Christian Louboutin

I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. ”

I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. 'Vogue,' what is that?' ”

I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women. ”

I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with shoes. This is what I am trying to do. ”

A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman. ”

I am interested in all things that celebrate and enhance the female form. ”

I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring. ”

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character. ”

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth, they are not playing with the inner character. That is why women are happy to wear painful shoes. ”

I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it! ”