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From <strong>Elgar Johnson</strong>, the <a title="Best New Men’s Fashion Collection" href="http://www.pinstripemag.com/2011/01/best-new-mens-fashion-collection.html">Menswear</a> Editor of i-D and former assistant to Simon Foxton, <strong><a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/" target="_blank">this STYLED</a></strong> is a collection of overtly-military looks created with a range of product - from FilMelange and Christopher Shannon to Alexander McQueen and Rick Owens.

Elgar client’s list includes <a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/mens/stone-island-shadow-project/icat/stone-island-shadow/">Stone Island</a>, Moschino and <a href="http://www.oki-ni.com/mens/nike/icat/nike/">Nike</a>.

Born in Peterborough, he initially left school to work for his dad’s heavy haulage company. After falling into <a title="More Pictures of Irina Sheik from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011" href="http://www.pinstripemag.com/2011/02/more-pictures-of-irina-sheik-from-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2011.html">modeling</a> Elgar was “adopted” by Simon Foxton and welcomed into his new family, which included Jonathan Kaye and Jason Evans.

Elgar's career at i-D started after ‘a meeting with Terry and Tricia in their very nice kitchen’.

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A graduate of Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Art, the Belgian-born <strong>Martin Margiela</strong> founded <strong>Maison Martin Margiela in 1988</strong> before showing his first <a title="Katrina Bowden – Esquire’s New Sexiest Women Alive" href="http://www.pinstripemag.com/2011/04/katrina-bowden-%E2%80%93-esquire%E2%80%99s-new-sexiest-women-alive.html">women</a>’s ready-to-wear collection for spring/summer 1989.

While his work is closely associated with the deconstructionist fashion movement of the 1980s, it is characterised by a poetic appreciation of imperfection, <a title="5 Tips on How to Get Your Girl Back" href="http://www.pinstripemag.com/2011/04/5-tips-how-to-get-your-girl-back.html">personality</a> and eccentricity; Margiela collections have been presented on tube platforms and street corners. He says of his work, 'my main inspiration has always has been the extremities and changes of daily life.'

Although Martin left his eponymous brand in late 2009, his legacy is continued by a <a title="Top 15 Mens Shops in NYC" href="http://www.pinstripemag.com/2011/04/top-15-mens-shops-in-nyc.html">design</a> team dedicated to furthering his vision.

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