Red Bottom shoes are probably one of the most well known brand of shoes out there due to their signature red soles. This company has expanded from selling 200 pairs of shoes its first year to now selling over 500,000 pair of shoes per year. A huge success to Christian Louboutin and his Company for sure. Now they sell al lot more than shoes and have collaborated on many other projects outside their own company. Find out more about the start up of this company and its many other ventures from the following timeline:
- 1963 – Christian Louboutin was born in Paris, France
- 1976 – The day Christian Louboutin got inspired to design women’s heels
- 1979 – He ran away from home and lived in Egypt and spent one year in India
- 1980 – Returns to Paris. His earliest design were for Cabaret dancers. He was offered an apprenticeship at Folis Bergeres
- 1982- Moved to Charles Jourdan at Romans (created house for the house of Christian Dior)
- 1983 – Freelance opportunities arose with house like Maud Frizon, Chanel, and Yves Laurent
- 1991- Christian Louboutin, the Company, was officially created and its first was in the Vero-Dodat gallerie.
- 1993 – Red soles were introduced originally as a one season thing that turned into Louboutin’s trademark
- 1994 – First boutique in New York opens
- 1995 – Contributes to the couture collections of Jean Paul Gaultier
- 2002 – Designs shoes for the final haute couture show of Yves Saint Laurent
- 2006 – Fashion Institute of Technology pay tribute to Louboutin with a exhibition
- 2007 – Louboutin topped the luxury institute’s annual status brand for 3 years
- 2013 – Introduces the Nudes Collection of shoes
- 2014 – Introduces Passage collection (handbags), Beaute (nail polish) and collabs with Louis Vuitton