He brought his second collection of shoes into stores weeks too late and later thought of making a shoe inspired by Andy Warhol’s “Flowers.” The prototype was a pink stacked heel with a cartoonish cloth blossom with a black sole.
Louboutin stumbled upon the red-lacquered sole design in 1993 during his third year in business. By now, we can all spot the signature glossy red bottom from a mile away.Įlizabeth Semmelhack of the Bata Shoe Museum said, “He has upped the ante in terms of how high the heel can soar.”Ĭhristian Louboutin sells more than half a million pairs of shoes a year, at prices ranging from $500 for espadrilles to $6,000 for super-platform pumps covered in thousands of tiny, sparkling Swarovski crystals.īut first: how do you pronounce Christian Louboutin? Say it aloud: Kree-stee-ahn Loo-boo-ten.
He’s the French footwear designer best known for his signature red-soled, sky high heels that have become the female footwear equivalent of a Rolex.
Christian Louboutin heels are a girl’s sole mate, but how do you pronounce Christian Louboutin anyway?
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