This week in shoes
Posted on July 7th, 2007 by Shomore under Christian Louboutin Shoes, Shoe Advice, This week in shoes
Ever wonder how Christian Louboutin’s signature red soles came about? In Net-a-Porter’s exclusive video interview with Christian Louboutin, we learn the origins behind the red soles.
I did not really choose the red sole. Its more like the red sole came to me and had to stay with me. It started as a happy accident, which I kept. I was very inspired by pop art so all my drawings were really full of colors. So the first prototype arrives. Its very similar to my designs so I was very happy. But something was missing. Thank God I had this girl with me who was painting her nails. Grabbed her nailpolish - thank you to Chanel for that! I grabbed the nailpolish and I painted the sole.
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October 18th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
[…] high status. I always thought that’s where Louboutin got his red-sole idea, but apparently he stumbled upon it by applying red nail polish on a shoe sole on a whim. Don’t read too much into things like that, is what I’m saying.) (Ok, now that […]