion copies.

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Andy Warhole. Portrait of Michael Jackson, 1984.

Michael Jackson, икона современного искусства. The theme of the grand show is the whole biography of a pop star from adolescence to the last days. Everything related to Jackson is represented in a variety of works of art created over the past 30 years. According to the curators, the exhibition will be interesting to know how many famous artists, collectors and gallery owners were involved in the process of creating a pop idol. Jeff Koons, David Lachapelle, Clara Lidén, Glenn Lygon, Paul McCarthy, Dexter Dalwood, Mark Flood, Isa Gentzken, David Hammons and many others are among the authors of the works that glorified Michael Jackson.

• Grand Palais. Paris. November 23, 2018 - February 17, 2019.

Isa Genzken. Wind (Michael / David), National Portrait Gallery.

“Michael Jackson. On the wall". The exhibition will show the influence of Michael Jackson on the leading contemporary artists. The project was preceded by the fundamental work of Dr. Nicholas Cullinan, director of the National Portrait Gallery. Since Andy Warhol used his image for the first time in 1982, Jackson has become the most often portrayed character of our time, the favorite model of contemporary artists. For the first time at the exhibition "Michael Jackson:" On the Wall "under one roof will be more than forty portraits of Michael Jackson, collected from public and private collections around the world, including new works made specifically for the exhibition.

• National Portrait Gallery, London. June 28 - October 21.

Martin Marcela

In 2018 Martin Margiela is 20 years old. One of the most mysterious and unconventional enterprises of modern fashion. Martin Marzhela (b. 1957, Leuven) in 1990 graduated from the faculty of fashion at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Margiela's conceptual approach immediately distinguished him from his contemporaries. His design method was supposed to show off everything, all the hidden parts of the product: the lining, the seams, show the underlay, etc. In 1988, Margiela met Jenny Meirens, the owner of a designer clothing boutique in Brussels. She saw in an unknown Belgian "the most talented young designer she had ever seen." Together they founded Maison Martin Margiela, and the next year they held their debut show of SS 1989. During his work, Marghela managed to tailor clothes from cards, posters, socks, false eyelashes and fur hats, decorated the body with badminton balls, created a bag from a motorcycle helmet.

Margiela / Galliera, 1989-2009. The grandiose and first Parisian retrospective represents the career of a couturier from the spring-summer of 1989 to the spring-summer of 2009. Visitors to the exhibition will see the famous Oversized collection, Barbie Collection, Artisanal and Replica. Martin Marzhela promoted anonymity, used white color in a variety of shades, and was the first to launch defiles in strange places: in car parks, warehouses, metro stations or abandoned wastelands. The exhibition collected more than 100 models, video shows, archival documents. Thanks to the curator, fashion historian Olivier Sayar, Margiela / Galliera will give a non-trivial look at the work of the genius couturier.

• Palais Galliera, Paris, March 3 - July 15.

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Margiela: the Hermes years. The exhibition, which was shown in 2017 by the Antwerp Fashion Museum, will be seen in 2018 by Parisians. It is dedicated to the period from 1997 to 2003, when Martin Margaret served as art director of the House of Hermès. The public will be presented to the collection of the brand itself, and things released during these years by his own Maison Martin Margiela.

• Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Paris, March 22 - September 2.

Марк Ньюсон, Карла Соццани, Aziza Aliya с другом на ужине в Galerie Azzedine Alaïa.

Aziza Aliya

November 18, 2017 did not become one of the last great fashion designers, Azzedine Alaya. The star of the 1980s, the favorite of the first beauties of the planet, he worked at his own pace, outside of trends and seasons, for a select club of clients. Alaya, one of the few fashion designers who left behind a design collection, his own art gallery and boutique hotel.

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“He changed my fashion concept,” says Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton. “After seeing Azzedin’s work, I realized that fashion is construction and architecture.” The idea and the ability to implement it yourself - the main act of the designer. " Monochrome palette, underlined waist, accessories created with a laser ... The King of Cling - the king of silhouettes - he was the first to use stretch fabrics, previously meant only for swimsuits. Thanks to this material, the dresses fit the figure like a second skin. In 1992, he was glad that for his Spring'92 collection, he chose the Relax material, which NASA developers loved for being able to serve as a screen against microwave radiation ... When Alaya held an exhibition at the Palais Gaillera in 2013 with the enchanting scenography by Martin Sekele, . But still the first retrospective was offered him not Paris, but the main Netherlands Design Museum - the Groninger Museum. In 2018, the art of Alaya can be seen in the London Design Museum.

• Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier, London Design Museum, since 10 May.