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
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I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
loyalty sound wanted
] I'm loyal to my thoughts, to my friends. This is what I really like the best. Loyalty. Sounds goody-goody. Maybe that's not the one you wanted.
selfish care sound
I do enjoy my own company. I cannot imagine anybody entertaining me more than I do. If it sounds selfish, I don't care. I made it a religion almost.
anyone bothers express
In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.
slovenly
slovenly and outwardly repulsive. But at the same time, is there not something magnetic?
nature people run saint shop tribal wearing
Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.
I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
wear women
I like women with style to wear my shoes.
england learnt royal
The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade.
deal
I'm very painful to deal with when I create a shoe.
change season
I think of each new season as an evolution, not a change in style.
buy girls
I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.
I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
death
I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.