story behind the paris shoes with the sexy red soles

Ha Ha Gottcha! I bet you thought this was another story about cocaine infused/sculpted shoes.  Well, it's not.

The red sole was born, so the legend goes, when Louboutin was inspecting prototypes for a collection in 1993. Dissatisfied with the impression a black sole made with the design of the upper, he grabbed an assistant's nail varnish and began to lacquer the shoe's underside.

You can immediately tell when a woman is wearing a pair of Louboutins: her posture is perfect and she doesn't walk anywhere.

Whether covered in sequins and frills of ribbon, or simply in highly polished patent black, the French designer's shoes are known for their lengthening, tautening and perkifying effects. And a recent addition to that list is their orgasmic potential.

"What is sexual in a high heel is the arch of the foot," Christian Louboutin said in an interview last week, "because it is exactly the position of a woman's foot when she orgasms. So, putting your foot in a heel, you are putting yourself in a possibly orgasmic situation."

Born: Christian Louboutin, 7 January 1964, Paris, France.

Born to a cabinetmaker and a housewife, Louboutin grew up in Paris's 12th arrondissement and enjoyed an unorthodox childhood. His indulgent mother often let him miss school and he moved out to live at a friend's house at the age of 12. His first job was at the Folies Bergères, where he assisted the entertainers backstage. He was also a fixture on the city's party scene, clubbing his nights away alongside Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol.

He then worked for Charles Jourdan, one of the first licensees for Dior in the 1950s, and with Roger Vivier, who made the Queen's shoes for her coronation, both of whom contributed to his sense of fashion and visual flair. In the late 1980s, he gave up the industry to become a landscape gardener (the profession of his 14-year partner Louis Benech) and to contribute to Vogue, but missed working with shoes and set up his company in 1991.

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