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1980s Manolo Blahnik Olive Green Oxford Heels
1980s Manolo Blahnik Olive Green Oxford Heels

1980s Manolo Blahnik Olive Green Oxford Heels

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in New York, NY

Gorgeous vintage 1980s Manolo Blahniks in olive green quilted leather with oxford style lace up

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1980s Italian Heels

1980's Manolo Blahnik Gray Flannel Loafers - Size 36
1980's Manolo Blahnik Gray Flannel Loafers - Size 36

1980's Manolo Blahnik Gray Flannel Loafers - Size 36

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Rare Manolo Blahnik gray flannel loafers from the 1980's. They are size 36 and in mint condition

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1980s Italian Shoes

1980s Yellow and Green Leather Manolo Blahnik Sling Back Shoes
1980s Yellow and Green Leather Manolo Blahnik Sling Back Shoes

1980s Yellow and Green Leather Manolo Blahnik Sling Back Shoes

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in London, GB

A great pair of shoes by British designer Manolo Blahnik.As you would expect from this brand the

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1980s Italian Shoes

1980s Manolo Blahnik Pony Hair Ankle Booties
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1980s Manolo Blahnik Pony Hair Ankle Booties

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in New York, NY

SALE! Originally $595 Manolo Blahnik pony hair ankle booties with 2.5" heel. Size 40.5

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Manolo Blahnik Early 1980's Black and Silver Suede Pumps
Manolo Blahnik Early 1980's Black and Silver Suede Pumps

Manolo Blahnik Early 1980's Black and Silver Suede Pumps

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in New York, NY

These outstanding shoes date from Manolo Blahnik's early days in New York City, from his first shop

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1980s Italian Shoes

1980s Manolo Blahnik Beaded Shoes
1980s Manolo Blahnik Beaded Shoes

1980s Manolo Blahnik Beaded Shoes

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in Litchfield County, CT

1980s-90s Manolo Beaded Paisley Design shoes. Modern jeannie style kitten heels by the prolific

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1980s Manolo Blahnik Floral Tapestry Tall Leather Boots
1980s Manolo Blahnik Floral Tapestry Tall Leather Boots

1980s Manolo Blahnik Floral Tapestry Tall Leather Boots

By Manolo Blahnik

Located in London, GB

A pristine pair of Manolo Blahnik's tall boots, featuring a floral tapestry pattern throughout. The

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1980s Shoes

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1980s Manolo Blahnik For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate vintage or contemporary 1980s manolo blahnik for your needs in our varied inventory. gray is a pretty popular color, but we also have beige, gold and more in stock now. You’re likely to find the perfect 1980s manolo blahnik among the distinctive accessories we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There have been many well-made iterations of this accessory over the years, but those made by Manolo Blahnik and Maud Frizon are often thought to be among the most stylish.

How Much is a 1980s Manolo Blahnik?

Prices for a 1980s manolo blahnik can differ depending upon size, designer and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $350 and can go as high as $8,125, while, on average they fetch $3,750.

Manolo Blahnik for sale on 1stDibs

There may be no designer with as wide a breadth of references as the fashion and footwear icon Manolo Blahnik, whose stated sources of inspiration for the creation of his sublime shoes include — but are not limited to — Diana Vreeland, ancient Greece, 21st-century architecture, Spanish cinema and Piet Mondrian.

It’s a fittingly robust list for someone who has spent a lifetime in the self-described “pursuit of beauty.”

Born in 1942 in Spain’s Canary Islands, Blahnik had an early exposure to shoemaking: During World War II, his designer-shoe-loving mother enlisted a local cobbler to teach her to make her own footwear from available materials. The young Blahnik was intrigued.

After briefly studying law in Switzerland with the intention of becoming a diplomat, Blahnik moved to Paris, where he took a job in a vintage clothing shop while studying art at École des Beaux-Arts as well as set design at the art school of the Louvre. It wasn’t until years later, however, that he would realize his calling as a shoe designer. In the late 1960s, Blahnik relocated to London, where he worked for both the Sunday Times and Vogue. In the early 1970s, the renowned American Vogue editor Diana Vreeland saw his sketches and urged him to pursue footwear.

After a debut collection for celebrated fashion designer Ossie Clark — featuring models that Blahnik had gotten to know through his work in the fashion industry, among them Twiggy — received acclaim, he created footwear for illustrious dressmaker Jean Muir and apprenticed with professional shoemakers in London to perfect his craft. By 1973 he had bought out the shoe boutique Zapata and made it his own. Bloomingdale’s introduced him to the American market with a collection a few years later.

Vintage Manolo Blahnik shoes are famous for their theatricality, as the designer is well known for the whimsical, fantastical elements he brings to footwear, often in an explosive palette. “I have always approached color in a bold way, from all angles and variations,” he once said. “Always searching for the poetry of an impossible color.” Tack on teetering height as a trademark that took shape from early on.

“Those poor girls couldn’t walk properly, but people loved it,” the designer recalled of his early models. “Sir Cecil Beaton said to me, ‘Is this a new way of walking?’” To take it from pop culture, it indeed might have been: People are still talking about the night that Bianca Jagger dazzled, horseback, at Studio 54 in a Halston dress and Blahnik shoes on her 30th birthday, and, decades later, the footwear icon was rendered a household name during the long-running television series Sex and the City.

Today, Manolo Blahnik remains a virtual synonym for luxury shoes. Find a range of his footwear and handbags on 1stDibs.