Margiela's Tabi boot: first shown in 1988, from the 15th-century Japanese split-toe sock; soles dipped in red paint for footprints on the white runway; 'the audience should notice the new footwear'; the runway turned into a waistcoat
Maison Margiela's spring 2027 show, Glenn Martens's, walked on 29 September in Paris. The Tabi is the house's first shoe design, and the waistcoat made from that first painted runway was held together with brown tape.
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01MARTIN MARGIELA'S TABI BOOT WALKED IN HIS FIRST SHOW, IN PARIS IN 1988.
02THE SPLIT TOE COMES FROM THE TABI, A JAPANESE SOCK FROM THE 15TH CENTURY.
03HE DIPPED THE SOLES IN RED PAINT, SO THE BOOTS LEFT SPLIT-TOED FOOTPRINTS ON THE WHITE RUNWAY.
04'I THOUGHT THE AUDIENCE SHOULD NOTICE THE NEW FOOTWEAR,' HE SAID.
05THE PAINTED RUNWAY BECAME A WAISTCOAT, THE OPENING LOOK OF HIS NEXT SHOW.
06THE SAME BOOTS WERE LATER REPAINTED AND REUSED IN OTHER COLLECTIONS.