Martin Margiela's linen collection: Highly recommended bracelet

At the time, I was friendly with the owner of "Kika," a legendary select shop in Hamamatsu, and sometimes accompanied them on buying trips.

Around the year 2000, they began carrying Margiela and Junya Watanabe from "Kokonoe," and even earlier, I enjoyed participating in the forward-thinking buying of "Kika," which had been **massively stocking Undercover since 1990**, anticipating the times.

I had been living in London since 1993, and around 2008, I learned that a friend who was interested in apparel had studied apparel at Harrods and Selfridges and was then running an online-only select shop in London. That was the beginning of our business relationship. Around 2015, the agency changed from "Kokonoe" to "Staff International," and the items sourced from the UK also began to bear the "Staff" tag. However, the items selected by my friend in London were very refined, and I continued to choose products that reflected the unique sense that Margiela had during the "Kokonoe" era.

From the items shown as samples at exhibitions, I carefully selected those with excellent silhouettes and details, and sourced those in good condition.

This linen bracelet is a special, highly recommended item of the season, featured at the top of Margiela's collection PV.