Manolo Blahnik is the most coveted, influential footwear designer known for his timeless, elegant heels. Since the designer first created his handcrafted shoes at the behest of the late American Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, the designer solidified his talent as one of the great, true artists of fashion. We worked with Blahnik to bring you a specially curated reworking of 10 unique, fashion-forward styles. The selection spans his forty-year archive, and demonstrates Blahnik’s incomparable artistry.
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This two-toned striped fabric sandal was inspired by the inimitably eccentric Italian fashion editor Anna Piaggi, who’s best known for her contributions to Vogue Italia and her expansive fashion collection. Blahnik created the shoe after a trip to the Balkans.
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Chilli peppers, first brought to Blahnik’s native Spain by one of Christopher Columbus’ expeditions, are the dominant inspiration behind this Day-Glo patent leather heel with fiery-red spikes.
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Blahnik has been a regular on the fashion and arts scene for decades ¬– his shoes were even worn by Bianca Jagger in her famed entrance to Studio 54 on a white horse in 1977. The Tuberose shoe was an extension of the modern pop art movement, and was inspired by a painting of a garden in hell.
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This classic desert boot, originated from the soles of British forces during the North African Western Desert Campaign during World War II. The Rodrigo was made in every colour for American womenswear designer Isaac Mizrahi, and is seen here in scarlet red suede.
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Inspired by the 1961 British horror film “The Innocents,” the Digo is a mesh, high-heeled dream. Based on Henry James’ book The Turn of the Screw, the film featured the elegant Deborah Kerr and Michael Redgrave.
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The Calder pump is a modern rendering of designer Yves Saint Laurent’s famous 1954 Piet Mondrain dress, which perfectly fused art and fashion. Modelled after the Dutch, abstract expressionist’s use of lines, rectangular forms and primary colours, the shoe is a timeless homage.
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These high-heeled boots were inspired by the soles of logging lumberjacks. Turned into a fashionably chic interpretation by Blahnik, the Okla’s were also made famous by Hollywood starlet Jennifer Lopez in her 2003 music video “Jenny from the Block.”
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The two-toned Zipa shoe was inspired by English novelist Charles Dickens’ series Little Dorrit, which confronted the social problems – think debtors’ prisons and a rigid social hierarchy – of the Victorian era.
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These metal-tipped, lace-up Victorian boots were created by Manolo Blahnik for emerging British designer Christopher Kane’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection for their second collaboration. With a denim upper, the shoes perfectly synched with the collection’s lauded snakeskin-printed chiffon and denim.
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The Terrier shoe perfectly harnesses the spirit of the storied Scottish tartan. With coloured bands in a criss-cross pattern, set to a bleeding red, the shoe is a powerful fashion statement.
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