Christian Louboutin’s line of footwear may be one of the most namechecked fashion items in hip hop. Even before Cardi B was talking about her “red bottoms,” top-tier artists like Lil Kim, Foxy Brown and even JAY-Z and Fabolous mentioned the French designer’s high-profile shoes and heels.
While it might seem like the French designer should be over the moon about the free advertising he’s received from these icons and others, he’s expressed a bit of concern about how people choose to rock his kicks.
Speaking at a London press event in conjunction with an upcoming show at Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris, Louboutin admitted to being “vaguely horrified” at times by how people wear his shoes.
Louboutin didn’t go into any specific detail regarding what he finds so objectionable, nor did he namecheck any specific people.
Perhaps aiming to not alienate his customers, Louboutin concluded that how people wore his shoes was up to them, not him.
“If I thought people should wear a shoe in a very specific way, I would probably do a proposal for that,” Louboutin said.
He went on to specify that he is “not a clothes designer” and that has never been his desire. He also mentioned being “happily surprised” by how some customers style his shoes.
Since his iconic red-soled shoes debuted in 1993, Louboutin has been a force in the fashion industry. Other items sold by his brand include fragrances, bags, lipstick, and nail polish. He currently has an estimated net worth of $85 million.
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T.I. about to start a boycott in 3, 2, 1…
I’m sure he’s probably gonna ask him, “what do you mean by that, please clarify?”. ?
Good. Stop appropriating white culture. Stick to fubu, fashionova, and Jordan you pathetic Dindu
If he didn’t go into specifics at all, then why the fuck is this a story?
Blacks have no culture lmao everything they wear is designed by a diff race haha even the stores in the hood are managed by non blacks lmao smh sad
LMFAO!! You sound like a straight up loser and someone who doesn’t get any pussy smh. Owning a store doesn’t give you culture. Stupid fuck
Lol at the culture you people do have. Fatherless children, disproportionate crime, leading cause of young black men is murder, food stamps, SSI, section 8, literally not being able to get into the Ivy League without affirmative action? That the culture you mean Dindu? Why don’t you go back to Africa where you want to be and where we want you to be loser
Why are you here? Why are you on this page, in the comments? Why are you listening to hiphop?
Hes racist bro.. he is either A). Not a fan of hiphop and is just here to vent his sad built up racist frustrations online like a little bitch. Hoping to get some attention. Or B). He is a fan of hiphop and still all of the above.. I like to think it’s B. The irony of him listening to music that is made by the people he hates soo much that he has to cry about it online ALL DAY in every post is just great. I think he secretly wants to be black or be dominated by blacks. The obsession is there.
I made it clear I like classical New York hip hop. Only current shot comparable is Griselda, but they aren’t crying over SJW politics. I think I made it pretty clear. I generally don’t Line the majority of regular Blaques but I have an affinity for black intellectuals and nw York hip hop. I just hate Dindus. I think I’ve made my position clear now be a man and debate me, notice all my posts refers to dindus and not all “black” people. Hopefully you have the intellect to understand nuanced thought, if not you’re just a Dindu then
And not every black man supports the negative music and lifestyle going on. There are rappers making meaningful music like Lupe Fiasco,big KRIT, J Cole and more. The fact that it’s posted here doesn’t mean that’s all that’s going on. And I also call out crackkkers. Not the good white folks. Everyone knows there are plenty. But the descendants of the killers of the black ancestry, who still have the same mentality. Those that think they are supreme. Those who think all black men are uneducated and gangsters and feel threatened by every black man’s presence. Those are who I speak of.
Lmao you are a straight up loser that will never make a 100k a year. Neither will your children. But you’ll definitely be making important contributions like murder, draining out taxes for welfare, the dab? Blacks created the dab and think it has value. You people are a living breathing minstrel show with the chunky shoes and girl pants. The loser race is called so for a reason
Cardi B is Spanish.. And as you very well see Christian was smart enough to shut up before he hurt his sales.. Black people are the only race that is mimicked all over the globe.. we are the trend setters..we decide what’s hot and what’s not..we created almost everything including the rubber sole on sneakers without us there wouldn’t be any red bottoms.. everyone rides our lightning..no one goes around trying to be German or french or English ?….
Spanish is a language you idiot.Cardi B is Dominican.The trends you speak of are bought by rich people who then parade it in front of poor people of all races who sell their soul to buy it.You sound dumb as hell with your ideology.By the same token if an African American uses crack heroin or meth they made it “hot” too.Sit down b.Your whole statement is asinine.
