Christian Louboutin

“Even today, I am still very child-like while designing. It's a bit like Christmas - each of your designs you create is like unravelling your presents.”

“Cinderella is not only an iconic character when it comes to beauty, grace and fairytale love, but also shoes.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I hate the whole concept of the clog! It's fake, it's ugly, and it's not even comfortable!”

“People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.”

“I perfectly understand the obsession with shoes. I myself am pretty obsessed. I have a few hundred pairs of shoes in general, because I've been collecting shoes for a long time.”

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

“I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Pa...”

“I'm very detail oriented. Everything that takes a lot of dedication and creativity I do in the morning when there is light and I'm really concentrated.”

“People tend to fear the ghosts in their own family. You feel these family curses and think, 'If it happened to my father, it could happen to me.'”

“When you sketch a shoe but don't have the intention to do a proper shoe, it remains a curvy sketch with no detail. The shoe completely morphs to the body.”

“The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes. Their feet are arched.”

“The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes.”

“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 s...”

“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 s...”

“To me, the word 'decadent' is so difficult to use; it's a very sensitive word, in a way.”

“I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.”

“I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of belong to the fashion industry, which is why I'm part of the fashion industry. But that's nev...”

“I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement. Clothes - it's a different story. There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clo...”