Friday, January 18, 2013

Christian Louboutin

Christian Louboutin was born in France on January 7, 1963 (50 years old). Louboutin is the only son of Roger(Cabinet maker) and Irene's(Homemaker) out of their four children. When he was 12 he involved in a racial fight while he was defending his friend and was kicked out of school and ran away from home to move in with one of his friends. He started drawing shoes while he was a teenager. Louboutin claims that his fetish for shoes first began in 1976. He set up his first business in pair in 1991. During his first year of business he sold 200 shoes. He is still alive today and selling 700,000 shoes a year.  Louboutin currently has 50 stores worldwide and is still increasing. His biggest client is Danielle Steel, who owns over 6,000 pairs and is known to have purchased up 80 pairs at a time when shopping at his stores.
 

Friday, January 11, 2013

Betsey Johnson


Betsey Johnson was born 10 August 1942 (age 70) in Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. She married John Cale in 1968 and also divorced him less than a year later, they have one child together named Lulu. In 2006 Lulu gave birth to he first daughter Layla. In 2002 Betsey was diagnosed with breast Cancer.
In 1987, Betsey Johnson started her own fashion line. Her second line of clothing that she created did not sell near as well as she was hoping for and she was left with 3,000 peices of spring peices and no funds to stage a 1981 fashion show. As of 2011, she has more tha 65 stores world wide.
    She once described her style as a formula: "Take a leotard and add a skirt."

Friday, January 4, 2013

Carrie Bradshaw

"I like my money right where i can see it. . . hanging in my closet." Carrie Bradshaw
Carrie Bradshaw: lives for fashion, Vogue, shoe lover, expensive taste, boy crazy, model, writer, high-end labels, unique taste, lover, witty, clever, neurotic, friends forever,
 
Loves: Alexander McQueen, Anna Molinari, Balenciaga, Betsey Johnson, Chanel, Chloé, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Christian Louboutin, Diane von Fürstenberg, Fendi, Givenchy, Gucci, Heatherette, Helmut Lang, Hermès, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeremy Scott, Louis Vuitton, Manolo Blahnik, Marc Jacobs, Marni, Missoni, Miu Miu, Moschino, Prada, Oscar de la Renta, Roberto Cavalli, Shiatzy Chen, Sonia Rykiel, Tom Ford, Vera Wang, Versace, Vivienne Westwood
 
The Carrie Diaries: Originally a book written by Candace Bushnell. The book was written about Carrie's life as a senior in High School during the early 1980's and also her life while living in New York and Being a Writer. Now there is a new Series premiering Monday, January, 14 called The Carrie Diaries. It's 1984, and 16 year old Carrie Bradshaw has been having a hard time since her mother died.
The Series Premiere was based off of Candace Bushnell's novels.   
 
"When i first moved to New York I bought Vogue instead of dinner. I just felt it fed me more." Carrie Bradshaw