Christian Louboutin

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He makes those very sexy high, high heels with the lipstick red soles. Everyone knows you’re wearing his shoes (and what you paid for them), as soon as you’ve walked by.

Christian Louboutin

(pronounced [kʁis.tjɑ̃ lu.bu.tɛ̃]) (b. 7 January 1964, Paris, France) is a French footwear designer whose father is cabinetmaker Roger Louboutin and homemaker mother Irene. His siblings include three sisters, no brothers. Landscape architect Louis Benech has been his partner since 1997. Louboutin launched his line of high-end women’s shoes in France in 1991. Since 1992, the footwear brilliantly incorporated shiny, red-lacquered soles that have become his signature.

Video: Morning T with Christian Louboutin, produced by Jenny Woodward, NYT