Louboutin why the red sole

A post shared by Christian Louboutin louboutinworld. But we never knew the story behind the iconic red sole until now. After dissecting Christian Louboutin's Rizzoli book, Marie Claire discovered that as well as starting off his career as a landscape gardener, it was actually nail polish that gave Louboutin his inspiration. After stealing his assistant's red nail polish, Louboutin painted the boring black sole on a shoe just to see what it looked like.

But in the end he loved the result so much that from then on he produced all his shoes with a red lacquered sole. Luckily Louboutin doesn't use red nail polish anymore to paint his shoes, but if your budget can't quite stretch to a pair of heels, you can now buy a 'Rouge Louboutin' nail polish that is exactly the same colour as those iconic soles. They cannot resist the red sole. A post shared by Christian Louboutin louboutinworld. Christian, born Jan. Although it took until the '90s for Christian to develop his own label, he maintained a fervent interest in footwear for years prior to that.

It was at that moment that he learned that African women were forbidden from wearing stiletto heels indoors because of the damage it could do to hardwood flooring. Such a notion compelled Christian to opt to defy traditional conventions with his brand and do something rebellious with his designs. The red-sole treatment was born more out of accident than design.

One afternoon, a prototype Louboutin was working on just didn't "pop. This summer, in a nod to where it all began, he tried cosmetics on for size by launching a nail varnish. The bottle is shaped like a heel and inspired, he says, by the spires of Istanbul. At his Paris design studio, where the brainstorming takes place, his craftsmanship bears the hallmark of extensive foreign travel.

It's an effort to take the essence of what he's experienced and put it into his shoes. While touring D'Agata through his studio, he pointed out the fresco from Bhutan and the door from Cairo. Alongside exotic fabrics and patterns are souvenirs from across the world: Borneo, India and Italy.

Although his passion has always been about creating beautiful designs, Louboutin said what matters most is how women feel about themselves when they step into his shoes.

A highly curated shoe department makes Barneys a choice locale for scoring Louboutins. Christian Louboutin Madison Avenue. We and our partners use cookies to better understand your needs, improve performance and provide you with personalised content and advertisements. To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love.