Christian Louboutin
Christian Louboutin [ kʁisˈtjɑ̃ lubuˈtɛ̃ ] (born January 7, 1963 or 1964 in Paris ) is a French shoe and bag designer. His modern and exclusive shoe designs, which are characterized by high heels and red shoe soles, are best known.
biography
Christian Louboutin's interest in women's shoes was aroused as a child when he saw a sign showing a crossed-out stiletto heel in the Musée des Arts Africains et Océaniens in Paris . It should keep the female visitors from ruining the parquet with their heels. The shape of the heel fascinated him and he kept tracing it.
At first he tried to bring his designs and drawings to the dancers of the Parisian variety shows and parties and to sell them shoes. But since that did not work, mainly for financial reasons, he started an apprenticeship with Charles Jourdan , Maud Frizon, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent .
His real career then began with his own shop near the Place des Victoires in Paris, which quickly became very famous because on the one hand celebrities shop there and on the other hand he offered all customers free coffee. The final breakthrough came when the US company Neiman Marcus added his shoes to their program.
Shoes
The special feature of his shoes - usually equipped with a very high heel - is a red sole. This sole makes the shoes very easy to recognize as Louboutins . There is also a bridal collection with a more inconspicuous, blue sole. The design for a shoe is protected by US design patent D707926 S, which was published on July 1, 2014. Louboutin is taking legal action in Germany against companies that also offer shoes with red soles.
Controversy
In 2017, the Mexican TV channel Imagen Television found out that the designer bought bags of indigenous handicrafts for 238 Mexican pesos (the equivalent of 10.67 euros ) and then sold them for 28,000 pesos (1254.76 euros).
Prices
- 1996 "Fanny Award" from the International Fashion Group
- 2008 dignitary of the Fashion Group International
- 2014 Honorary Degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology
Web links
- Christian Louboutin's website
- "High heels are great in bed" - Interview on welt.de
- Portrait of Christian Louboutin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information on the Vogue website, accessed September 18, 2013
- ↑ Information from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed September 18, 2013
- ↑ Shoe ( English ) Google Patents. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ↑ Imagen Televisión. Retrieved July 22, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louboutin, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French shoe and bag designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1963 or January 7, 1964 |