India, July 10 -- Glenn Martens just debuted for Maison Margiela and from the looks of the French luxury house's Paris Couture Week showcase, we're most likely entering an era of high art.

Odd, provocative, sculptural and dripping with inspiration, the most striking thing about Glenn's debut artisanal Fall line wasn't its very evident ability to stop traffic and loop conversation - but instead, it's potential to set high art in motion. A certain sense of nakedness trailed every model that walked on ramp, while barely revealing any hint of skin (save for those peaks of bright pink dip dyed nails). It was a hauntingly masked depersonalisation of the body, which in turn became the vessel to carry the personification of architecture.

Gothic...