MANOLO BLAHNIK Shufta 50 black suede pearl button kitten heels EU37
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Hong Kong, NT
MANOLO BLAHNIK Shufta 50 black suede pearl button kitten heels EU37 Reference: TGAS/F00342 Brand: Manolo Blahnik Model: Shufta 50 Material: Suede Color: Black, Pearl Pattern: Solid C...
MANOLO BLAHNIK black calf leather nude pearl embellished tstrap heels EU36.5
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Hong Kong, NT
MANOLO BLAHNIK black calf leather nude pearl embellished tstrap heels EU36.5 Reference: TGAS/F00340 Brand: Manolo Blahnik Material: Leather, Pearl Color: Black, Pearl Pattern: Solid ...
Manolo Blahnik Silver Leather Flats with Rhinestone and Pearl Detail - 40
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Manolo Blahnik Silver Leather Flats with Rhinestone and Pearl Detail - 40 These beautiful jeweled flats are in new condition.
Manolo Blahnik Gold Leather Sandal with Turquoise, Pearl and Gold Beaded Vamp
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Gresham, OR
A classic Manolo Blahnik gold leather sandal with turquoise, pearl and gold beaded band at vamp and loop toe.
Manolo Blahnik Size 10 Blue Metallic Pearl Patent Leather Pointed Stiletto Pumps
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in San Francisco, CA
MANOLO BLAHNIK "BB105" pumps come in a dark blue frosty metallic patent leather and feature a pointed toe and a squared stiletto heel. Made in Italy. New Without Tags. Ma...
Manolo Blahnik Baroque Gold Tone Heels with Pearl and Bead Details Size 7
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These Manolo Blahnik shoes are composed of a gold embossed leather with a lizard patterning.
1990s Manolo Blanhik High Heel Mules with Mother of Pearl Details
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Toronto, Ontario
1990s classic Manolo Blahnik heeled mules with a twist. Cream brocade with mother of pearl bead details at toe box.
Manolo Blahnik Lauratomod Pearlized Sandals
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Talk about happy feet! Manolo Blahnik, handmade in Italy, pearlized patent leather sandals scream "Wear Me!"
Manolo Blahnik Vintage Gold Pearl Bead Embellished Mules
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in US
The shoes of Manolo Blahnik are internationally renowned for their beauty and elegance. These mules, with their low, curved heel and lavish ornamentation are an example of Blahnik's ...
Manolo Blahnik White And Black Pearls Covered Brogues Sz37
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in San Francisco, CA
Manolo Blahnik black kid suede spats from the A/W 16/17 collection covered with white and black pearls.
Manolo Blahnik Beige Satin Pearl Embellished Pumps Size 38
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Effortlessly slip into this beautiful pair of pumps from the makers of Manolo Blahnik. They have been crafted from luxurious satin and carry a classic shade of beige.
Manolo Blahnik Yellow Satin Faux Pearl Embellished Hangisi Pumps
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Make a chic style statement with these designer pumps. They showcase sturdy heels and durable soles, perfect for your fashionable outings!
Manolo Blahnik Beige Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Pumps Size 35
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These iconic pumps are by Manolo Blahnik. Styled in beige satin with dazzling pearl embellishments on the toes, and leather insoles to provide comfort, these luxurious pumps will nev...
Manolo Blahnik Beige Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Pumps Size 35
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These iconic pumps are by Manolo Blahnik. Styled in beige satin with dazzling pearl embellishments on the toes, and leather insoles to provide comfort, these luxurious pumps will nev...
Manolo Blahnik Blue Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Flats Size 36
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Manolo Blahnik is well-known for his graceful designs, and his label is synonymous with opulence, femininity, and elegance.
Manolo Blahnik Orange Satin Pearl Embellished Hangisi Pumps Size 37.5
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Manolo Blahnik presents these iconic Hangisi pumps, a sleek and stunning option for a fashionista like you. A refined design, they feature luxuriously embellished buckles on the fron...
Manolo Blahnik Black Satin Pearl Embellished Hangisi Pumps Size 37.5
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These iconic pumps are by Manolo Blahnik. Styled in a black shade, with dazzling embellishments on the toes, and leather insoles to provide comfort, these luxurious satin pumps will ...
Manolo Blahnik Beige Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Pumps Size 36.5
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Utterly feminine and chic, these 'Hangisi' pumps are crafted in a versatile beige suede with comfortable heels. It comes with a pretty, pearl-embellished buckle at the vamps that mak...
Manolo Blahnik Black Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Ballet Flats Size 37
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A design that redefines the comfort and stunning style together, these Manolo Blahnik Hangisi ballet flats are truly attractive.
Manolo Blahnik Metallic Glitter Fabric Hangisi Pearl Embellished Pumps Size 39
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These iconic pumps are by Manolo Blahnik. Styled in metallic glitter fabric, with dazzling embellishments on the toes, and leather insoles to provide comfort, these luxurious pumps w...
Manolo Blahnik Satin And Canvas Hangisi Pearl Embellished Ballet Flat Size 38
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
A design that redefines the comfort and stunning style together, these Manolo Blahnik Hangisi ballet flats are truly attractive.
Manolo Blahnik White Satin Faux Pearl Embellished Hangisi Pumps Size 40
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Exhibit an elegant style with this pair of pumps. These designer pumps are crafted from quality materials. They are set on durable soles and high heels.
Manolo Blahnik Green Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Ballet Flats Size 38
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These Hangisi ballet flats are crafted from satin in a green shade into a pointed-toe silhouette augmented by the embellishments perched on the uppers. Includes: Original Dustbag, O...
Manolo Blahnik Green Satin Hangisi Pearl Embellished Ballet Flats Size 38
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These Hangisi ballet flats are crafted from satin in a green shade into a pointed-toe silhouette augmented by the embellishments perched on the uppers.
Manolo Blahnik Beige Satin Pearl Embellished Pointed Toe Pumps Size 38.5
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Make a chic style statement with these designer pumps. They showcase sturdy heels and durable soles perfect for your fashionable outings
Manolo Blahnik Silk Satin Pearl Mules "The Art of Shoes Exhibition", Circa: 1994
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Manolo Blahnik, Circa: 1994 pink silk satin mules with pointed toes, faux pearl embellishments throughout and covered heels.
Manolo Blahnik Black Satin Butterfly D'Orsay High Heel Pumps 37 1/2
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Manolo Blahnik black satin butterfly D' Orsay high heel pumps marked size 7 1/2. Beautiful shoes leather lined with leather soles. Open work satin design at the fronts look like butt...
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.