CM: Every new issue of every magazine right now has an article about the “return of curves” and it gives people the impression that it was the message of the whole AW 10 season when in reality it was only 4 shows. Although, Prada was first, rumor has it that Muccia was really inspired by what you had done with that Prada styled video for the Love Blog…I wanted to ask you if that was true…
KG: Muccia introduced me to James Lima, who directed the video, and we got on very well, also, I had worked with most of the girls on the issue already. I know she was very very happy, and after the show I went backstage and she held my hand and said, “thank you very much.” There was no more exchange than that but she was very respectful that we had done a collaboration together and then she had taken it one step further for the show, and it was great for the girls. The thing that I found really gutting was that we had all those girls on option for Giles and we started getting all these calls like ‘Prada has put Ana Beatriz on option… Prada has put Miranda Kerr on option,” and you start hearing this frenzy of information. I was really split between being pleased for them and the fact that I wanted Giles to be the show that did that with the casting. In the end, it all worked out. It was great to work with Marc afterwards because when he runs with something, especially at Louis Vuitton, he just loves that thing of “it’s going to be so big, this is Louis Vuitton, it’s going to be so big!” So, you’ve got the phantom and you’ve got Elle Macpherson… it adds a whole other dimension. Marc earlier in the season had said, “I’ve been thinking about t*ts,” and I was like, “Well I have too!” Also, I think that it was something that was in the air.