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While I was reading Christian Louboutin's story, I stumbled upon something that I found very interesting: when he was a kid, he always felt like an outsider in his French family, because he didn't look like his parents, or the rest of his siblings, his skin was much darker. He started making up a story is his head, that he was Egyptian, because he was very interested in the culture - turns out his mom, Irene, had a secret affair with an Egyptian man, so his biological father was, in fact, from there!
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And here's our history lesson:
The father of red soles was born in 1963. He was a true rebel - dropped out of school at the age of 12, went through a punk phase, then later on, in 1979 was featured in The Homosexual Century, not to mention he was basically the king of the Paris party scene, hanging out with Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol!
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His fascination with heels started in 1976, and, as a shoe designer, his idea was to create something rebellious, defying the laws of gravity (stilettos were not supposed to be worn in certain buildings, because the owners were afraid they would damage the floors).
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In 1981, following a trip to Egypt, he made a portfolio of his shoe design drawings, and took them to many of the city's fashion houses, which resulted in his employment with Charles Jourdan. After meeting Roger Vivier, and working as a freelance designer for Chanel, YSL and Maud Frizon, he founded his own company in 1991. With clients like Princess Caroline of Monaco, Diane Von Fürstenberg, Christina Aguilera, JLO and Britney, Louboutin's brand became the most wanted shoe brand ever, knocking out all competition in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. (Wonder why? Ugh.)
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He is mainly a shoe/bag designer, but he had a perfect red nail polish on the market a little while ago, he's been present in the cosmetics business and also took a peek into the perfume industry (although I think if someone is as successful as him in the shoe business, he should just stick with that).
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I hope you enjoyed this post, come back for more later!
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