Manuel " Manolo " Blahnik RodrÃÆ'guez (born November 27, 1942), is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the shoe brand high-end eponymous.
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Biography
Blahnik was born and raised in Santa Cruz de la Palma, in the Canary Islands (Spain). His father was an Austrian-Hungarian. His Spanish mother's family owned a banana plantation in the island town of Santa Cruz de la Palma. She studied at home when she was a child. As an adult, he attended the Swiss boarding school. Later, his parents wanted him to become a diplomat, and enrolled him at the University of Geneva majoring in Politics and Law. However, Blahnik changed its majors into Literature and Architecture. In 1965, he earned his degree and moved to Paris to study art at the ÃÆ'â € cole des Beaux-Arts and Stage Set Design at the Louvre Art School, all while working at a vintage clothing store. In 1968, he moved to London to work as a buyer at the fashion boutique "Zapata" and write for L'Uomo Vogue , an Italian version of Vogue .
In 1970, Blahnik had the opportunity to meet Diana Vreeland, editor-in-chief of U.S Vogue, as she traveled in New York. He then presented the fashion portfolio and set the design to Vreeland, at which point he looked straight into his eyes and said, "Young man, making things, making accessories, making shoes." She admires her shoe sketch and advises her to concentrate on designing footwear. Blahnik followed his advice and worked on designing shoes.
In 1972, Ossie Clark invited him to make shoes for runway performances. Also, he designed shoes for other fashion designers in London, such as Jean Muir and Zandra Rhodes. With a loan of £ 2,000, Blahnik bought Zapata from its owner and opened its own boutique. In 1974, Blahnik became the second person ever to appear on the cover of England. Vogue (after Helmut Berger). In 1977, he sold his shoes in America, through Bloomingdales, and opened his boutique in the US. Since then, he has become a very famous shoe designer, and a pure classic style symbol for the 21st century.
Manolo Blahnik's main store stays at Old Church Street in London's fashionable district of London.
Boutique Blahnik is located in London, New York, Las Vegas, Dublin, Athens, Madrid, Istanbul, Dubai, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Stockholm. Bloomingdales (where he created his first American collection), Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue brought his lineage in the United States and recently opened at Dubai Mall. The company has signed a long-term deal with Kurt Geiger shoewear retailer to operate Manolo Blahnik boutique.
In 2000, Blahnik, along with Neiman Marcus, launched the first commercial virtual reality exhibition hall featuring 3d models of his shoes. All collections are sold out online within 3 weeks.
Blahnik was appointed to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2007 Blahnik was appointed Honorary Commander of the United Kingdom's Excellence for its services to the British fashion industry.
Blahnik currently lives in Bath, United Kingdom and was awarded an honorary degree from Bath Spa University in July 2012.
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Initial development
One of Blahnik's greatest inspirations is his mother. She studied fashion magazines and interpreted the latest fashion trends in her clothes. Blahnik and his family often travel to Paris and Madrid to order clothes. Her mother was always dissatisfied with the shoes from her hometown, so she made them herself. He learned the basics of his craft from a local baker on Canary Island and as a kid, Blahnik loved watching his mother when he made beautiful shoes. She inherited her mother's love of brocade and satin and told her how, as a boy, she found a shaft filled with shoes by the famous Russian Yanturni which were all made of silk, antique lace and brocade trimmed with fine buckles. Everything is light, elegant and feminine; Blahnik attributes are then taken to their own designs.
When Blahnik entered university, he lived with his aunt and uncle. Meanwhile, her aunt strongly influences her fashion sense. He perfected his tastes and learned to appreciate the beauty of luxury, art, and happiness. Blahnik remembers that according to his aunt, "happiness is to have one of the most elegant bags ever made, in every available color."
Shoes
Blahnik never studied shoe making officially. He learns skills by visiting a shoe factory and talks with pattern cutter, technicians and machine operators. Initially, he designed men's footwear, but he soon discovered that the design of a man's shoes limited his imagination and lacked fashion elements. When mainstream shoe styles were still dominated by clumsy platforms in the 1970s, he revived the slender stiletto heels, which has since become a classic. In addition, he does not like wedges and believe in heel strength and sex appeal that they convey.
