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 Christian Louboutin shoe obsession

The shoe obsession by Christian Louboutin

Christian Louboutin shoes as a gift for women - is a surefire way to make her happy. In light of the many fashion brands, many of them are legendary, but Christian Louboutin - is a special brand, born thanks to the care of its creator about women who, in his understanding, in any situation should be refined and elegant from top to toe. Or rather to say, to the edge of the finest studs.

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Painted Fashion

 Christian Louboutin shoe obsession
 Christian Louboutin was born in 1963 in Paris. There, in one of the world capitals of fashion and the idea to create a stunning shoes that very soon created a furor, and today it is a real fetish for millions of women around the world. Passion for fashion Louboutin was born to when he was a boy. In 1975, twelve Christian walked through the native capital and outrageous noticed a sign at the Museum of Oceanography. She says that women in high heel shoes can damage the wooden floors of the museum will simply not be allowed into the exhibition halls. Louboutin then realized how cruel the compromise that had to go to women, because the fair sex should always remain so, and heels - it is an integral part of the image.

Since Louboutin fashion literally sick and began to notebooks, pencil sketches striated models of shoes that later, fortunately, have been implemented.

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Dance step to success

As a teenager, obsessed with the idea of ​​fashion as the only way of expression, Christian Louboutin pester Parisian cabaret and music hall, where he was with drawings under his arm, offers its models for the dancers. But the young man refused, citing a lack of money, especially when it comes to no one famous fashion designer. Persistent young man gives up and begins to learn, learning the craft shoemaker in the workshop, which at the time worked with the houses Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. Soon he begins to work, creating shoes for the music-hall "Foley Berger" also appear on his list, and world-famous brands.

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Bright trail

 Christian Louboutin shoe obsession
 In 1991, finally opened the first Christian Louboutin boutique in Paris. Shoes, which was created Louboutin, was not only a special design with the Italian obsession with perfection. Shoes Christian Louboutin fashionistas outright battled their red soles, which then no one has ever had. The history of the legendary "red trail" shoes is quite interesting, although some sources are inclined to give different data.

More information spread that Christian Louboutin sole deliberately made their models red to stand out among competitors. This step really could not go unnoticed, and eventually, as we know, conquered the lovers of beautiful footwear. But there is another story, with a touch of drama, which made painting soles in red What color goes red: beware  What color goes red: beware
   not intentional and necessary step.

When the first collection of Christian Louboutin of its paper incarnation migrated to the material, the maestro was horrified. He had not planned the black soles of their models, which, he thought, just killed initial idea wizard and shoes have not looked so chic. But the decision was literally at arm's length - with him sitting in the office of his assistant who painted nails with red lacquer. Louboutin borrowed bottle and completely painted over the sole. Needless to say, as transformed shoes.

From the very first day of sales of the brand Christian Louboutin accompanied by a phenomenal success. Dizzyingly popular models provided and a red outsole and high heels, and design, shining glamor and sophistication. Together all this gave the woman the opportunity to feel elegant just slipped into shoes that are flirty sparkling red sole.

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Fashion personality

In the new millennium for the Christian Louboutin came the era of prosperity. Louboutin continues to create luxury shoes for its own brand, while continuing to cooperate with other fashionable mastodons.

Collection "Spring-Summer 2010" has proven the ability of masters to retain their individuality, not ignoring the fashion trends of the season. The spring-summer collection, you can find current python skin shoes and trendy shoes with metal rivets and elegant mini-studs, which are becoming an alternative to high heels, ballet flats and comfortable. But Louboutin favorite motif and a distinctive feature of the brand Christian Louboutin - models on the platform, open-finger and very high heels - do not go anywhere. They do not lose the grace, even taking on fashion trends such as rivets, reptile skin, huge flowers.

Christian Louboutin Shoes now and then appear on the red carpet, on the set, they are recognized in love famous people around the world, but for ordinary women, they are a true fetish fashion glamor. Himself Christian Louboutin, is calmly to all this hype around his models, and questions about the secrets of his success, he is responsible, as befits the master: "I just wanted to let women in my shoes feel elegant."

Eugene Zhirkina


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