Author: Edwin Blaze
Source: articlerich.com
Manolo Blahnik shoes are synonymous with high-end fashion and exclusive style status, and have been made famous by the host of diva's, famous fashion and celebrity personalities, 80's fashions
, and designers that have been associated, 80's fashions
, with them, or better, worn them. Manolo Blahnik's shoes are so well known that the word "Manolo" is now used as slang by millions of women who have never actually felt or even seen a pair of Manolo Blahnik's, but use the term to, 80's fashions
, describe very expensive,, 80's fashions
, very attractive shoes.
Who is Manolo Blahnik?
Manolo Blahnik is known as one of the greatest shoes designers in the world. He is one of the handfuls of designers whose name is synonymous with their creation. Manolo Blahnik is well-known for his passion to the extent of devotion for designing immaculate pairs of elegant women's shoes.
Manolo Blahnik was not nurtured to be a shoe designer though. He is not even a shoe designer by qualification. Manolo, 80's fashions
, Blahnik was born in 1942 to a Czech father and a Spanish mother in Canary Islands and, 80's fashions
, raised on a banana plantation, 80's fashions
, . He studied literature and architecture before he moved to London in 1968, 80's fashions
, where, 80's fashions
, he worked at fashion boutique, Zapata, and wrote, 80's fashions
, for Vogue Italia. A chance meeting with the legendary editor of Vogue, Diana Vreeland changed the course of his life.
When Diana looked at Manolo's portfolio of fashions and set designs, she told him that he should only concentrate on designing shoes. Manolo Blahnik took her advice seriously and the rest is history.
The making of Manolo, 80's fashions
, Blahnik Shoes
An astonishing fact about Manolo Blahnik shoes is that Manolo himself is solely responsible for the exotic design of every single pair of the thousands of pairs of shoes that bear his famous name. Manolo does not even have the help of assistants and apprentices.
To master the techniques of his craft, Blahnik spent the most of 1970's and 80's in the best possible shoes factories to work, 80's fashions
, and study them carefully. Manolo also gained a lot of insight into shoe making through his associations and with notable fashion designer Calvin Klein and other young designers like Isaac Mizrahi and John Galliano.
The secret behind the heavenly designs of Manolo's high heels shoes for women is his impeccable eye for detail. After making a sketch of his design, Manolo takes up to a day to carve and sculpt the heel and basic shape, and only, 80's fashions
, when he is satisfied,, 80's fashions
, an aluminum mould is made. Once the aluminum mould has been manipulated to perfection, a plastic mould is made from which the shoe will be made. "I carve each heel personally myself - on the machine and then by hand with a chisel and file, until it's exactly right," he once told the media during an interview. Manolo even creates his own advertising campaigns which always feature his drawings.
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