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Most designers learn their craft in the ateliers of more seasoned masters, but shoe designer Christian Louboutin found his calling as a 17-year-old apprentice in the dressing rooms of Paris' famous cabaret the Folies Bergère. "I would watch the girls going up and down the stairs with these very heavy headdresses on, and they never looked at their shoes," he says. "That's where I learned that shoes are all about posture and proportion...
...member countries' donations - approximately the same amount that the New York Police Department spends in an average week. Interpol's staff in Lyons joke bitterly that the organization costs little more than David Beckham's salary at the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer club. "It's peanuts," says Jean-Michel Louboutin, Interpol's executive director of police services...
...year at police conferences and government hearings, pressing the point that Interpol's worldwide reach makes it uniquely positioned to collate data on everything from stolen motor-vehicle licenses and lost passports to fingerprints and DNA samples. Yet there is still confusion about Interpol's role. Last year, when Louboutin spent time at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, he says he found that "only a couple of agents knew about Interpol...
...Living Color In every material and texture?from croc to rock and even plastic?designers are turning to the brightest hues. This page: Christian Louboutin Decolzep patent-leather pump, $650 saksfifthavenue.com) Fendi Sweetbox clutch, $1,490 (800-FENDI-NY); Lanvin petals brooch, $2,105 (Susan of Burlingame, 650-347-0452). Opposite page: Michael Kors alligator clutch, $3,900 michaelkors.com) Donna Karan Collection crocodile Torpedo ankle-cuff bootie, $5,425 donnakaran.com) Marc Jacobs lapis and gold-plated rivets bracelet, $2,550 marcjacobs.com...
...creating, you should always have your eyes drifting. Nothing is unworthy of being looked at as a shape, a form, a possible part of a design." ?Christian Louboutin, French shoe designer