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Manolo Blahnik was born on 27 November 1942 in the small village of Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands where he grew up on a banana plantation with his Spanish mother
and Czech father. Studied literature in Geneva
and the Ecole du Louvre, Paris. His path to London in 1971 was a circuitous one. His first job was a photo reporter before the then editor-in-cheif of US Vogue convinced him to design his first shoe collection and
opened Chelsea shop in
1973 and another in New York in 1979.
Refined ornate romantic and exotic shoes
crafted in luxurious materials.
Sources: The Cutting Edge - 50 years of British Fashion. The Overlook Press. Ultimate London design |
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