Three years in the making, here's why LouboutinWorld's exhibition is one you'll want to travel to Paris to see.
, on a hot summer’s day last July. The designer has almost too many houses to count, all over the world, but he was referring to the travels he made in his mind’s eye, as a child. “My imaginary travels all came from that museum. I wanted to see other civilisations, I had fantasies about a different way of being. I have known the museum since I was a child, and am very attached to it for multiple reasons.
His intention? To make his red-soled brand of glamour available to all and sundry. “If you work in fashion, you have the feeling that everybody knows everything, but fashion really is a niche. It’s about giving people access to things which are exciting. I hope it is dedicated to people who love shoes but who are not necessarily clients, but who like to see beautiful things, to see how they are made. It’s to give a view into a dream world.
Louboutin’s very first creation, the Maquereau shoe, made in 1987, was inspired by the iridescence of the fish in the aquarium at the Palais de la Porte Dorée. “I have a fish allergy, I cannot eat them – but I love fish,” Louboutin said. “They are so inspirational, I have always been fascinated by them and loved to watch them in the aquarium when I was young.” Made of metallic leather, the tail of a herring forms the heel of the shoe, and the scales of the mackerel close over the toe.
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