Dita Von Teese turned up this morning (1/5/2012) to the Liberty store to launch her own perfume in a floorlength dress.
And although it was a demure get-up than last night’s look at Christian Louboutin’s after party at The Ivy, it showed off her decolletage yet again, while she kept her curly locks and dark rouge lipstick.
If you’ve had a lucky lottery win or just been saving hard and wanting to spend your money, then Christian Louboutin’s SS 2012 collection has a great range of footwear just waiting to be placed carefully in your shoe closet.
This season the designer has given a huge nod to the 80s stud and neon trends offering statement skyhigh heels with a range of pink, blue and green patterns.
The trademark black court has also been revamped with studs, while wedges are strappy and classic.
Those wishing to go a little bit bling will love the motif covered heels, while strappy heels in gold or silver are great for that timeless look.
Now where’s that credit card.
Someone come and hide our credit cards now.
Having a shoe fetish we think we’re in huge trouble after seeing Christian Louboutin’s AW 2011/2012 range and we’re not sure we’ll be able to stop ourselves from clicking on the “buy” button.
The range this year is as fierce as ever. The studded heels in black as well as gold are by far our favourites but we also love the more delicate spider gemmed sandals as well as the satin shoes.
If you’ve been a good girl this year then we suggest revising that Christmas list to Santa right now, after all every girl needs a pair of these red soled lovlues in their wardrobes.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Christian Louboutin shoes make her “feel like a woman”.
The Victoria’s Secret model thinks it is “really worth” saving up for a pair of the red-lacquered sole footwear because they will automatically make girls appear “very sexy”.
She said: “I feel they make you look very sexy, the cuts are beautiful; the lines, the colours the embellishments.
“I think he managed to capture something so special for women, every girl should be lucky enough to have them. If you can save up for a pair put away a dollar a week. It’s worth it girls. It is really worth it.”
The ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ actress – who topped both FHM’s Sexiest Women List and Maxim’s Hot 100 List earlier this year – has coped well since becoming famous and even manages to “avoid” the attention that comes from living a showbiz lifestyle when she needs to.
The 24-year-old stunner added to Fox411′s Pop Tarts: “I am very lucky in my life so I don’t wish for anything I don’t have, and I actually manage to get around just fine. I’m just fine.
“It’s not too much, I manage to avoid it when it’s necessary, but I’m very thankful for everything.”
Apple's Steve Jobs who died Wednesday October 5th. He did more than any other person to make technology stylish and sexy
If you’d told us forty years ago that technology would be stylish and a fashion must-have then we would have laughed.
After all, us ladies were far more interested in the latest dress than we were the geeky cassette player or computer. Even when the mobile phone hit in the 80s and became a must have for yuppies, we still weren’t convinced.
Yes it was a sign that you had hit your work peak but come on, not only was it ugly it wouldn’t have fit into that handbag. And putting it in our trouser pockets- if they were the size of sacks- would have probably left us flashing a little bit more than we wanted to thanks to the sheer weight of the thing.
Technology was geeky and clunky and something we wouldn’t even consider lusting over. Then something began to change.
Suddenly the boring clunky PC, which back in the 70s was for hobbyists, had a rival in the shape of a rainbow Apple logo bearing device. Yes it was still a geeky machine but there was something about the sleeker design that made us take notice and think that if we had to use a computer it was this one we wanted.
Not only did it look good but it was easier to use. And it wasn’t just us who had fallen for the tempting Apple with the logo becoming synonymous and a regular resident in popular chic arty and creative offices.
The brainchild behind this new stylish company was of course Steve Jobs, a man who made technology, not to fit in with our current needs, but to make us want what he made.
And make us want, he did. With the help of Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Jonathan Ives, the pair got to work making portable technology that we had to keep out of our handbags and this time it wasn’t because they were too big and clunky but because we wanted the world to see we had an Apple product.
In came the iPod and suddenly our personal cassette players and that mix tape from that special person went out the window.We didn’t care that our other halves had sweated over picking those songs, and suddenly forgot how we sworn we’d never lose that cassette, all we could think about was how to get our new love – the shiny iPod that everyone who was anyone had. In fact we’d go so far as saying we would have swapped that other half just to ensure we had that new gadget in our handbags.
