And Paris really loved him.
John Galliano had rather despaired of his London life.
AIDS was rearing its terrible head, and heroin cast a pall.
Lady Gaga in Maison Margiela Artisanal designed by John Galliano and Christian Louboutin for Maison Margiela shoes in the October 2024 issue ofVogue.
Fashion in London was tough.
His backers withdrew their support.
But Galliano knew that in Paris his fantasies would somehow become realities.
The Maison Margiela x Christian Louboutin collaboration.
There, he slept on friends sofas and ate beans on toast as he chased this elusive dream.
Louboutin recalls that he was a very joyful, happy person.
Galliano was swept up in the Paris world.
A look from the Maison Margiela spring 2024 couture—and Louboutin’s high heeled version of the Tabi.
And it treated him royally, for a time.
The Maison Margiela x Christian Louboutin collaboration.
And immediately I said Yes of course!
John was very, very happy.
And suddenly he was a shower of ideas.
This was a milestone in his story because he was so, so, so, into it.
You know, its funny when you work.
Everything was on a level of couture that is almost never reached.
Ultimately, the show was a triumph; a swansong for John Gallianos extraordinary decade at Maison Margiela.
It was of a perfection, says Louboutin, that evening, with the drizzle under the bridge.
It was a Brassai moment, with Pat McGraths extraordinary second skin, shining face masks.
You know, it’s poetry and magic.
Even just talking about it makes me emotional!
It took 40 years of John Galliano to make me cry at a show, remembers Louboutin.
…And the shoes!
His brain is built boiling around that anyway.
A look from the Maison Margiela spring 2024 coutureand Louboutins high heeled version of the Tabi.
There are also wedding shoes, with a twist.
The idea was almost like a game to play with the codes of two houses, Margiela and Louboutin.
With Margiela you have deconstruction.
I would call it creative minimalism for Margiela.
And for my DNA, it is almost a classical vision of femininity, a sexy femininity.
So basically, for me to bring Margiela into my world."
I think it’s probably the perfect marriage!
