It was a sad, rain-tossed evening seemingly lit by candlelight and stars.
I didnt wait long to find out.
This was a moment.
LEADING LIGHTModel and actor Gwendoline Christie walks on water in silk-taffeta-mad, nip-waisted glory. Maison Margiela Artisanal designed by John Galliano throughout. Fashion Editor: Olivier Rizzo.
I thought of the first show I had seen of Johnshis first show ever.
And that is how the fashion designer was born.
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NIGHT MOVESFrom left: Models Leon Dame, Colette Kanza, Emeline Hoareau, Lulu Tenney, Yilan Hua, and Olga Sherer conjure a long-ago Paris demimonde.
Every character had a part, and they would appear, then reappear: It was glorious chaos.
(Including drying time between layers, each model took around 30 minutes in the makeup chair.)
Its almost like a shielda force field of glass and light around you, says McGrath.
SKIN LIKE GLASSA new skin that has never existed before” is what Pat McGrath imagined when she saw the vintage porcelain doll that John Galliano brought to her for beauty inspiration. After nearly 20 days of testing, McGrath’s team flew to the Margiela offices to offer a first look at her new glass-skin technique and received a standing ovation. How the optical illusion—modeled here by Lulu Tenney—was achieved: On top of bleached brows and sheer pastel pigments, McGrath misted seven or eight coats of a concoction composed of various peel-off masks and water through an airbrush machine. (Including drying time between layers, each model took around 30 minutes in the makeup chair.) “It’s almost like a shield—a force field of glass and light around you,” says McGrath. “It really looks like another world.”
It really looks like another world.
It was all something completely, indescribably magic.
