Editor’s note: This selection was initially introduced in March 1998 in Paris and has been digitized as section of Vogue Runway’s ongoing endeavours to doc historic fashion demonstrates. In the 1990s quite a few heritage houses got makeovers as fashion increasingly corporatized. The trials and triumphs of John Galliano at Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen at Givenchy, for case in point, have been well documented. Marc Jacobs also ended up in Paris at a storied maison, but his remit was distinctive. He was tasked with building a thing from nothing—a completely ready-to-don collection for a leather goods and accessory company which experienced in no way experienced one prior to. “When…