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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Basaluzzo, IT
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Hong Kong, NT
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
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Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Thiensville, WI
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Hong Kong, NT
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Hong Kong, NT
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in New York, NY
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in New York, NY
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in By Appointment Only, GB
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in By Appointment Only, GB
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in San Diego, CA
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
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Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
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By Christian Louboutin
Located in Narberth, PA
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Pebble Gray Soft Classic Artisanal Handwoven Large Pure Linen Scarf
By Studio Variously
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Custom design by Studio Variously, Pebble is a light weight linen scarf. It is finely handwoven by master artisans in Nepal. A sustainable design brand based out of Michigan, Stud...
Gucci Alligator and Leather Boots Rare Fall Winter 2005 Sz 8
By Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
Worn Twice Uppers are Perfect 2005 Runway Show * Gucci * U.S. Size: 8 * Soft Brown Leather * Alligator Uppers * Gold Buckle * 4.25" Heel * Gold Leather Lining * With Gucci Boot Dust ...
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By Chanel
Located in Rubiera, RE
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By Christian Dior
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Christian Dior Medium Lady Dior bag is crafted in glossy burgundy crocodile leather with a luxurious sheen. The structured silhouette is accented with two hard to...
New Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent YSL Lotus Heels Final Collection 2004 Sz 37
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
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By Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
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By Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
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2007 Manolo Blahnik Limited Edition 38 / 8 Neiman Marcus Embroidered Satin Heels
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in San Diego, CA
Celebrate a rare piece of fashion history with these vintage Manolo Blahnik limited-edition satin heels, created exclusively for Neiman Marcus’ 100th Anniversary in 2007. Crafted in ...
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Christian Lacroix Vintage Strapless Floral Print Mini Dress with Raffia, 1990s
By Christian Lacroix
Located in Sparks, NV
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Chanel Black Quilted Timeless Clutch
By Chanel
Located in London, GB
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By Missoni
Located in San Diego, CA
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By John Galliano
Located in Berlin, BE
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By Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
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By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
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By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
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By Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
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The iconic red-soled shoes by Christian Louboutin (b. 1963) have made it onto almost every red carpet since the French designer opened his first boutique in Paris in 1992. His fantastical heels have gained attention and praise for their provocative heights and arching shapes, leading the designer to be nicknamed the “King of Stilettos.”
Since childhood, Louboutin was artistic; he began sketching shoes at the age of 10 and later studied drawing at the Académie d’Art Roederer. However, it was the regular visits to the Musée national des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, then in the Palais de la Porte Dorée, that inspired his interest in women’s shoes.
Growing up in the Paris neighborhood of the museum, he regularly spent weekends there and became fascinated by a sign asking women not to wear heels on account of the antique wooden floors. The severe arch of the heel on the sign and the violent red slash through it inspired him to think about shoes as something that could be dangerous and powerful in their allure. As he has said, “I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.”
Breaking rules came naturally to Louboutin, who dropped out of school at the age of 16 and traveled to Egypt and India. When he returned to Paris in 1981, he had his mind set on shoe design and was hired by French fashion designer Charles Jourdan whose women’s shoe designs had been popular amongst the Paris elite since 1919. Louboutin later worked as a freelancer for such fashion houses as Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Roger Vivier.
When he went out on his own and opened his first boutique in the Galerie Véro-Dodat covered passage, Princess Caroline of Monaco became his first famous client. The now-revered red sole emerged with his third collection, when Louboutin noticed an assistant painting her nails bright red. He tried applying the polish to a sole and was enamored with the results. Soon, his glossy, red-bottomed heels were all the rage in the fashion world.
Today, Louboutin sells his wares in department stores and over 50 Louboutin boutiques across the world. Beyond shoes, he has also expanded into accessories, beauty lines and handbags, launching the Passage collection of bags in 2014, inspired by the location of his first boutique.
Conceptual pieces like his 2007 “Pumps,” now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, have taken his stilettos to the extreme with a ballet-like en pointe silhouette balanced on a spiked heel. Louboutin is a go-to designer for celebrities, including Blake Lively, Mariah Carey, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Lopez (who has a song about the famed shoes), among hundreds of others. In February 2020, a retrospective of his career opened in the Palais de la Porte Dorée where it all began.
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Shoes offered by the likes of Versace, Chanel, Charles Jourdan or Prada are integral to completing your carefully orchestrated street-style or evening ensemble these days, but footwear wasn’t always the big deal it is for your average Adidas enthusiast.
The decorative floor-length gowns that upper-class women of the 18th century wore meant that their shoes, then likely featuring high curved heels finished with woven or embroidered silks — a sharp contrast to the heavy, rudimentary form of the era’s footwear for men — were partially or entirely obscured by the base of their ornate dresses. What good is fashion if it’s tucked away?
Our modern age’s legions of sneakerheads might have trouble tracking down a pair of black-and-gold vintage Jordans but can at least fill their dream closets with original Adidas Gazelles or 1980s New Balances if they put the time in, while 1990s-era Prada pumps or a good pair of mid-20th-century jewel-tone heels in satin or silk haven’t lost their allure with today’s nostalgic fashionistas.
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