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As a child,
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He cites this as his main inspiration for becoming a shoe designer: "[The showgirls] influenced me a lot. If you like high heels, it's really the ultimate high heel - it's all about the legs, how they carry themselves,
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Louboutin helped bring stilettos back into fashion in the 1990s and 2000s, designing dozens of styles with heel heights of 120mm (4.72?inches) and higher. The designer's professed goal is to “make a woman look ######y,
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Louboutin received inspiration for his lethal-looking stilettos from an incident that occurred in his early 20s. He had visited a museum and noticed that there was a sign forbidding women wearing sharp stilettos from entering for fear of damage to the extensive wood flooring. This image stayed in his mind, and he later used this idea in his designs. "I wanted to defy that," Louboutin has said. "I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered."
Branded genuine Louboutin shoes are sold through various luxury goods retailers such as Harrods, Harvey Nichols,
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Louboutin's own website contains a prominent note stating that they do not sell their products online; and that any other domain name containing the word "Louboutin" is very likely to be selling counterfeit goods.