Christian Louboutin has been credited with making women's legs look longer, creating celebrity high heel frenzies, inspiring serious lust and temporary...
But we never knew the story behind the iconic red sole until now. After dissecting Christian Louboutin's Rizzoli book, Marie Claire discovered that as well as starting off his career as a landscape gardener, it was actually nail polish that gave Louboutin his inspiration.
Christian Louboutin is appealing a New York court decision that allows rival luxury house Yves Saint Laurent to produce shoes with Louboutin's 'signature' red sole. The French designer has been painting the bottom of his shoes red since 1992, but red has played a significant role in fashionable footwear since the 1600s -- representing not just sexual allure but wealth and power too.
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled today that the famous French luxury shoe designer was entitled to trademark protection of its signature fire engine red soles, with certain limitations.
Christian Louboutin has been credited with making women's legs look longer, creating celebrity high heel frenzies, inspiring serious lust and temporary...
But we never knew the story behind the iconic red sole until now. After dissecting Christian Louboutin's Rizzoli book, Marie Claire discovered that as well as starting off his career as a landscape gardener, it was actually nail polish that gave Louboutin his inspiration.
Christian Louboutin is appealing a New York court decision that allows rival luxury house Yves Saint Laurent to produce shoes with Louboutin's 'signature' red sole. The French designer has been painting the bottom of his shoes red since 1992, but red has played a significant role in fashionable footwear since the 1600s -- representing not just sexual allure but wealth and power too.
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled today that the famous French luxury shoe designer was entitled to trademark protection of its signature fire engine red soles, with certain limitations.
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