Parodi Costume Collection is honored to present our exhibition, MARGIELA: IN THE VOID, a tribute to the legacy of Martin Margiela, in collaboration with contemporary vintage brand Byronesque. Shown on 12.05.2023-05.01.2024 in Miami, Florida. This catalog features images, information and press publications.

Cristóbal Balenciaga : Master of Tailoring exhibition shown on 01.25.2024 - 06.02.2024 at
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta, Georgia. This catalog features images, information and press publications.

"Martin Margiela estuvo notoriamente ausente. Nuestra idea de centrarnos en los vacíos aprovecha su personalidad como diseñador y profundiza en los vacíos literales y metafóricos que rodean cada pieza" dice Gonzalo Parodi, director de Parodi Costume Collection. La exhibición tuvo una primera aparición en la feria Art Basel. Enfocada en los vacíos, fue la oportunidad de hacer una inscripción en las referencias conceptuales y artísticas del diseñador belga. El oficio de Margiela, además de influenciar el trabajo de diseñadores contemporáneos y los modos de producción de esta época, se mantiene como una herramienta para ver otras narrativas y volver sobre él.

Step into the enigmatic realm of ‘MARGIELA: IN THE VOID,’ a co-curated exhibition with the contemporary vintage brand, Byronesque. Delve into the essence of Margiela’s iconic pieces from the Parodi Costume Collection archives while unraveling the narrative surrounding the voids – the absent elements that complete full looks.

【明報專訊】2015年，時尚網站YOOX與紐約導演Alison Chernick合作拍下以The Artist Is Absent為名的時裝短片，道出時裝設計師Martin Margiela真人不露相的特質。這個現於邁阿密Parodi Costume Collection展出的Margiela : In the Void展覽（A），便按同樣道理為展品留白，一如品牌的簽名白色。

El vacío de su anonimato, del espacio entre las cuatro puntadas de sus etiquetas o de la ausencia de una narrativa teatral que ahora llena Galliano. El Parodi Costume Collection de Miami ofrece al público ‘MARGIELA: IN THE VOID, una exposición que ahonda en las claves de su obra.

Margiela o’ Margiela, how do you stay so ever-relevant? We asked ourselves this as Margiela: In the Void, an exhibition by The Parodi Costume Collection (PCC) and co-curated with contemporary-vintage brand Byronesque, opened its doors last week.

MARGIELA: IN THE VOID, an extraordinary exhibition by the Parodi Costume Collection, takes us on a riveting journey through the enigmatic world of Martin Margiela’s iconic fashion creations. With a mission to educate and illuminate the realms of extraordinary creativity in fashion history, this showcase marks the culmination of years of careful curation. As visitors step into this visionary space, they are greeted with the absence – the missing elements that form complete looks, an ingenious representation of Margiela’s artistic essence.

Parodi Costume Collection presents MARGIELA: IN THE VOID, an exhibition highlighting some of Martin Margiela’s iconic garments, capable of creating in space a narrative around voids – an essential peculiarity in the designer’s creative process.

The journey of a museums acquisition of full vintage runway looks is a privileged one to witness. With an educational vision and mission to spread awareness and participation of extraordinary creativity from fashion history, the Parodi Costume Collection’s commitment to the legacy of Martin Margiela is being shared for the first time.

The Miami exhibition unpacking Martin Margiela’s elusive fashion legacy
‘Margiela: In the Void’ – curated by Byronesque and the Parodi Costume Collection – is a rare look at Martin Margiela’s fashion oeuvre, one that revels in the incompleteness of the archive

Visit a new exhibition shedding light on man of mystery, Martin Margiela.
Martin Margiela is as much of an enigma today as he was while at the helm of the brand – which he stepped away from in 2009. While his undeniable impact on fashion still reverberates today, both via the ongoing Maison Margiela label and elsewhere in the industry, it’s unlikely he’ll be staging a comeback anytime soon (or ever, *sob*).

Meet the women who preserves 100 years of fashion history from this house in Miami... She has amassed an archive of more then 5000 objects

With more than 10,000 garments, accessories, and ephemera, it’s a treasure trove of fashion history. For in-the-know fashion historians and fans, Miami’s Parodi Costume Collection is an essential destination. Nonetheless, it’s admittedly a bit of an insider’s secret. Tucked on a quiet street not far from busy destinations like Wynwood Walls and the Miami Design District, it showcases highlights of a collection of more than 10,000 pieces that its founder, Francisca Parodi – who is lovingly known as Paquita – has been amassing for more than six decades.

A magazine where textile artists and art lovers can find and share information to increase and promote their creative experience

Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. Entrevista de paquita parodi en telecinco hablando sobre ella y su museo aqui en edgewater miami llamado Parodi Costume Collection

Con este video quiero hacer un homenaje a esta gran mujer que es Paquita Parodi, coleccionista, restauradora e historiadora de la moda desde los 12 años.
Nunca imaginé un museo de la moda como el que ella tiene, más de 5.000 piezas de los diseñadores más emblemáticos del mundo de la moda que datan desde 1820 hasta la actualidad.
Paquita Parodi ha dedicado su vida a rescatar piezas de moda. En su armario hay vestuarios emblemáticos que pertenecieron a Dolores del Río, Sofía Loren, Thalía y hasta una peluca que usábamos Josephine Baker

Never did I imagine a fashion museum the likes of Miami, surely up there with cool things to do in Miami. Think over 5000 pieces from the most iconic names in world of fashion dating from 1880 through the 20th century to the present. Books have been written about facets of the collection, especially fashion from the Roaring Twenties . Part couture showroom, part museum, it’s all the work of the Spanish born Paquita Parodi who’s the collector, restorer and fashion historian.

Trajes con historia, la mujer que conserva más de dos mil vestidos y accesorios originarios desde el siglo XIV hasta la actualidad. Paquita Parodi ha dedicado su vida a rescatar piezas de moda. En su armario hay vestuarios emblemáticos que pertenecieron a Dolores del Río, Sofía Loren, Thalia y hasta una peluca que usó Josephine Baker.

Paquita Parodi nos da un paseo por la historia de la moda: Óscar de la Renta, Balenciaga y más. La coleccionista de vestidos Paquita Parodi compartió algunas piezas icónicas y demostró que hay prendas que nunca pasarán de moda.

When she was 12 years old, Francisca Parodi was challenged by her grandmother to retrieve a chemise. The stimulus expanded to hobby and joined another passion: collecting rare items from the history of fashion. Paquita , as it is known, holds one of the most exclusive and historic collections, focused on the last two centuries. The Parodi Costume Collection's time machine brings together more than five thousand items, including iconic dresses by Charles Frederick Worth , Mariano Fortuny , more than 400 models from the 1920s, as well as underwear, children's clothes, wedding dresses, bags and accessories – it even has fabrics from the 14th century.

Take a tour with me around Paquita Parodi's, Costume Collection hidden museum where she shows us her unbelievable vintage collection. Let's meet Oscar de la Renta's most iconic fashion pieces and his history of changing the fashion world together! From Victorian, Edwardian, to 2000s, Paquita has pieces from all different eras and parts of the world