Christian Louboutin (French: [kʁis.tjɑ lu.bu.tɛ ]; born 7 January 1963) is a French footwear designer whose footwear has incorporated shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature. Read full biography of Christian Louboutin →
I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need... →
A lot of women don't like when they're sort of fat, but a fat foot is as beautiful as a skinny foot. Think of Greek statues. Look how many... →
Born and raised in Paris, I am deeply attached to my city; we almost have half a century of love story together, where I have been truly completely... →
Funnily enough, the most difficult style to do is the plain pump because it needs to look good on a variety of feet. I compare it to having a good... →
I'll do shoes for the lady who lunches, but it would be, like, a really nasty lunch, talking about men. But where I draw the line, what I... →
I never had the dream to be a great designer. My focus was just to do beautiful things.
I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with... →
The shoe is very much an X-ray of social comportment.
My job is designing shoes. It's work that happens behind the scenes, as they say, and that suits me just fine because in general I am a shy... →
For me there ain't no high heel high enough.
The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men. Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.
Madonna is a feminist and has been doing more for the cause than all the grumpy feminists, who are giving nothing back by being grumpy.
My father, who was a cabinetmaker, told me, 'Wood has a grain and if you go into the grain, you have beauty. If you go against it, you have... →
Christian Louboutin (French: [kʁis.tjɑ lu.bu.tɛ ]; born 7 January 1963) is a French footwear designer whose footwear has incorporated shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature.