An exhibition celebrating the red soles and design genius of Christian Louboutin, who launched his career aged 12 by hanging around stage doors in Paris and taking an internship at the Folies Bergre aged 16, will be mounted at the Design Museum in London next year.
Curator Donna Loveday, who after some agonising wore flat pumps to meet the master at his Paris studio, instead of the teetering high heels for which he is famous, described him as "a magician". His most famous clients include Madonna and Victoria Beckham.
The exhibition, opening in March, will mark the 20th anniversary of his first small store in Paris in 1992. They are now all over the world, including three in Moscow.
Loveday said Louboutin has 3,000 women who each own 500 pairs on his customer books, and one who owns more than 6,000 pairs. "I do know who she is, but I'm not allowed to say.
(As a price check, there's currently a pair on eBay, second-hand but in their original box, for a cent under $500, shipping extra).
Luxurious and so bold in red, this Louboutin handbag is made from pony skin and is sure to make an elegant impression.Botkier sticks mostly to neutrals in recent seasons with an occasional bright here and there, and it always makes me excited to see the brand bring out a vermillion or cobalt or lemon leather.From Yves Saint Laurent to Fendi to Christian Louboutin to Valentino, the shoulder bag is my favorite predominant spring shape.
An intricate laser-cut gives this Christian Louboutin leather clutch the look of delicate lace.Width 39cm-15"/Height 26cm-10"/Depth 15cm-6"Handle drop approx.An intricate laser-cut gives this Christian Louboutin leather clutch the look of delicate lace.
Christian Louboutin Sweet Charity Glittered Shoulder Bags, $795 and $995 via Neiman Marcus.Fur is defined by fall and winter seasons and Christian Louboutin has come out with this gorgeous mink fur clutch as an excellent fashion accessory for special occasions during that season.The only problem, naturally, is that the Louboutin clutch costs a thousand dollars.
In 2007, he collaborated with the film-maker David Lynch on Fetish, an exhibition of his shoes in Lynch's photographs as erotic sculptural objects including ballet pumps made vertical by an impossible heel, or shoes with heels projecting inches beyond the sole.
The next major exhibition at the Design Museum, opening in November, will be on the work of its co-founder, Sir Terence Conran, to mark his 80th birthday. It will also be mounting an exhibition on sport and design to coincide with the Olympics. At the launch, the Olympic gold medal-winning oarsmen Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase said ruefully that in their sport at least, the mark of any really innovative piece of new design is that it gets banned very quickly.
This article was amended on 3 October 2011 to remove the following lines: "The exhibition will feature the burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, another devoted customer, in recognition of the influence of showgirls on his work. The exhibition will also feature trapezes, though the designers are still trying to work out how and where." These lines were based on information supplied to us. The originators have subsequently informed the Guardian that the information was incorrect.
Curator Donna Loveday, who after some agonising wore flat pumps to meet the master at his Paris studio, instead of the teetering high heels for which he is famous, described him as "a magician". His most famous clients include Madonna and Victoria Beckham.
The exhibition, opening in March, will mark the 20th anniversary of his first small store in Paris in 1992. They are now all over the world, including three in Moscow.
Loveday said Louboutin has 3,000 women who each own 500 pairs on his customer books, and one who owns more than 6,000 pairs. "I do know who she is, but I'm not allowed to say.
(As a price check, there's currently a pair on eBay, second-hand but in their original box, for a cent under $500, shipping extra).
Luxurious and so bold in red, this Louboutin handbag is made from pony skin and is sure to make an elegant impression.Botkier sticks mostly to neutrals in recent seasons with an occasional bright here and there, and it always makes me excited to see the brand bring out a vermillion or cobalt or lemon leather.From Yves Saint Laurent to Fendi to Christian Louboutin to Valentino, the shoulder bag is my favorite predominant spring shape.
An intricate laser-cut gives this Christian Louboutin leather clutch the look of delicate lace.Width 39cm-15"/Height 26cm-10"/Depth 15cm-6"Handle drop approx.An intricate laser-cut gives this Christian Louboutin leather clutch the look of delicate lace.
Christian Louboutin Sweet Charity Glittered Shoulder Bags, $795 and $995 via Neiman Marcus.Fur is defined by fall and winter seasons and Christian Louboutin has come out with this gorgeous mink fur clutch as an excellent fashion accessory for special occasions during that season.The only problem, naturally, is that the Louboutin clutch costs a thousand dollars.
In 2007, he collaborated with the film-maker David Lynch on Fetish, an exhibition of his shoes in Lynch's photographs as erotic sculptural objects including ballet pumps made vertical by an impossible heel, or shoes with heels projecting inches beyond the sole.
The next major exhibition at the Design Museum, opening in November, will be on the work of its co-founder, Sir Terence Conran, to mark his 80th birthday. It will also be mounting an exhibition on sport and design to coincide with the Olympics. At the launch, the Olympic gold medal-winning oarsmen Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase said ruefully that in their sport at least, the mark of any really innovative piece of new design is that it gets banned very quickly.
This article was amended on 3 October 2011 to remove the following lines: "The exhibition will feature the burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, another devoted customer, in recognition of the influence of showgirls on his work. The exhibition will also feature trapezes, though the designers are still trying to work out how and where." These lines were based on information supplied to us. The originators have subsequently informed the Guardian that the information was incorrect.
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