And so it had begun. The more products Steve Jobs and co bought out the more we wanted, after all you weren’t a fashion gal without the latest iPod. And then came the shiny iPhone, a product right up there with, dare we say it, the Mulberry bag, sleek, touchscreen and the with the opportunity of an app store, it was every fashionistas’ dream.
The need to have one of these was more than when we wanted that Nokia phone with the interchangeable covers when we were 12. And finally, after the celebrities and cool people had received theirs, we were able to get ours. Yes the hideously expensive monthly phone plan meant we wouldn’t be able to go out, but hey who needed to see their friends when we could call them with our new phone.
And of course businesses knew we were hooked, so hooked in fact that we’d buy that floral case, diamante number and anything that really made our phone stand out.
As for the iPad – yes, we did forgo those Christian Louboutins to get our hands on one of these….
Steve Jobs you succeeded in making the fashion world stand up and take note of technology. You made it stylish and sleek and for that you’ll always be remembered. RIP.
See the gallery below for pictures of all the beautiful people with their Apple gadgets.
Christian Louboutin’s career is to be the focus of new retrospective in London.
The French shoe designer – renowned for his use of a bright red under-sole on all of his footwear – will have much of his work on display at the British capital’s Design Museum from March 28 to July 1 2012.
In addition to documenting his life’s work, the retrospective will also offer viewers and insight into how he creates shoes, as well as his influences and original designs.
It will also contain images from the 2007 movie ‘Fetish’, made in collaboration between Christian and director David Lynch.
Last month Christian revealed he would be creating a book documenting his most iconic styles during his 20 year career.
The tome – which has yet to be named – will be divided into six chapters, including a personal biography and his collaborative work with the likes of Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.
Some of Louboutin’s most treasured friends and models, including the likes of Dita Von Teese, Mika and Kristen Scott Thomas have also contributed to the tome.
For anyone who has a little bit of an Achilles heel when it comes to, well, heels, there’s a new glossy hardback coming out that you’ll definitely want on your coffee table as the legendary shoe designer Christian Louboutin has revealed he’s planning to release a book on his iconic designs.
Christian Louboutin is like the holy grail of designer heels with his legendary red-bottomed soles, so we can’t wait to take a peek at the new book (currently it’s missing a title, but hopefully Christian will find the time to think one up).
The book is planned to be divided into six chapters, with the first showing the designer’s work earliest in his career, including pieces that created for Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent and the other chapters showing his inspirations, the international stores, and gushing contributions from some of his loveliest, most famous friends – including Dita Von Teese and Kristen Scott Thomas.
We hope it’s out soon – we want it to go riiiiiiight to the top of our Christmas list IMMEDIATELY.
Rachel Bilson’s been so quiet on the acting front recently that we completely forgot she’s one of our favourite dressers like, ever. When we spotted her cool smart-casual outfit that she wore to the CBS, the CW and the Showtime TCA Party yesterday we just knew that we’d have to do a post about it.
Clashing and contasting prints are going to be a massive trend this Autumn, something that clever Rachel has wised up to. She teamed up a sizzling pair of cerise tailored trousers with a slouchy dark floral blouse and some leopard-print Louboutins – something that on paper shouldn’t work at all but on her really, really does.
There are some pretty much identical pieces on the high street – yay! You can replicate Rachel Bilson’s amazing party outfit by looking at our picks in the gallery above.
Blake Lively gets fashion advice from Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Louboutin.
Although the ‘Gossip Girl’ star – who is the face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle handbag line – has always insisted she doesn’t use a stylist for red carpet events preferring to choose her own clothes, she admitted she does call on the fashion legends when she has a sartorial dilemma.
Speaking at the Met Costume Institute Gala where she wore a Chanel dress, Blake said: “Christian helped me pick out my shoes…He’s a good friend and somebody I trust incredibly. He’s the closest thing that I say I have to a stylist. There are few people that I ask – Karl, Christian.”
Blake also revealed she and Karl had their own unusual way of preparing for the Costume Institute Gala, which paid tribute to the late Alexander McQueen.