Black people make things fly whites cannot dress you should be happy black people let you in white people have zero fashion sense it took dapper dan to make gucci flyer that is why they hired him. But we need to wear our own designers f them!
That might be true if black made these clothes but the fact that all these clothes are made by white designers proves your point is moot
Dude. You write at a 4th grade level. Moron.
Yet you’re the ones asking for reparations aka another handout at the white people you hates expense. If we give you one more welfare handout, you promise to stop fighting in Disney land? Promise to stop sitting in Starbucks and refusing to buy anything, attacking police and crying racism when it ends the way it should. You’re a loser Dindu. You’re children will be losers. Their children will be losers, and we’re never writing those checks so get fucked and die
White boy… watch the tone. Believe it or not you now live in a time where Blacks say what’s hot and what’s not…from the music you hear to the sports you watch. We run shit..make sure when you speak on our culture you come correct..don’t forget to mention the white crimes that your ppl are guilty of and will forever go down in history for. Lil bitch ( big Sean voice)
Mr Check You came back with bars he wins
Believe it or not
You now live in a time where Blacks say what’s hot and what’s not
From the music you hear to the sports you watch
Well, not defending this Dindu slayer guy, but… Blacks don’t say what’s hot or not on music. The most famous rapper alive right now is a child actor from Canada who has his raps written for him. RECORD execs, A and R dude say who is hot. A very small percentage of the people at record labels are black. As far as sports are concerned, the owners are white, the people running broadcasting are white, the show deals, white (ever heard of Philip Knight). Then the clowns who make the money wear Balmain jeans, Versace, Rolex and drive Lamborghinis. All white man shit. The money originated from whitey and is returned to him. The black man in the middle is expendable, there’ll be a new one next year. Check out WHITE celebs. They aren’t wearing that shit or driving it. Your mentality helps create classism and racism, yet you seem like a smart guy who has good intentions. This Dindu guy is a troll, don’t feed into it, but saying black people decide music, sports etc contributes to classism and racism, and is flat out wrong. Peace brother.
To be fair it’s not just some black people crying foul when they attack police and shit goes wrong. It’s the liberal media full of white people who don’t let facts get in the way of a good story.
Saying that black people make things “fly”.. yet they are not the ones designing it.. they are the ones buying and wearing it.. that’s the most backwards ass thinking ever.
You should be happy that white people invented basketball and recording equipment.
It’s funny that black people and white are still fighting each other you’re all slaves hahahaha
Well, if you’re a designer then see lil xan or one of the Migos wearing your shit, you’d be horrified too. LOL. Cardi B? A transgender stripper wearing your shit? LOL
What the problem ?
People are so dam lame ?
I’m sure he is ‘vaguely horrified’ when he sees Herpes B swinging from a pole in his designer shoes….then he looks at his bank account and says “Ffffffffuuuuuuc it”.
Loooooolllll! I am dying here!!!
worth 85 million off prostitutes using his product as marketing tools genius
Did he not learn anything from the JayZ vs Cristal incident!!!!
He wants his shoes to represent class. Not status
Clickbait Trash. You’re not a writer or journalist
Maybe he just wants someone with talent rapping about his shoes for once. If Lauyrn Hill was the one repping the shoes it wouldn’t be a problem. I’m thinking it’s the type of people not the race
Haha and black people are still flocking to buy products from these racists. Wake up and support your own. Let me guess there’ll be another failed boycott lol
That word almost has near-no impact anymore because liberal morons like you throw it around every 5 seconds.
