Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik
Manuel "Manolo" Blahnik Rodríguez CBE, is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the self-named, high-end shoe brand...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth28 November 1942
CountrySpain
years fabulous adore
I adore Jean-Louis Trintignant - even at 100 years old he's fabulous.
shoes eccentric nonsense
I love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.
dream care who-cares
It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?
beautiful wanted extravagant
I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
fashion design half
About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
spain london
Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
shoes furniture tempted
I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.
amanda knows
I don't even know Amanda Seyfried or whatever - they're all the same!
beautiful running people
Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.
passion thinking looks
I don't even think about the word. But I do have certain things where I just go, "Aaaaahhh," irritatingly boring and insistent because I want it to look that way and I can do it - I don't even know if you'd call it passion or obsession. Obsession, possibly, but I really love what I do.
luxury being-free
The greatest luxury is being free.
passion black too-much
Alas, passion is conducive to certain other things because when you have too much passion and you have too much work, you possibly end up having black holes. The danger is too much passion.
shoes feet special
My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.
training taste needs
I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.