Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place. It's like voodoo; we don't want things that are soaked in blood, sweat, and tears. I adore life, and I'm very easygoing - and it shows in my work.
Interpretation
Fashion loses its appeal when lacking inspiration, as true creativity comes from joy rather than struggle.
Christian Louboutin emphasizes that genuine artistry in fashion arises from a place of inspiration and passion, rather than from hardship or desperation. He suggests that the essence of creativity is tied to a love for life and an easygoing attitude, which ultimately reflects in the quality and appeal of one's work.
In practice
This quote can inspire emerging designers at a fashion workshop to pursue their passion.
I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it!
I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?
These heels are candy for the feet; they’re for pleasure, not practicality.
The thing I always try to remember is that feet are attached to the leg, and that you must prolong the silhouette. The shoe elongates the leg and does it discreetly. The goal is to get people to look at a woman's legs. It's all about the leg. No, it's not about the leg. It's about the woman.
A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman.
For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.
Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.
It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues.
Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.
Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it.
The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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