Manolo Blahnik years. Manolo has been a fashion legend and hailed as the world's greatest shoemaker. He designed shoes elegant chic, sexy flowing lines, willing to spend £ 400 a pair of customers the cost of a lot of people.
Early life: Manolo was born in 1943 in Spain Canary Islands banana kinds of garden and his mother was Spanish, the father is Czech. He and his sister, Evangeline (Evangeline) from childhood subject to strict tutor, from how they behave in a good sense of this old-fashioned upbringing. He was in Geneva to study languages and the arts, 1968, Manolo came to Paris, determined to become a stage designer.
Start at the beginning: in 1970, when he visited New York to show of their own design to the United States "vogue" editor Diana. Freeland (Diana Vreeland) to see. Diana designed the shoes for his much appreciated, and encouraged him to play in this regard in order, and further studies. Manolo began to constantly visit the shoe factory, and interaction with the operation of the workers in London was the most famous designer Osir. Clark (Ossie Clark) making use of his shoes, and asked him to launch his own Design Series . Since then, the Manolo's career began on the right track. In 1973, his "Richer twenty" shoe store opened.
Craft superb: Manolo most of the time now to work in Italy. He is a true craftsman, and even shoe stretch but also hands-on production. He has also drawn a large number of design sketches, these sketches became the blueprint for advertising appeared in fashion magazines around the world.
Personal Life: Manolo is the world's most elegant men's clothing is one. His public image is always perfect. He detested the so-called men's fashion, the past two decades, he has been a double-breasted dress suit.
Manolo very little to stop working, because of his work he often travel out. Fashion circles as the "regular" members, he often appears in the famous exhibition of the front row. In a rare vacation time. He will return to the home of Bath, United Kingdom, or to the Canary Islands to visit his mother.
Celebrity customers: Manolo the majority of female clients is the famous personalities: Madonna, Naomi, Kate, Nicole. Kidman and so on. Over the years, he has produced for many of the senior men's shoes are also favored by discerning men. Manolo for Gagliano, Michael. Kors shoes and other fashion designers. His designs always unique, but never cover up the fashion design brilliance.
His view: "a pair of good Manolo Blahnik shoes is a beautiful part of fashion. Design high quality shoes, you need to comfort, quality and style to find a balance between the points." While the lightweight athletic shoes have always been despised for the Manolo, "they are the color pale, and often filthy! "
Success: Manolo's shoes no matter how high the price is always just launched a few weeks to sold out. As he said: "We are talking about Lun is made by hand using traditional shoes. Of course, some of which are expensive, but at such a price, but points."
Someone else's Evaluation: Bianca - Jagger: "He is not only a good shoemaker, but also a great artist." Sandra - Bernhard: "He's fine with extremely sexy shoes." Palomar -- Picasso: "I can not live without my Blachnik shoes, even if in a dream as well."
