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
huge life
My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
nature people run saint shop tribal wearing
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.
incredible mother
My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.
sounds
I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
death
I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.
slovenly
slovenly and outwardly repulsive. But at the same time, is there not something magnetic?
anyone bothers express
In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.
shoes two secret
The secret of toe cleavage, a very important part of the sexuality of the shoe; you must only show the first two cracks.
attitude my-attitude betray
I'm going to do what I do, even more exaggerated. This is my attitude always. I don't betray myself at all.
love fashion shoes
You put high heels on and you change.
shoes way metamorphosis
Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.
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.
beautiful wanted extravagant
I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.