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I suppose you could call this a fashionably late blog post, as it’s quite a few days over due!

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Last week, (courtesy of Grazia magazine), I was kindly given complimentary tickets to see the uber chic and inspirational french footwear designer Christian Louboutin, in celebration of his brands 20th anniversary. I had visited his exhibition currently held at the Design Museum a couple weeks  prior, so this was an amazing experience to meet the man behind it all. Louboutin was to be interviewed by Grazia’s style director Paula Reed on an array of subjects covering his childhood inspirations, the story behind the signature ‘red sole’, and his views on the fashion industry.

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The queue into the Louboutin live talk stretched quite the distance, and full of eager fans paying homage to Louboutin by wearing their red soled Stiletto’s  along the cobbled pavements of London Bridge, not an easy task I can assure you.

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We were greeted by the design museum staff and willingly sedated with a chilled mini of Moet. Christian was applauded on stage, wearing a dark vanilla jacket trimmed jacket, black trousers and a pair of silver-capped brogues. He looked effortlessly chic.

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In the live talk he came across as a humble, earnest, passionate and particular man. In the audience Q&A session, he was questioned by a young female fashion designer and student how he has managed to uphold a powerful and successful brand imagine, even in times of global and economic diversity. His initial response was that he does not see himself as ‘a brand’, he has no need for a marketing department etc. He understands why new brands possibly might, but that it’s never been what it was about for him….neither does he intentionally follow the fashion industry or its in/out of season trends.

Here is the link to read more from Paula’s conversation with Christian, along with the video on the Grazia website.  Overall, it was a fantastic evening with a two hour interview which felt like only 10 minutes. It was refreshing to meet someone so successful but yet so humble and self assured.  I took on his comments to stay as organic and true oneself as a mantra to hold on to.

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Again, many thanks to Grazia for the opportunity, and as always, some pictures from the night. Click on the smaller images below to open the gallery.

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