Author:Dhani MauUpdated:Feb 27, 2020Original:Feb 27, 2020When Christian Louboutin was nine years old, he would often walk by the Palais de Porte Dorée, an imposing art-deco structure in Paris's 12th arrondissement, the neighborhood where he grew up. He found it intimidating and scary, and never wanted to go inside.
With that anecdote and an image of the sign in question begins an exhibition that delves into the imagination of the man behind those ubiquitous, status-symbol red soles. It is also why it was a no-brainer for Louboutin to hold the exhibit at the Palais de Porte Dorée, instead of a museum more typically associated with fashion. "It had to be legitimate for me — it had to speak about more than just shoes," he said.
There's also a room displaying his "masterpieces": special, less commercial designs that likely would not have made it into, say, Nordstrom, a sponsor of the exhibition. An undeniable highlight is the room entitled "L'atelier," which showcases all the different steps of the construction of a Louboutin shoe, giving viewers a better idea of the work and the craftsmanship that goes into each and every pair.
When asked what he wants people to take away from the exhibit, he tells me, "that people understand that you can do things that are really popular with a high level of quality," and that just "because you work in a frivolous domain," it doesn't mean "that there is no depth." Shoes are just "the tip of the iceberg, but the iceberg is rooted and grounded in heavy foundations, and these are the foundations — my story.
Wishing I can have all of those pretty shoes.
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