Manolo Blahnik

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Manolo Blahnik , actually Manuel Blahnik Rodríguez (born November 27, 1942 in Santa Cruz de La Palma , Canary Islands ) is a Spanish shoe designer who was best known for the television series Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous .

Life

Pumps by Manolo Blahnik

Manolo Blahnik and his younger sister Evangelina grew up on La Palma , where their parents, a Czech pharmaceutical representative and their Spanish mother, owned a banana plantation . In Geneva he began to study law and politics. After just one semester, he switched to literature and architecture. From 1965 he studied art in Paris at the " École des Beaux Arts " and at the " École du Louvre ". After dropping out of his studies, he moved to London , where he worked for the Italian Vogue . His girlfriend Paloma Picasso , from Paris times, and the then editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Diana Vreeland , are said to have encouraged him to try her hand at shoe design. He created his first shoe collection in 1972 for the London boutique Zapata on Old Church Street. In 1973 Blahnik took over the Zapata boutique together with his sister . In 1974 Manolo Blahnik became the first man to make the cover of British Vogue. Blahnik's career in the United States began in the late 1970s when he designed a collection for Bloomingdale’s and opened his first boutique on Madison Avenue in New York in 1979 .

The stilettos in which Bianca Jagger celebrated her birthday in 1977 in “ Studio 54 ” achieved particular public fame . This appearance marked the beginning of his international career. The brand later gained further attention through the television series Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous .

Because of their high prices and exclusivity, Blahnik's shoe creations are particularly popular with high society women and are worn by Madonna , Jennifer Aniston and Winona Ryder , for example . His trademarks are high heels (10 to 12 centimeters), unusual design and a mix of different materials.

Today Manolo Blahnik lives in Milan and Bath and works in London.

honors and awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Manolo Blahnik  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d lapalma-medien.com - portrait (edition 02/11) “High Heels and Vulkangestein” ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lapalma-medien.com
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j elle.de - Der Schuh-Guru Manolo Blahnik , accessed on January 2, 2013
  3. ↑ a b clothing.com - Manolo Blahnik receives 2012 Designer Award , accessed on January 2, 2013
  4. ↑ cosmopolitan.de - A star at your feet , accessed on January 2, 2013
  5. ↑ wochenblatt.es - Manolo Blahnik donates prize money from his homeland ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wochenblatt.es
personal data
SURNAME Blahnik, Manolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish shoe designer
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Cruz de La Palma , Canary Islands