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,” says Christian Louboutin

During Martin Margiela’s spring 1989 debut runway show, held in a Paris fringe theater, veiled models looked like an eminence of kentaurides clomping down a white cotton runway in red paint dipped split-toe Tabi boots paired with pointy-shouldered slim jackets and long-line skirts slit up the back.