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CHANIA

KATERINA MAKRIYIANNI
Christian

Louboutin’s

Choice

Intervie w by Despoina Sampson

The award-winning jewelry designer presented as a limited edition. How The designer in her office.
from Crete, whose creations can be found easy is it to return to the daily life of Bottom: The limited edition Greekaba
all over the world, collaborated with creating for your own collections after bag and the sandal Konstantinella
from the Greekaba capsule collection
Christian Louboutin for the Greekaba being involved in such an intense creative of Christian Louboutin.
capsule collection, dedicated to Greek collaboration?
culture and the Mediterranean summer. My work is based on producing my own
You collaborated with Christian Louboutin collections whilst also participating
for the AW22/23 Greekaba collection. in large or smaller projects at the collaboration, I had to finish my
What can you tell us about this collaboration same time. This project may have own collection for S/S23. Initially
and working alongside this esteemed been the most important one so I believed that working on the two
fashion house? far in my career but as life goes on, projects would be impossible but I
Working with Louboutin was literally a especially in fashion, at a very fast armed myself with courage, patience
teenage dream come true! Collaborating pace, it was not the only one. Along and strength and made the decision
at this level is every creator’s ultimate with the «Greekaba» collection to enter an exceptionally strong >
goal. You really have the opportunity
to see first- hand what professionalism
and organization mean. Everyone
works like a precision clock, in an
environment based on respect and
understanding. Each step is pre-
planned down to the last detail and
takes place at the right time so that
you can control your work and tasks
with the attention required by a fashion
house with such exacting standards.
The experience for me was educational
and provided me with many facets
that I know that I will need in the
future, going forwards.
You created entirely handmade and
demanding designs that Louboutin also

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