Christian Louboutin Quotes
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A shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk.
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One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.
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I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?
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The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men. Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.
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I never wanted to work in fashion. At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater! And I was crazy for the Hollywood of the 1950s: Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones. They were my idea of glamour - and Sylvie Vartan, the French singer.
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The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.
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People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.
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When I have meetings scheduled so tight that I can't go to the loo, that's where I draw the line!
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I guess, being French, I love Hollywood.
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If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England. She and the Pope are the ultimate clients.
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I don't repeat that many styles if I can help, although some have become classics. I try not to repeat. I'd rather surprise people.
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If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.
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A good host is someone who really takes care of everyone, from the food to their daily programme. I can't.
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I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.
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Designing my shoes, I'm thinking timeless. Not trendy.
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Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away.
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There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.
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There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.
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I'd already decided I wanted to design shoes after I saw a sign in the Museum of African and Oceanic Art forbidding high heels. Well, who could resist?
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For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.