Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik
Manuel "Manolo" Blahnik Rodríguez CBE, is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the self-named, high-end shoe brand...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth28 November 1942
CountrySpain
spain london
Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
wise color two
I'm always kind of contradictory to what people want and what's selling. But maybe I should care now because I have two or three more outlets. I have to be more adaptable color-wise to what people want. It's usually just black and pink, and that's it.
high-heels people boots
When I was out of favor and people didn't want that type of boot, flats, or high heels with the elegant, dainty things, it gave me much more energy.
beautiful wanted extravagant
I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
fashion design half
About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
fun ideas dying
It's the only thing I really enjoy - so fresh, even now that I'm doing the new sampling. I'm dying to go to the factory, which is like nobody's idea of fun. But it's mine.
dream care who-cares
It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?
missing important looks
The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.
attitude my-attitude betray
I'm going to do what I do, even more exaggerated. This is my attitude always. I don't betray myself at all.
boys important heat
When I was a boy I remember the women, how they dressed, how they behaved, what was important to them at the time. Like Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat.
shoes eccentric nonsense
I love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.
shoes way metamorphosis
Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.
love fashion shoes
You put high heels on and you change.
long movement type
I'm a great observer of delicate situations and women. I really like that bygone type of movement, and for a long time I had been looking for it.