Oh, that fabulous red
soles! Irresistable, timeless and every womans shoe collection must-have. But
what is the story behind that worldwide popular red soles and the man who
created them? Well, let's find out!
Ah, ti famozni crveni
potplati! Neodoljivi, bezvremenski i must-have svake ženske kolekcije cipela.
Ali koja je priča iza ovih planetarno popularnih crvenih potplata i čovjeka
koji ih je stvorio? Saznajmo!
Believen or not Louboutin was
quite a rebelious teenager. At the age of 12 he had already moved twice out of
his parents' house and was also expelled from school three times. At the time he
started to express his love for design and shoes. He started sketching some
shoe designs but it wasn't until 1976 that he realized this is what he wants to
be doing. That year the entire idea sparked and, as he claims, that's when his
fascination with shoes began. In 1976 Louboutin visited the Musée national des
Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie where he stumbled upon an African sign indicating
that women were not allowed to wear high heels in order not to ruin wooden
flooring. "I wanted to defy that, I wanted to create something that broke
rules and made women feel confident and empowered." Louboutin said. He was
further inspired by a book of Roger Vivier's designs who designed shoes for
Dior back in 1950's.
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Vjerovali ili ne Louboutin
je bio prilično problematičan tinejdžer. Kao 12-ogodišnjak već se dva puta
odselio iz roditeljske kuće i bio izbačen iz škole čak tri puta. U to je
vrijeme počeo pokazivati sklonost prema dizajnu i cipelama. Počeo je stvarati
skice nekih cipela no tek je 1976. godine shvatio da je to ono čime se doista
želi baviti. To je godina kada je cijela ideja započela kao i, kako i sam
navodi, vrijeme kada je započela njegova fasciniranost cipelama. 1976. je naime
posjetio Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie gdje je nabasao na
afrički znak prema kojem je ženama bilo zabranjeno nositi potpetice kako nebi
uništile drvene podove. ,,Želio sam to poreći, želio sam stvoriti nešto što će
prekršiti pravila i ućiniti da se žene osjećaju samopouzdane i sposobne.'',
rekao je Louboutin. Kasnije ga je inspirirala knjiga Roger Vivierovih dizajna
koji je u 50-ima dizajnirao cipele za Dior.
His first job was at the
Folies Bergères cabaret where he did all sorts of jobs, assisted the
entertainers backstage for example. He also got to desing some of the dancers
shoes which was, at the time, a dream come true. He landed a job with Charles
Jourdan in the early 1980s. After that, Louboutin met Roger Vivier and became an apprentice in Vivier's atelier. For
a time he worked as a freelance desinger for some of the high couture brands such
as Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Maud Prizon. Louboutin took his carrer a step
further in the early 1990's by seting up his first ever shop. Louboutin had to
find a trademark that would be something significant for his shoes. And here
comes the story about that famous red soles. The story is actualy pretty
simple, his assistant was painting her nails with a red nail polish, he took a
look at her and decided to color he outer soles red. Louboutin keept the red
ever since because his customers really liked it. His first customer was,
believen or not- Princess Caroline of Monaco. On one occasion she complimented
Louboutins work in presence of a journalist and that was the moment he gained a
lot of public attention.
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Njegov prvi posao bio je u
Folies Bergères kabaretu gdje je radio mnoge poslove kao npr pomagao
plesačicama iza pozornice. Također je dobio priliku dizajnirati neke od cipela
za zabavljače što mu je, tada, bilo ostvarenje snova. U ranim 80-ima je sklopio
posao sa Charles Jourdanom, a nakon toga je upoznao i Rogera Viviera te postao
šegrt u njegovom ateljeu. Neko vrijeme je honorarno radio za kuće visoke mode
poput Chanela, Yves Saint Laurenta i Maud Prizona. Louboutin je svoju karijeru
odveo korak naprijed kada je ranih 90-ih otvorio svoj prvi dućan. Morao je
pronaći pečat koji bi bio prepoznatljiv za njegove cipele. I sada dolazimo do
priče o crvenim potplatima koja je zapravo vrlo jednostavna. Njegova pomoćnica
je lakirala nokte crvenim lakom, bacio je pogled na nju i odlučio da će obojati
sve svoje potplate u crveno. Louboutin ih je ostavio crvene do dan danas jer se
njegovim mušterijama to jako svidjelo. Prva mušterija mu je, vjerovali ili ne,
bila princeza Caroline od Monaka. Jednom je prilikom pohvalila Louboutinov rad
u prisutstvu novinara i to je bio trenutak kada je privukao veliko zanimanje
javnosti.
His career has been growing
constantly ever since and now he is probably the most famous shoe designer in
the entire world with a lot of stores all over the world. Through the years
Louboutin expanded his fashion range to bags and men shoes as well as made a
beauty range of lipsticks, lip laquers and nail polishes with quite a statement
packagings. Today Louboutins range all the way from $400 to $6000 per pair and
are often worn by some of the biggest celebrities today, in fact, I can't think
of a famous female person who doesn't own a pair of this red soled beauties. All
I can say for last is: keep up the good work Mr. Louboutin!
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Njegova karijera još
uvijek konstantno raste i sada je vjerojatno najpoznatiji dizajner cipela na
cijelom svijetu sa mnogo dućana otvorenih diljem svijeta. Tijekom godina proširio
je svoju ponudu i na torbe te cipele za muškarce, ali i na kozmetičku kolekciju
u čijoj su ponudi trenutno ruževi, tekući ruževi i lakovi za nokte upečatljivih
pakiranja. Danas se cijena Louboutanki kreće od $400 pa sve do $6000 za par i
vrlo ih često nose neke od najvećih zvijezda današnjice, zapravo, mislim da se
ne mogu sjetiti niti jedne poznate ženske osobe koja ne posjeduje par ovih
ljepotica crvenih potplata. Sve što mogu reći za kraj je: nastavite dobar posao
G. Louboutin!
How do you like this
story? I find it very interesting, inspring and incredible all at the same
time. Also let me know how do you like the idea of 'Designer Focus' series.
Story of which designer would you like to hear next?
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Kako vam se sviđa ova
priča? Meni je i jako zanimljva, inspirirajuća i nevjerojatna u isto vrijeme.
Recite me što mislite o ideji 'Designer Focus' postova kao jednoj seriji
postova. Priču kojeg dizajnera biste htjeli čuti sljedeću?
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