Christian Louboutin MAM-E’S Fashion Dictionary 2018
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN: THE BEGINNINGS
Christian Louboutin’s passion for footwear started very early. When he was just six, he loved to watch his sister’s shoes while she was climbing stairs. But there is another thing the french designer loves very much: transgression. At the age of 12 he visited the Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie.
At the entrance to the Museum, he was impressed by a prohibition sign: women wearing sharp stilettos weren’t allowed to enter the building. The risk was to damage the floor. This episode influenced his future work. Christian wanted to use his creativity to break the rules and enable women to feel strong. Both his love for shoes and for transgression result in the letal mix that are his creations.
LEGAL CASES
His shoes are very eccentric and particular. Some of them are so sexy to be considered pornographic. But the most iconic ones are his red soled stilettos, of course. The stylist wants the red sole to be the distinctive sign of his brand. He had several legal battles to protect his shoes’ copyright.
A famous one is that against Yves Saint Laurent, who released a collection of monochrome footwear in 2011. This included red footwear. In 2018 after 18 months from the beginning of the case, the court decided that companies were allowed to manufacture red sole, so long as the entire shoe was red. Another battle was the one Louboutin fighted against the dutch company Van Haren for the same reason.
This time, the Court decided Louboutin was right. Van Haren’s shoes, besides not being monochromatic had the same shade of red of Christian’s stilettos.
If you want to know more about this fascinating character and his works, read the updated article on Mam-e’s Fashion Dictionary by clicking here.
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