The story of Louboutin’s craft begins at the Musee National des Arts d’Afrique et Oceanie where a picture of a stiletto heel stands with an X marked on it (the museums parquet floors are unable to handle a spiked heel). As a teenager Louboutin would make sketches of the shoe bewildered by it as platforms were most ubiquitous at the time. Soon he was given a book of design by Roger Vivier, the man said to have invented the stiletto, by a friend. While assessing the beauty of the designs Louboutin stumbled upon his ambition.At the age of sixteen Louboutin became a shoe designer for the cabaret Folies Bergere then went on to work at fashion houses: Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Charles Jourdan and Roger Vivier. After completing his work with Roger Vivier, Louboutin decided to open up shop where he sold his shoes to one of his first customers, Princess Caroline who was in the boutique with a friend who happened to be a writer for W magazine. Soon after W published a critique of Louboutin’s shoes with Princess Caroline singing his praises gaining him more success and recognition.
The most recognizable thing about Christian Louboutin’s designs is the famous red sole added in his third season. Other attributions that have propelled him into the world of luxury are the exclusive and “made-to-measure” shoes he produces. These “Cinderella shoes” enable his customer to have a pair of pumps that she’ll rarely see anywhere else as she can purchase one of Louboutin’s limited edition designs or have a brand new design according to the customer’s preference of style and materials and measurements.
His shoes are one of my new obsessions, enjoy these visions of beauty.
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