Christian Louboutin
Christian Louboutin
Christian Louboutinis a French luxury footwear and fashion designer whose footwear has incorporated shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth7 January 1963
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
years people three
What was called extreme 20 years ago definitely isn't extreme anymore. When I started, I remember people saying, 'Oh my God, I can't walk in that!' It was like, three inches - they look like kitten heels now.
years people want
I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?
thinking years faithful
I remain faithful to bourbon sour. It's absolutely delicious. You'd have to ask a bartender what's in it, but I think if you know you might never have a drink. I also love a little rum, 7 years aged, brown, when it is chilly, before dinner.
mother memories years
Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away.
years shoes giving
The red sole was born from red nail polish. I am giving back to beauty what the shoes took from the nails many years ago.
cannot core dedicated men pleasing red resist women work
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.
work
I'm not in the type of work where you should rest.
bad liked
I never liked my last name or my first name, but it's not as bad as Frigidaire, so it's fine.
love proud
I love flip-flops. It's the one style of shoe I would be so proud of inventing: the Havaiana.
country great history incredible serene
Bhutan is a very serene country with an incredible history. It has an incredible group of great artisans.
You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you're too into comfort.
people
People say I am the king of painful shoes.
abandoning concept love people
I hate the whole concept of comfort! It's like when people say: 'Well we're not really in love but we're in a comfortable relationship.' You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you're too into comfort.
If there is something I like, I buy it and then find somewhere for it. I buy first then I think.