MM6 Maison Margiela spring/summer 2027: tights with an embroidered flower on the shin, look by look
In a show where the shirt becomes a skirt and the glove becomes a shoe, MM6 Maison Margiela embroiders a small flower on the shin of its tights: ivory or sheer black, in 8 of 55 looks.
MM6 Maison Margiela showed its spring/summer 2027 collection in Milan at Palazzo Mezzanotte, the headquarters of the Italian stock exchange, as WWD and FashionNetwork report. In the official gallery of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana we count 55 looks, and in 8 of them the legs are in hosiery with the same detail: a small flower embroidered on the shin, on ivory or sheer black tights, with clear shoes that show the foot. We went through the looks one by one, in the order they walked.
The collection: this is not a shirt
FashionNetwork sums up the show's question: "What happens when familiar items are worn differently?" The shirt becomes a skirt, with the shoulder line on the hips; collars and plackets move to the side; a glove becomes a bag or a five-toed shoe, and another shoe has glove-stitch details. With Havaianas, the same piece writes, the flip-flop splits between the toes and multiplies into six stacked soles.
Miles Socha in WWD describes the play on the number 6, the figure Martin Margiela assigned to the line in 1997: printed on men's thermals like a football jersey, in the flip-flops with a sixth toe and six soles, even in six-button peacoats. WWD describes garments "agnostic about whether garments were meant to be worn as tops or bottoms", and a dress shirt worn as a dress. Neither source mentions the tights: what follows comes from the photos.
Ivory tights with a flower: looks 6 and 8
The tights are ivory, almost opaque, with a flower embroidered mid-shin on one leg only. In look 6 they sit under a white shirt turned into a dress, with the collar moved onto the chest, and the flower is white on white. In look 8 they are under a pale grey dress made from another shirt, and the flower is pink with a green stem. In both looks the foot ends in a clear shoe, which from the photo looks like a plastic slipper, and the tights show right down to the toe.
Looks 6 and 8: the flower on the shin. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.
The same tights open the show in looks 1 and 2, under a sand shirt dress and a pale blue shirt worn as a skirt, again with the pink and green flower.
The flower on black: looks 5 and 53
The dark version is sheer black tights with the flower embroidered in pink. In look 5 they sit under a navy dress made from a shirt, with a red bra on show; in look 53, near the end, under a black shirt dress worn over a white bra. On black, the flower stands out more.
Looks 5 and 53: the pink flower on sheer black. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.
The last two: looks 54 and 55
The two final looks return to ivory. In look 54 the hosiery sits under a pink satin dress, in look 55 under a white satin dress; in both, from the photo, it seems to stop just below the knee, like a knee-high, and the flower sits higher, near the top.
Looks 54 and 55: ivory under satin. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.
The other looks are bare-legged or in trousers, mostly with the six-sole Havaianas or with sandals and nude knitted shoes that cover only the foot (looks 11 and 12).
How to read these legs now
No source gives the yarn or the denier. Three practical points:
- One detail, on one leg. The flower is small and sits on one shin only: enough to make the tights look chosen on purpose. Tights with a small embroidery at the ankle or shin do the same at the office.
- Ivory under white and grey. MM6 puts ivory tights under white, grey and pale blue shirts: pale on pale lengthens the leg without the contrast of black. For white on the runway, see also Jil Sander and Anteprima.
- Sheer black shows off the embroidery. On black the pink flower is visible from afar; on ivory it almost disappears. If the tights are embroidered, a dark ground brings it out. To choose the sheerness, see our guide to choosing denier.
For the rest of Milan, read our Milan Fashion Week report and the look-by-looks of Antonio Marras, Jil Sander, Anteprima, Fendi, Dolce&Gabbana and Elisabetta Franchi.
The photos
The numbering follows the official gallery of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, 55 photos in show order. The photos in this article are from that gallery. The count of 8 looks with the embroidered flower (4 ivory tights, 2 sheer black, 2 ivory knee-length) is ours, from the photos.
