Christian Louboutin Shoes

Image via the Neiman Marcus Tumblr

Since it’s Friday and all, I couldn’t help but share this with you guys. For the 20th anniversary of Christian Louboutin’s fetish-worthy footwear, Neiman Marcus commissioned graffiti artist Gaole “Make” Canote to do this huge, stories-tall rendition of a Christian Louboutin pump on the side of a Los Angeles…parking garage? It looks like it’s probably a parking garage. The most devestatingly chic parking garage on earth.

I like the graffiti so much that I wouldn’t mind if Louboutin turned it into an actual shoe. Can we get one of these in New York, please?

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Christian Louboutin Piou Piou Python Pumps, $1195 via Net-a-Porter

Has anyone ever asked you the question, “Was it love at first sight, or do I need to walk by again?” If anyone has, he or she was likely kind of a jerk, but it’s a useful thought in some instances. When I first saw a pair of shoes for sale in the finish of the Christian Louboutin Piou Piou Python Pumps, I knew I really liked it. Now that the painted python has proved its appeal in a slightly different shape, I’m even more sure of my affection.

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Christian Louboutin Meteorita Sandal, $1795 via Net-a-Porter

If you’ve never been to a Miami, you should really try and go. It’s a place unlike any other in the US, and the fusion of Latin culture with Art Deco architecture and the colors of the Caribbean make the town a feast for the eyes and ears. The heat and the beach also bring out some wild outfits, and the colors and structure of the Christian Louboutin Meteorita Sandals would fit in perfectly in a South Beach nightclub.

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We first saw the Christian Louboutin J-Lissimo Spiked Sandals back during London Fashion Week at the Mary Katrantzou show, and back then, it was one of those shoes that made me wonder whether or not it would ever see the light of day in a retail store. It looks as though it’s indeed been produced; Louboutin, after all, can more or less do whatever he wants and his pack of devoted fans will follow right along behind him. They’re a devoted group.

With the wacky design of this shoe, I thought it might be fun to play Fill in the Blank a day early. You know the drill: Complete the sentence in the title quote or buy through Net-a-Porter for $795.

Christian Louboutin Painted Python Slingbacks, $1495 via Neiman Marcus

For some reason, I have a complicated relationship with multicolored python. Some days, I want nothing but natural. Other days, the more colors, the better. Most days I fall somewhere in the middle and find myself craving single-color python accented by a bit of black, but I get bored with that sometimes too. Python! It’s serious business.

With all that in consideration, I think that the Christian Louboutin Lady Peep Painted Python Slingbacks are the best of all available worlds. The paint splotches blend in reasonably well with the natural grain of the python scales, but the colors pop just enough to let you know that there’s something special going on, even at a bit of a distance.

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Christian Louboutin Highness Pumps, $1075 via Net-a-Porter

I got into an interesting conversation with a group of female friends yesterday – are heels ever really, truly comfortable? For the overwhelming majority of women, I don’t think high heels ever are. Sure, most of us might be able to endure a couple of hours at a party, and a lot of us might assure our friends that our heels are great, but the women who actually feel that way are few and far between. I’ve only ever known one such woman in person; everyone else, after a few cocktails, is willing to admit that heels are actually totally heinous in a lot of ways. But they’re just so pretty!

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Christian Louboutin Asteroid Pumps, $1595 via Neiman Marcus

When you think about it, you touch things with your feet a lot during the day. A playful kick or footsie session under a table, using the toe of one shoe to scratch the back of your opposite leg, the various upholstered cars that you get into and out of on a daily basis. We all do that stuff without thought, all day long, and with few repercussions.

Louboutin lovers, be warned: If you plan to buy and wear the Christian Louboutin Asteroid Pumps, you’re going to have to start being very careful about all of those activities that women normall take for granted. I’d had to see you puncture a car seat – or worse, someone’s leg.

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Christian Louboutin Trash Platforms, $1395 via Neiman Marcus

I’ve always appreciated Christian Louboutin’s flair for the humorous. In the fashion world, so many designers and creative people are so self-serious that they take all of the fun out of what should be a joyful thing; after all, if we can’t enjoy ourselves while getting dressed, what hope do we have for the rest of the day?

That’s why I’ve always reserved a little place in my heart for the seasonal iterations of the Christian Trash Shoes. With nay-sayers calling his designs “hooker heels,” Louboutin did exactly the right think by embracing the silly and fundamentally sexy place that high heels have in all of our wardrobes.

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Christian Louboutin Highness Platform Pumps, $1075 via Bergdorf Goodman

If you ever doubted the devotion of Christian Louboutin’s horde of fangirls, the success of his Daffodil platforms, at over six inches tall, should have been enough to erase that doubt. I’ve tried on a pair, and I genuinely don’t know how anyone does anything but stand perfectly still while wearing them. And yet, nearly every version of that shoe has sold out in short order; people can’t get enough of them.

With that in mind, it only makes sense that the line would expand to include other designs with the same perilously tall 2.4-inch platform. That’s where the Christian Louboutin Highness Pumps come in; is it just me, or does that peep toe look laughably small compared to the giant chunk of shoe below it?

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Images via Style.com

I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say that of all the shoes in all the land, Christian Louboutin’s are the most anticipated of any given season. The footwear master always has some kind of new trick up his sleeve, and even when you think that he must be utterly tapped out, after 20 years in the business and thousands of shoes, he comes through.

This sampling of shoes from Christian Louboutin Spring 2012 gives us an idea of what’s to come, and it seems as though Louboutin has gotten the message about the trendiness of non-platformed pumps. As a result, he’s offering more shoes of that structure than has become expected for the brand of the giant platforms, and the results are predictably excellent. The clear-panelled pumps in particular have piqued my interest; even though that type of plastic isn’t my favorite material, I bet they look great on the foot. Check out the rest of our preview after the jump.

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