The Up-and-Coming Christian Louboutin
Many famous figures and faces in the hive of fashion but few have soared quickly unlike this young man who strive to such heights as Christian Louboutin. Sometimes this footwear specialist itself was literally mispronounced by name virtually in different languages by the plethora of elegant women all over the world. R He owns a boutique in Paris and another in New York full of press articles and tons of imitators.
The success began when, as a child, he paused and he saw a stiletto heel in front of the Museum of Oceanic Art in Paris crossed out by two thick lines signifying women visitors not to scrape the wooden floor. “What purpose could such a fine, sharp heel have other than to prove you could create the unreal from something real? I spent most of my school years reproducing it on my exercise books and desktops” he exclaimed.
The designer went back to school, to learn all the basics of designing at Charles Jourdan, Maud Frizon, Chanel, Saint Laurent. “I like women to see my shoes as objects of beauty, as gems outside the realm of fashion, with their own universe. Louboutin strongly believed that shoes are not merely an accessory but as an attribute. “Women express themselves through their shoes”.
Christian Louboutin put everytthing into his shoes as his universe. He is fantasizing. If he dreams, he draws the dream into reality. “Today, I’m more preoccupied by the overall line than an eye-catching detail. I draw freely, and then reduce. And I evolve: certain models, like the sandal with the golden strap decorated with bows, are a synthesis of several shoes.” Season after season, “the boy who drew shoes” became “the man with the gold leaf heels”, “the man with the Guinness beer can heels”, “the man with the shoes that say Love” (two letters per shoe) Louboutin says.
Today, “the genius Mr.Louboutin” is the man with the red soles. “I wanted to break the dullness of black or beige soles. All my soles are red.”. A trademark that never fades and as usual imitated. His biggest fans include the famous faces in the Hollywood such as Angelina Jolie, Victoria Becham, Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry and the like.
