| This is all really excitingmy markers are ready, | | | | Christian Louboutin is the designer of top of the range, |
| remarked Louboutin, making reference to his practice | | | | high-heeled shoes worn by the most glamorous feet in |
| of signing his famous red soles for fans. The | | | | the world and recognised immediately by their horny |
| shoemaker, who said he likes to go hiking, see films, | | | | red lacquered soles. If the trip to the higher East Side is |
| and visit vintage stores while in L.A, was in the city for | | | | too far to go ( and you certainly could not walk it in |
| a personal appearance at Saks ; the retailer has just | | | | these shoes ), there is a second store downtown at |
| completed a re-building of its shoe boutique and | | | | 59 Horatio Street, 10014. |
| installed a retrospective collection of the designer's | | | | For those who aren't Shoe Monsters, Culture Monster |
| greatest hits. Asked what separates the Left Coast | | | | can tell you that Louboutins often start at about $500 ( |
| from the remainder of the Louboutin-loving world, he | | | | if you're lucky ) and run into the thousands. In the |
| giggled : women in L.A. Don't actually need to walk, so | | | | course of the two-hour play, White slips into four |
| their shoes can not be high enough. | | | | different pairs of the spiky-heeled, red-soled treasures. |
| The designer's ethos is to "make shoes that are like | | | | Most girls, they are saying, would do anything for a |
| jewels" and each unique design demonstrates unique | | | | couple of killer heels, the kind they see on the red |
| quality and an inborn sultriness. From vertigo-inducing | | | | carpet, as worn by their idols and fashion icons like |
| pumps to the seasonal must-have shoe boots as well | | | | Sarah Jessica Parker, Victoria Beckham, Angelina Jolie, |
| as a covetable range of totes and clutches, Christian | | | | Megan Fox and the other female stars who have |
| Louboutin is the accessories brand for every | | | | made a reputation for themselves for their fashion |
| super-chic fashionista. | | | | decisions. |