Maison Margiela Shows Heel-less Styles and More Shoes for Fall ’26

Maison Margiela made a splash with its fall 2026 show presented at a shipping container dock in Shanghai on Wednesday, and the brand remained dedicated to unconventional .

The luxury brand, led by creative director Glenn Martens, explained in an official release that the show encompassed both ready-to-wear and artisanal collections, as the label once did in its founding years. The masked models showcased Edwardian silhouettes, porcelain details, Margiela twists on tailoring, extreme draping and more elements which spoke to the brand’s boundary-pushing creativity. The shoes maintained this narrative, from brushstrokes to raw edges to cutouts to gravity-defying design.

The collection debuted the Level Cut-Out boots, a style that exposes a layer of leather lining. Ankle boots are experimented on by completely cutting away the front, with a cuff left over the ankle, while the foot is exposed to the toe. Additionally, there are knee-high boots with cutout windows located at the bridge of the foot.

Proportions are played with in the Float shoe, a men’s style with an upper set atop a substantially smaller sole. The shoe is finished in brushed leather, patent and distressed leather options. Multiple heel-less styles were presented as well, including pumps painted white in the brand’s bianchetto style, and cowboy boots.

Meanwhile, the Perspex heel sandals were showcased with transparent straps, and, not to be left out, the brand’s signature cloven Tabi toe hit the runway too. Tabi ballerinas debuted in a second-skin look while Tabi-claw boots were shown with a stiletto heel.

Denni Hu wrote in a review of the show for WWD, “New accessories, including heels with double cutouts at the upper, or square-toed boots that seemed to float in mid-air, easily spoke to Tabi shoe fans craving podiatric illusions.”