These heels are candy for the feet; they’re for pleasure, not practicality.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that some footwear, while not practical, is designed primarily for aesthetic pleasure.
Christian Louboutin's quote highlights the notion that certain high-heeled shoes prioritize style and visual appeal over comfort and functionality. By comparing heels to 'candy for the feet,' he suggests that they are a luxurious indulgence meant for enjoyment rather than everyday practicality, underscoring the transformative power of fashion in expressing personality and desire.
In practice
During a fashion show, this quote can be used to emphasize the artistry behind high-end footwear.
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?
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.
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.
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.
The fashion industry has a responsibility to represent a healthy image of women, but to start weighing them and putting them against a wall and making them feel like animals? No.
Go out there and try on everything - short skirts, long skirts, mid length, little jackets, men's clothing - and really look at yourself; really walk around in the clothes. Don't just take someone else's advice. You must feel you in these clothes and feel what it's like to live in them.
When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
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