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...Shaun Brauteseth, Port Elizabeth, South AfricaMy mother when she is angry, because she is the biggest influence in my life and her opinion matters so much to me. She didn't raise me to be intimidated much, though I feel very intimidated if I have to go down a red carpet or stand next to celebrities or be in that sort of environment. The whole idea of being in a place where I'm kind of the square peg for a round hole makes me very nervous...
Showgirls of all kinds--from Tina Turner to Nicole Kidman--are still an inspiration for Louboutin, 44, whose instantly recognizable red-soled stilettos have become de rigueur on the red carpet and among Hollywood's A-list crowd. "He is the foremost shoe designer in the world," says Valerie Steele, director of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where his designs were the subject of a recent retrospective, "Sole Desire...
According to Saks' fashion director' Michael Fink, Louboutin's shoes--which retail on average for $800--are one of the store's top-selling brands. "It's the mystique of the extremely sexy pump," says Fink. "And, of course, the subtle branding of the red sole really helps...
More than a cunning marketing concept, the red sole was a happy accident. While working on a prototype in his studio in his early designing days, Louboutin searched for a way to match the shoe to a colorful sketch. "Something was missing, and I couldn't figure it out," he remembers. "Then I realized that the black sole of the shoe was too dark." So he grabbed a bottle of red nail polish from an assistant who was doing her nails nearby and painted the soles. "It didn't take me long to learn from my customers that the red...
...Kind of like write a letter, leave it in the dugout for the Red Sox to find when they come back here...we were actually talking about that,” Vance said...