Although Maison Margiela was founded on upcycling and repurposing clothing, being very environmentally conscious to materials. And although recently they held the PFW 2020 Show focusing on sustainability using repurposed and up cycled materials, they still have done very little efforts to contributing to bigger change. The brand uses few eco-friendly materials and there is no evidence it minimizes textile waste, reduces its carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chain, or has taken meaningful action to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals. Despite most of its final stage of production being done in Italy, a medium risk country for labour abuse, the brand isn’t transparent enough: Maison Margiela received a score of 0-10% in the Fashion Transparency Index. The brand publishes limited information about its supplier policies and its audits. It also doesn’t disclose any information about forced labour, gender equality or freedom of association, or any policies or safeguards to protect suppliers and workers in its supply chain from the impacts of the Pandemic. Although Maison Margiela has a general statement about trying to minimize animal suffering as they do not use fur and exotic animal skin, but they still use leather, wool, angora, down, and exotic animal hair. There still is no trace to the first stage of these material’s production. Overall when focused on ethics, it is a highly negatively criticized brand for the way it carries out its ethical practices.