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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
High Heels Red Bottom Lady Peep 150mmThere are the sort that Strictly dancers wear to sharpen their silhouette. And then there are the ones that cause young women to clutch each other for support in the street on a Saturday night, bracing their knees and arching their backs in the attempt to keep upright.
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
High Heels Red Bottom Bana 140mmThere are the sort that Strictly dancers wear to sharpen their silhouette. And then there are the ones that cause young women to clutch each other for support in the street on a Saturday night, bracing their knees and arching their backs in the attempt to keep upright.
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
High Heels Red Bottom Lady Peep Sling 150mmThere are the sort that Strictly dancers wear to sharpen their silhouette. And then there are the ones that cause young women to clutch each other for support in the street on a Saturday night, bracing their knees and arching their backs in the attempt to keep upright.
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
High Heels Red Bottom Maggie 140mmThere are the sort that Strictly dancers wear to sharpen their silhouette. And then there are the ones that cause young women to clutch each other for support in the street on a Saturday night, bracing their knees and arching their backs in the attempt to keep upright.
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
High Heels Red Bottom Lady Peep Sling 150mmThere are the sort that Strictly dancers wear to sharpen their silhouette. And then there are the ones that cause young women to clutch each other for support in the street on a Saturday night, bracing their knees and arching their backs in the attempt to keep upright.
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
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Christian Louboutin Madame Butterfly Sandal Booties RedIt presents an interesting conundrum. If the same museum were to mount an exhibition of, say, vacuum cleaners that didn't pick up dust, we would simply laugh at it. Here, unarguably, is a display of shoes and boots that aren't made for walking in, unless by "walking" you mean covering the few yards from taxi to nightclub door.
High Heels Red Bottom Ron Ron 100mmNo, these are shoes designed with another function in mind – at once objectifying the female form, and, bizarrely, by adding impressive inches to the wearer's height, making her feel "empowered" (even if she is hobbled). Louboutins, it could be argued, are the crotchless knickers of the shoe world: devoid of practical function but loaded with aggressive-submissive intent.
Christian Louboutin Daffodile Aurora Boreale 160mm PinkMaking an event of displaying Louboutin's "personal archive" is a bit of a challenge, too. The Design Museum has gone for moody lighting, cabaret music and mirrored shelving, upmarket shoe-shop style, which has the effect of exaggerating still further the heights of the heels, some of which are so thin, so long, and so metallic, they could double as radio aerials.
High Heels Red Bottom La Favorita 140mmThe mirrors also draw attention to Louboutin's signature red sole, which the designer recently tried (unsuccessfully) to stop anyone else using. You can see why he thought it worth going to court: a flash of that sole is a saucy exclamation mark, a suggestion of a lascivious tongue. It's all of a piece.
Christian Louboutin Straratata Platform Sandals SequinThe designs are indeed imaginative in terms of decoration and global reference. Thigh-high snakeskin boots have been "tagged" in fluorescent spray-paint by a New York graffiti artist. Another pair in black suede are fringed from thigh to toe like a woolly poodle.
High Heels Red Bottom Piou Piou 85mmA knee-boot sheathes the leg in what resembles lace tights – a nice conceit. A court shoe "inspired by the figure of Marlene Dietrich" comes in flesh-coloured mousseline appliquéd with licks of diamante flames: nudity and bling in a single shapely package.
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Christian Louboutin Bridgets Back Spiked Ankle Boots BlackAnd was the range "inspired by Tina Turner" made for the singer to wear? If so, why no evidence of the items in use? Tellingly, the only designs shown adorning feet are in a section called "Fetish", featuring photographs by David Lynch.
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High Heels Red Bottom Lady Peep 150mmThe opening of an exhibition honouring the life and work of shoe designer to the stars, Christian Louboutin, offers a chance to reminisce about the finest moments in the history of the red-soled shoe. From Carrie Bradshaw's many Louboutin moments to Elton John's studded shoes, these distinctively decadent designs have long been a mark of glamour
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High Heels Red Bottom 1en8 100mmBut it was a pair of gold Louboutins she chose to make her comeback in opening scenes of the film Sex and the City 9.Unfortunately, in terms of the quality of the film, it was downhill from the Loubous, really
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When talking of high heels, it's as well to define terms. There are the sort that Marilyn Monroe wore to wiggle along that railway platform in Some Like It Hot.
High Heels Red Bottom Lady Peep 150mmThere are the sort that Strictly dancers wear to sharpen their silhouette. And then there are the ones that cause young women to clutch each other for support in the street on a Saturday night, bracing their knees and arching their backs in the attempt to keep upright.
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