Manolo Blahnik
Manolo Blahnik
Manuel "Manolo" Blahnik Rodríguez CBE, is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the self-named, high-end shoe brand...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth28 November 1942
CountrySpain
huge life
My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
incredible mother
My mother has an incredible rigidity, which is very Catholic.
cannot people send work
Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.
nature people run saint shop tribal wearing
Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.
I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
wear women
I like women with style to wear my shoes.
england learnt royal
The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade.
deal
I'm very painful to deal with when I create a shoe.
change season
I think of each new season as an evolution, not a change in style.
buy girls
I never thought that I would sell to young people, but now girls who are 14 and 15 buy my shoes.
I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
sounds
I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
anyone bothers express
In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.