She said: “Before we came tonight, Karl and I met at a diner where we saw a bunch of 80 year olds. We just had tea and took pictures.”
Blake has previously admitted she was “intimidated” when she first met Karl because of his “genius”.
She said: “I was wildly intimated. He’s an incredibly intimidating person because he’s so accomplished and he’s such a genius, but the moment you meet him, he doesn’t try to intimidate you. He’s so kind and humble and alive and passionate. I love and respect him so much.”
One of Christian Louboutin's sketches for the collaboration
Hold on to your Phillip Treacy hats, designer lovers, because there’s an exciting new collaboration on the horizon: queen of the knitted jumper, Bella Freud, is hooking up with the daddy of footwear, Christian Louboutin, to create a range of fetish-inspired knitwear. Freud will incorporate Louboutin’s shoe sketches into the designs, resulting in what we hope is going to be a cool and exciting dream collaboration.
There couldn’t be a better shoe designer for Bella to choose for the project, as Christian Louboutin is literally the daddy of high heels. Favoured by the young and old alike, the socialites and the high-profile actresses, a pair of Louboutins is standard issue in Fashion 101.
Freud said of the legendary footwear designer, who she has known for over twenty years: “”I have often admired his drawings and I wanted to use some to put on my knitwear. I love the way a drawing comes to life when it is reinterpreted in another medium. On a knit it you get the sense of someone having actually drawn it, rather than it being a computer generated image.” We really can’t wait until this range is up for grabs in mid July.
Keep your eyes peeled for this luxe collection when it finally hits the shops: we predict there will be a scrum.
Christian Louboutin is designing a shoe range inspired by gay Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas.
The legendary footwear maker is close friends with the sportsman – who came out in 2009 – and the pair reportedly met for lunch in Cardiff last month to discuss the new collection, which will be called ‘Alfie’, Gareth’s nickname.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Christian is working on a casual shoe range, with Gareth as the main inspiration. He’s really chuffed about it.”
While Christian has a popular menswear line and last year designed a range of sneakers with DJ Swizz Beatz, he is more famous for his high-heeled designs – which are a favourite among a host of celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss.
He has previously revealed he measures how good his shoes are by what they look like on a naked woman.
He said: “The ultimate must still look good when a woman is naked. The design that encapsulates my career is the Pigalle, a low-cut, high-heeled pump. It’s so subtle in that it adds something sexy to the body, but you don’t immediately realise that it’s the shoe that is making the difference.”
If our fairy shoe mother was to give us £1000 we’d head straight to Christian Louboutin and buy a pair of his red soled shoes.
Part of us would want to cherish them, probably never wear them outdoors for fear that we would get the sky scraper heel caught in a drain or spill something nasty on the lovely leather or pretty patent. While the other part would want to take them everywhere we went just to show we had a pair.
However because celebrities can afford more than a pair they tend to do the latter strutting around in their red soled beauties and making us drawl.
Serial red sole flashers include Coleen Rooney who is hardly ever snapped without a pair on her lucky feet, Cheryl Cole who likes to flash these, and Rihanna.
And even Posh who in the past has had problems because of wearing skyscraper heels can’t keep herself away from these.
We’ve put together a gallery of Louboutin loving celebs and their gorgeous shoes. We feel a touch of the green eyed monster coming on…
It seems ShinyStyle is having a little bit of a shoe day. This morning we bought you the news that Selfridges was launching an exhibition dedicated to Vivienne Westwood’s shoes and now we’ve just been told about a gorgeous new range from Christian Louboutin.
However, if you’re expecting us to bang on about sky-scraper heels, complete with the red patent soles, that Mr Louboutin is best known for, then think again, because this range is all about (shock horror) flats and trainers.
No, you don’t need to reach for your glasses, you read right, because his new collection is all about crystal encrusted, metallic and leopard print hi-top trainers, which have just stepped through the doors of Harvey Nichols.
Being fans of flats we can’t wait to get our hands on these, which give a nod to the 80s trend (yes it’s still lurking around in AW 2010) and are great for sporty chic. We’ll be putting these £700 designer babies on our “must have” list.
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