He wasn’t saying he has a problem with black people wearing his shoes; he was saying he doesn’t like a lot of the clothes that are worn with them. No everything is about racism. Some things are just about taste. If I designed a line of high end shoes like that, a line of shoes specifically designed to represent wealth, status, and artistic taste, I don’t think I would feel my hard work, my ART, was being done justice getting stuck up under a pair of sweat pants or with some skanky fishnet hooked dress. That is the exact opposite of what the shoes/art were designed for. That’s like taking a DaVinci painting but leaning it against a wall in a child’s tree house. It was not created for that and to use it on such a manner is an insult to the artist. Again, not everything has to be about race. Please have enough education and sense not to be brainwashed by the media. Most high end artists appreciate and are attracted to black people just like they are attracted to every other race bc they understand that we are more than our skin tone bc they actually are educated enough to move past the media programming and think for their selves. Their ability to be “more evolved” than that is almost a requirement in certain sects. Bottom line: Please stop believing that every person w light skin is an evil racist. That’s what the evil mf’s who rule this world want you to believe so that we will be angry and divided as a people. They do this to prevent us for joining together to stop them and destroy their wealth, power and privilege. By walking around being angry at everyone with lighter skin than you or who disagrees with your media-induced perspective you are only buying further in to what they want. They WANT you to be an angry black man/woman bc then they can squash you down further and get you to lose control. When you lose control from too much rage you make mistakes and do stupid things like drugs, crime, and physical violence. This means they can lock you up and make money on you in the prison system. It’s a vicious cycle they perpetuate to those who are (sorry!) most easily programmed. The only person who can stop the cycle is you– by becoming better educated and making better life choices. We hold all the secrets of the universe in the palm of our hands but how many people stop looking at effin’ memes long enough to actually utilize this powerful, life-changing tool to better their selves? How many people actually sit down and independently study physics or psychology or politics or financial planning? Not even a fraction of the ones who piss their days away shopping for cheap, poorly made, overpriced junk on Amazon or watching videos released specifically to elicit an emotional response from you? Exactly. We black people may not have had a choice to educate ourselves in the past bc of the way society was constructed in this country, but a new day has dawned! The black community no longer has an excuse/reason to continue allowing the cycle of ignorance to continue when you have free education is any subject your heart can dream of right in your pocket. At this point, I’m sorry, but there’s no one holding us back but us. I’m not saying racism doesn’t still exist; I’m saying it isn’t AS bad as the media is portraying it to be. I’m also saying be strong enough to think for yourself! And fyi, I get not supporting racist companies like FabFitFun and Dior, but by ONLY supporting black owned businesses you are still perpetuating racism. Morgan Freeman said it best when he said if you want something to go away stop taking about it. Stop acting on it. Stop letting it control you. Becoming the monster than has demonized our people makes you no better than them–In fact, it makes you worse bc you got to be on the receiving end of it so you know EXACTLY what it feels like and the damage it can do. To turn around and mimic that is far more evil than ignorance.
I disagree he clearly doesn’t want sreggin wearing his shit. Too bad money doesn’t have a race.
Ain’t nobody reading this shat!
You are extremely intelligent and spot on!
Right fucking on you hit the nail on the head. I’d love to crush a few with you and talk politics.
Bitch please. Blavk people are out of control, excuse making idiots. I’ve been to Africa. Shit. Hole. Murderous criminals run the government and live there. Shit your ignorant ass up. No one wants Cardi B or the Migos wearing their shit. They want Giselle, Leo DiCap and Antonio Bandeiras though. Denzel, Barak and Tiger get a pass, I’m sure. They’re educated and dress like humans. Dummy. Where do you vai you’re horse hair to match your horse face? Have you met your dad? Where is your baby daddy at? Statistically, sad answers for those questions. Hahahahaha
Thought he was worth a lot more than 85 mill…
How much are you worth? A Ford Fusion and some skittles?
Not sure it was an insult, just that he thinks a brand so ubiquitous would have been worth more.
The depth of your condescension and bigotry is boundless. He absolutely did not name Black people…but you thinking you know more about racism– when and how it exists– more than all people of color is bigoted ignorance at your finest. You’re not easily mislead by the media but darker skinned people are– disgusting hateful rant you just posted. Chuck yourself over a bridge please. You do not know more about racism and classism than people of color as your jibberish here assumes.
I’m fed up with ‘tough guys’ like you telling people to kill themselves over the net. Talk about a lack of class and condescension. That’s your post in a canter.
Do something g about it Dindu, KYS
Dude, the prisons are 65% black. They’re 15% of the populous. Blacks are paid by white corporations, turn around and spend the money on white brands.All whole screaming racism. Lamborghini, Versace, iphones, etc. do you know where black people really have it bad? Africa. Stop crying and making excuses. A blavk man was elected president. Hip hop is the #1 form of music in the US. Both of these things happened because more than 15% of the population supports your culture, art and freedoms. Start making changes in your community. No one is buying your bullshit. Facts.
Even if he was talking about black people, which he wasnt, I have one statement to end all dindu bickering…”FUBU…FOR US BY US!!!!” Hypocritical boy who cried wolf The ignorance is amazing.
You have no life…
Who are you?
Whatever ugly lil gook baby
This Androi moron chimes in on BLM and other American based shit when he doesn’t live here. LOL. His baby is ugly as fuck. It was probably born out of his boyfriend’s asshole. It survives off of an insect diet, for sure. He is also a Drake fan/apologist.
He doesn’t want savage excuse making idiots wearing his shit. We get it. It makes sense.
so…
basically tommy hilfiger all over again…
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