Manolo Blahnik heels of the aristocracy
Just won the Medal of the British CBE Manolo Blahnik is one of Britain’s most famous shoe master, and his background and experience also has the somewhat mysterious color.
In 1942, Manolo Blahnik was born in the Spanish Canary Islands, the family has been operating banana plantations on the island, he completed his primary home education. In this sparsely populated island, the mother’s fashion magazine subscription is his understanding of fashion all the information sources, the mother of this “fashionable life” under the influence of the outside world of fortune, he had a keen interest. In contact with local indigenous, he found to make shoes is a very wonderful pieces of things, christian shoes,after a few simple procedures, a piece of cloth made of a pair of shoes on! Manolo Blahnik young age with his mother soon left the ribbon used to make his first pieces of “work” – as the family dog made a pair of dog shoes.
In 1965, Manolo Blahnik to enter the University of Geneva study “literature and architecture,” he soon discovered that the profession did not like, he dropped out after one year to the dream of Paris, studying stage design. Compared with the traditional and conservative in Paris, London, but was full of young avant-garde atmosphere of Paris, after the completion of their studies, Manolo Blahnik resolutely to London, made many friends in London fashion circles.
In 1971, he met in New York when the U.S. version of “Vogue” editor Diana Vreeland, talking about the meeting have a little story. He was with a friend Paloma Picasso (Tiffany jewelry designer, painter Picasso’s daughter) and knock on the Vreeland’s office a letter of introduction, to show her his work on stage props portrait (when he wants to become a theater design division). Vreeland did not expect it suddenly noticed his shoes. “Shoes are tight, a little beam feet, but a pair of genuine white suede shoes, very soft.” He recalls. “Good shoes,” Vreeland praised, “It seems that you are a man with taste, as you do it right shoes.” Is the phrase coaching for Manolo Blahnik29 the age of mid-life switch growth to a professional cobbler.
In London, the fashion industry friends have helped him, gave him many opportunities. A second, held in the Palace Ossie Clark fashion show, he made two pairs of ladies shoes, one pair is suede sandals, lace system to the knee; another pair was blue, all handmade. Although the design of novel, but forget the built-in needle to support up to seven inches of heel, models walking up and threw on the stage, when he realized the importance of quality. So, Manolo Blahnik shoe factories in the profession assiduously footwear technology, from apprentice seeks perfection every step. Slowly, some of the fashion editors and celebrities began to patronize his small shoe store in 1974, Manolo Blahnik became the first to board the British version of “Vogue” magazine cover of the men, he red.
“Sexy-based, arts supplement, strong enough to put a lifetime,” which he set up from the beginning the goal. As the circle of popularity in the UK fashion, Manolo Blahnik’s name slowly expanding to the world. The late 20th century, 70, of Madison Avenue in New York opened its first stores in North America, 80’s, he and CaLVin Klein cooperation and expand their reputation in the general consumer level.
Many Hollywood stars are Manolo Blahnik’s loyal customers, Madonna had praise “Manolo shoes as good as Sexy and long-standing”; in the Oscar red carpet, Manolo Blahnik is also the most frequent brand, the murder of countless films. To repay their kindness, intelligent Manolo Blahnik want out of a “trick”, with the star’s name for his design of the shoe name, such as Lisa Marie Presley The woman shoes, Sarah of Sarah Jessica shoes, etc., to meet their exclusive psychological.
Curiously, though rarely advertise, but his reputation was growing, and star in the ladies eyes, his elegant taste, more like artists. Although offices in London, but 30 years he has persisted in the workshop-style Italian handmade shoes factory, although some workers to help, but the important design, production processes are hands-on, even the shoe last is yourself. Each quarter 250 pairs of shoes he designs, but only 85 pairs of production, critical of pure hand, higher prices for shoes. Now the brand marketing business entirely responsible for his sister, Manolo Blahnik admits that he know nothing about business, christian louboutin shoes,but do not want to brand enterprise, “If a big company, product will be good enough just to, I do not want to make shoes with no soul.”
If the field in the custom high heels, Christian Louboutin to win the People First and approachable, Manolo Blahnik more like an aristocrat, his design elegant, generous, classical, like bones are Passes a noble, high in the royal family in the evaluation of . He made shoes Another notable feature is the comfortable, even if the 4,5-inch ultra-fine high-heeled, dressed not feel the shackles on the feet, this is one of the best in the industry. And the other shoe to focus on expanding business in different masters, he is more of an “independent system, the shoemaker,” insisted pure hand, refused to batch, mechanization trend of “evil deeds”, he is “cast aside” made popular shoes, think “dirty”, and in Manolo Blahnik mind that only high heels to justify their own dedicated his life.
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