The last timeJohn GallianoandGwendoline Christiewere in the same room together was in January.
Fugitives, pickpockets, and streetwalkers stumbled around street lamps like broken puppets bewitched with life.
And Im not sure Ive ever been treated so beautifully and so celebratorily in my entire life.

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I wasnt quite sure whether I could do the job, he says.
And then I had the great honor of meeting Martin for tea.
I got to understand what was going on inside his head.
His feelings, his loves, his hates.
I cant tell you how incredible that was.
I thought, Right, Im going to give this a try.