A Magazine Curated By extends an annual invitation a leading fashion designer, fashion group or house to guest edit or develop and showcase exclusive content for the magazine in a way that expresses their cultural and aesthetic values.
Each issue celebrates this designer’s ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity. The first A Magazine (under a different, slightly unusual numbering scheme) was N°A in 2001 featuring Dirk Van Saene, initiated by Walter Van Beirendonck and art directed by Paul Boudens for the Landed Geland fashion festival in Antwerp. It was followed by N°B, N°C, N°D and N°E Magazines before A Magazine Curated By Maison Martin Margiela was released in 2004, and has followed in this format ever since. Originally conceived as Belgium’s first fashion magazine, A Magazine Curated By quickly gained international acclaim for its intimate perspective into the minds of the world’s inspiring fashion designers working today.
Issue #27 of A Magazine Curated By is curated by the Paris-based Belgian designer Glenn Martens, creative director of both Diesel and Y/Project.