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30 Years of Christian Louboutin's Red Sole

Did you know that the very famous red bottom Louboutin heels have been strutting down the runway for 30 years? The luxury shoes are celebrating their 30th anniversary but their unique look started when a nobody designer was influenced by his assistant’s red painted nails.  Mr Louboutin said, “this will look good on shoe” and has been painting the town red, as well as the bottom of the shoes ever since. But this trademark has also brought a lot of difficulties as copycats who have tried to earn their own piece of the 1.6 billion dollar design.  Sean was joined by Irish Times Fashion Writer, Deirdre McQuillan to discuss...

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14.20 20 Sep 2023


30 Years of Christian Louboutin's Red Sole


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14.20 20 Sep 2023


Did you know that the very famous red bottom Louboutin heels have been strutting down the runway for 30 years? The luxury shoes are celebrating their 30th anniversary but their unique look started when a nobody designer was influenced by his assistant’s red painted nails. 

Mr Louboutin said, “this will look good on shoe” and has been painting the town red, as well as the bottom of the shoes ever since. But this trademark has also brought a lot of difficulties as copycats who have tried to earn their own piece of the 1.6 billion dollar design. 

Sean was joined by Irish Times Fashion Writer, Deirdre McQuillan to discuss...


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