Christian Louboutin

 Christian Louboutin is French by origin and a designer by calling. Since childhood, his inspiration and calling has been the design of women's shoes. Christian Louboutin was expelled from four different schools for the drawing pictures of women's shoes in his textbooks. Christian Louboutin was born in 1964 in Paris, the son of a carpenter. He had three sisters, as his only siblings. Being raised in a family with many women influenced him early on to design women's shoes. In 1975, a key year in the fashion industry: young Christian Louboutin was walking in the streets of Paris when he noticed a sign depicting a woman's shoe, which had been slashed out with a red line. The sign was intended as a warning to prevent women from scratching the beautiful parquet floor of the Museum of African and Oceanic Art with their stiletto heels.

The famous red sole came about when Christian Louboutin accidentally noticed red fingernail polish during a fashion show. This gave him an idea of using this color for the soles of his women's shoes. This has become Christian Louboutin’s trademark, and a method of easily recognizing his shoes. Christian Louboutin was educated at Acadamie Roederer, where he studied fine art. In an effort to learn about world culture, he traveled to Egypt and India.
Returning to Paris in the 1980s, Christian Louboutin began visiting the most famous fashion houses of Paris with his portfolio to interest them in his work. As a result, Mr. Louboutin began work with Charles Jordan and later with Roger Vivier, who worked for Christian Dior and in the 1950s had invented the stiletto heel. Between 1980 and 1986, Christian Louboutin also worked at the world-famous fashion houses Folies Bergeres, Chanel, Maud Frizon, and Yves Saint Laurent.
In 1992, Mr. Louboutin launched his own line of shoes, opening his boutique in Paris. Princess Caroline of Monaco was one of his famous clients in the early 1990s. After two years, in 1994, the designer conquered America, opening his first boutique in New York City. By 1995, Christian Louboutin shoes were being used in numerous fashion shows including those of Jean-Paul Gartier, Chloe, Azzaro, Diane VonFurstenberg, Victor & Rolf, Givenchy, and Lanvin.
In 1996 the International Fashion Group gave Christian Louboutin a Fanny Award for his unique design, talents, and innovation.
In 2002, Louboutin created the shoes for finale of the farewell fashion show of Yves Saint Laurent. This was the first time that Yves Saint Laurent associated his name with another designer.

In 2003, Christian Louboutin launched a new line of women's handbags.
In 2007, Christian Louboutin and David Lynch organized an exhibition called Fetish.
The fashion Institute of New York, in 2008, put on a special exhibition, which was a retrospective of all Louboutin creations. Christian Louboutin, using his luxury stiletto heels, had placed women on a pedestal.

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