Blahnik has worked wholeheartedly in his shoes. He not only drew the design of a pair of shoes, but also the craft of the shoe itself. He carved the last wood, which he then chiseled into the shoe. When the time comes for mass production, he oversees every step of the way to make sure every shoe is an exact copy of his original creation. He always kept every design: 25,000 shoes were arranged in date order in the various cabinets filling two adjoining houses on a Georgian terrace in Bath.
Just like the incredible fashion style, Manolo Blahnik's shoe style is kept to a small exclusive production number and its signature style is easily recognizable.
The Stiletto Heels Club Manolo Blahnik:
- Pompa BB
- Pompa Hangisi
- Swan Pump
- Pompa Campari
- Sandal Chaos
Penghargaan and Kahormatan
American Fashion Designer Council (CFDA)
- 1987: Special Award
- 1990: Accessory Designers of the Year
- 1997: The Stiletto
British Fashion Council
- 1999: Accessories Designer of the Year
- 1990: Accessories Designer of the Year
Honors
- 1998: This year's Shoes Designer from Shoes News
- 2003: This year's Shoes Designer from Shoes News
- Honor of the 2007 CBE from His Holiness Queen Elizabeth II
- 2011 SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) Lifetime Achievement Award Andre Leon Talley.
- 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from Shoe News .
- 2017 Ranked # 25 best dressed men live with Esquire magazine
In popular culture
- In one of the Twilight Saga movies: Breaking Dawn , Bella Swan uses Manolo Blahnik's "Swan" pump for her wedding.
- The TV show staff Angel asked Manolo Blahnik to ask permission to use their company name on the screen. The company then insisted that the characters wear the product even if the shoe is not displayed on camera.
- In the long-running popular TV show Sex and the City Blahniks is a special favorite of Carrie Bradshaw characters and as a result is often mentioned. An important episode describing the brand prestige is "What Goes Around Comes Around" from Season 3 where Carrie was robbed. During his attack, the attacker demanded that he hand over his shoes, sue them by brand name.
- They are referenced repeatedly on Duck Dodgers whenever there is a type of footwear defect occurring, usually with a false phrase "Cheap Manolo Blahniks fake".
- At the end of the fourth stanza of the dance song RuPaul "Click Clack (Make Dat Money)", from his album Glamazon , drag queen "Supermodel of the World" sings "My Manolo Blahniks will be partying tonight ".
- During the portrayal of the third girl in the original song "Weird Al" Yankovic "Close, But No Cigar" she refers to the brand by noting: "She was wearing a ribbon on her left Manolo".
- On September 28, 2013, Saturday Night Live Season 39, Episode 1, included a sketch featuring Tina Fey who made fun of the company.
- In the third part of the E. L. James Fifty Shades trilogy, a pair of Manolos mirrors are an accent on clubbing night in Aspen, Colorado.
- Manolos is mentioned many times in Gossip Girl . Georgina Sparks mentions at the beginning of Season 3 that she has a pair and that Blair can borrow it.
- American singer Jay-Z calls Manolo in his song "Bonnie and Clyde" ft. BeyoncÃÆ'Â ©.
- German rapper Cro mentioned Manolo Blahnik along with Gucci and Lacoste in his song "Einmal um die Welt".
- In the second episode of the fourth season ABC Revenge , Emily Thorne is advised to "look down [Manolos]" as she searches for someone who, according to the tracking device, "just above her".
- Mentioned in the opening song "Gulabi Aankhein" from the Bollywood Movie Student of the Year with Jimmy Choo, Stella McCartney, Gucci, and more.
- In chapter 23 of Rosie Project's international bestselling novel Rosie says "whenever you need entertainment, I can use a pair of Manolo Blahnik." and the main protagonist, from the word "spouse", guesses that he is referring to shoes.
- Mentioned in the song "You Are What You Wear" from American Psycho: The Musical .
- Song 2003 "Shake ya Tailfeather" by rapper Nelly Ft. Murphy Lee and P. Diddy loaded the words "Manolos Ma-no-no's that I can not tell".
References
External links
- Official website
- Manolo Blahnik in Model Mode Directory
- Bias/Design Museum profile
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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