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...While he was impressing the women of West London with his designs, Blahnik went to East London and Northampton to study shoemaking from traditional craftsmen. (The wobble went away.) Today, Blahnik still does every step of the process himself?he sketches the designs, carves the lasts, chooses the materials and supervises the craftsmen in the factories. "What is fashion?" Blahnik asks. "It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail...
...Despite offers from several luxury-goods groups, Blahnik, 60, still owns his own company. By remaining relatively small?production is so limited that many retailers are turned away?Blahnik has what he values most: freedom. "Can you imagine being told 'You have to do this'?" he asks in horror. "The greatest luxury is being free." Free to do the shoes for films like Moulin Rouge, if his friend, set designer Catherine Martin, rings. And free to give it all up to design for just one woman. "If Marie Antoinette called me to go to Paris to make shoes for only...
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...TRAVEL Fashion: Manolo Blahnik Shopping: Celebrity Castoffs Books: Best Travel Guides...
...TRAVEL Fashion: Manolo Blahnik Shopping: Celebrity Castoffs Books: Best Travel Guides...