In 1979, as he was walking in Paris, he noticed a sign warning female tourists not to scratch the wooden floor in front of the Museum of Oceanic Art.
Louboutin felt bothered by this sign and, as a consequence, he began designing women’s shoes with compressed buckles and soft soles. He now admits having had a small obsession as a teenage, spending a lot of time drawing shoes in his school notebooks which would meet the entrance criteria for the Museum. These designs would later become the basis for Louboutin’s sales as a designer.

Louboutin attended parties in Paris, attempting to sell his designs and creations to the women in attendance. Most rejected his shoes, claiming to have no money or unable to afford his designs.

Louboutin then attended design schools, such as Chanel’s and Saint Laurent’s schools for design.

Louboutin opened his first boutique shop in Paris; his store became known not only because of his affluent clientele, but because he served free espresso to his visitors. American companies like Neiman Marcus began to sell Louboutin’s designs.

Louboutin’s trademark red leather soles actually stemmed from an idea from one of his employees. During a runway show Louboutin felt the shoe was missing something and saw that one of his employees had red Chanel nail polish on, and instantly, he felt that it would complete the shoe if he painted it on the sole. Since then it became the signature of his shoes.

Louboutin is now a well known designer around the world. He has been interviewed by fashion reporters such as Jacques Brunel. He includes Princess Caroline of Monaco and Catherine Deneuve among his friends.

Britney Spears has been spotted wearing Louboutin shoes while clubbing in Los Angeles and at various court dates for her custody battle. Christina Aguilera is also a fan of Louboutin’s creations, often to be seen wearing them to events, and during her recent Back To Basics tour. Madonna wore Christian’s black patent leather studded mary-janes in her Live Earth performance. Celebrities ranging from Angelina Jolie to Mariah Carey are all fans of Christian Louboutin shoes and many celebrities are now choosing his shoes as their red carpet accessories. Angelina Jolie has favoured his designs on almost all red carpet appearances. In her new movie ‘Wanted’ Angelina Jolie dons a pair as the assassin ‘fox’, these beige round-toed louboutins are from her personal collection.

Kylie Minogue wore Christian Louboutin shoes in her “2 Hearts” video, the distinctive soles are plainly visible when she dances on the piano. Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is also a fan of the brand, seen wearing platform peep-toe Louboutins in basic colors such as nude and black, as well as rhinestone pumps in a photo shoot for Sweet magazine.

Christian Louboutin poses with a pair of stilettos called
Christian Louboutin poses with a pair of stilettos called “Siamese” that he produced in collaboration with David Lynch.
Most designers learn their craft in the ateliers of more seasoned masters, but shoe designer Christian Louboutin found his calling as a 17-year-old apprentice in the dressing rooms of Paris’ famous cabaret the Folies Bergère. “I would watch the girls going up and down the stairs with these very heavy headdresses on, and they never looked at their shoes,” he says. “That’s where I learned that shoes are all about posture and proportion.”

Showgirls of all kinds–from Tina Turner to Nicole Kidman–are still an inspiration for Louboutin, 44, whose instantly recognizable red-soled stilettos have become de rigueur on the red carpet and among Hollywood’s A-list crowd. “He is the foremost shoe designer in the world,” says Valerie Steele, director of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where his designs were the subject of a recent retrospective, “Sole Desire.”

Christian Louboutin spent the early years of his career designing shoes for some of fashion’s biggest names, including Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Maud Frizon. In 1992 he opened up his own shop at the end of a picturesque 19th century Parisian arcade. He still runs his business from that Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau address, but now his shoes are sold in 46 countries around the world. He has 14 boutiques in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and London, and he plans to open six more next year in places like Singapore, Jakarta and Beijing. He counts Oprah, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cameron Diaz, Katie Holmes and hundreds of other Hollywood stars among his loyal clientele.

Christian Louboutin is just as solicitous of his less famous customers. At a recent personal appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, he canceled his flight back to Paris in order to spend another two hours signing shoes. For a woman who confessed that she was “just a housewife,” Christian Louboutin signed the sole, TO MY FAVORITE HOT HOUSEWIFE. A blushing bride asked him to sign her wedding shoes, and he grabbed a blue pen and wrote, HERE IS SOMETHING BLUE.

According to Saks’ fashion director’ Michael Fink, Christian Louboutin’s shoes–which retail on average for $800–are one of the store’s top-selling brands. “It’s the mystique of the extremely sexy pump,” says Fink. “And, of course, the subtle branding of the red sole really helps.”

More than a cunning marketing concept, the red sole was a happy accident. While working on a prototype in his studio in his early designing days, Christian Louboutin searched for a way to match the shoe to a colorful sketch. “Something was missing, and I couldn’t figure it out,” he remembers. “Then I realized that the black sole of the shoe was too dark.” So he grabbed a bottle of red nail polish from an assistant who was doing her nails nearby and painted the soles. “It didn’t take me long to learn from my customers that the red soles were very popular with men,” Louboutin says, laughing. “This red sole was a bit of a green light.”

While women have always been his predominant inspiration, Christian Louboutin, a landscape and garden fanatic, often looks to nature for ideas. Starting out, he tried covering his shoes in fish scales. Another, more successful idea was embedding hydrangea petals in a clear silicone heel. He even tapped into the recycling trend with his “trash” shoes, which incorporated old métro tickets and café receipts in the heels. “He looks at everything,” says his close friend Diane von Furstenberg. “His shoes are like sculptures, objects, jewels.” But Christian Louboutin knows that women’s most desired treasures are the ones they can wear.

Three new Barbie dolls being designed by French shoe designer Christian Louboutin to celebrate the doll’s 50th anniversary will have slimmer legs and ankles after he decided they were “too fat”.

Barbie is no stranger to controversy, having been attacked in the past for being too thin and sending out the wrong message to young girls about living healthily.

But fashion designer Mr Louboutin, whose luxury shoes retail for up to £1,500, thinks the model has ‘cankles’, or fat ankles, and is planning to make his three new dolls even slimmer.

A Louboutin spokeswoman told Metro: “They’re completely wild and even come with mini Louboutin boxes for the shoes.” But, she added: “He found her ankles were too fat.”

Barbie manufacturer Mattel has previously been attacked for making her too top-heavy, while studies have revealed she also has too little body fat.

In 1965, Slumber Party Barbie came with a book entitled How To Lose Weight, which advised children: “Don’t eat”.

Mattel was also criticised in 1980 for releasing a black Barbie which lacked African facial features, and simply looked like a white Barbie painted black.

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