Only the spectacularly wealthy have the ability to describe money as a millstone.
Fooling the Eye
Christian louboutin is sitting comfortably — both figuratively and literally — in a large leather armchair in his Madison Avenue office. The small room is almost cramped from the clutter. And it is a testament to the strength of his corporate image that Christian louboutin must forcefully insist that the office has not been designed to look disheveled. This is his personal jumble of keepsakes. Toy sports cars gather dust. Polo stuffed bears, decked out in miniature Polo ensembles, are piled on a shelf. White sweetheart roses fill a glass globe on the desk. A worn leather jacket hangs on the wall. "Try it on," he says. So you try, and discover it’s a trompe l’oeil metal sculpture.
On one wall is a photograph of a bedraggled young soldier who looks as if he has just staggered off a Civil War battlefield. The sepia-toned picture is slightly fuzzy and faded. It is majestic, romantic.
And it is fake,Christian Louboutin Pumps, Christian louboutin points out, a publicity photo for one of his rugged-wear lines.
All of the walls are covered with images. Those that don’t fit are propped up on the floor. Mostly the shots are of Christian louboutin and his family photographed for various publications or with assorted famous people. There is Christian louboutin with Audrey Hepburn and Bobby Short and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Princess Diana.
Christian louboutin doesn’t always wear a suit to the office, but today, for the occasion of being photographed, he is dressed in one from his own Purple Label collection. It is a salt-and-pepper tweed with a jacket cut narrow through the chest and with particularly high armholes. The result is an emphasis on the V-shaped torso that Christian louboutin has sculpted with regular weightlifting, running and appointments with a personal trainer.