Vintage Manolo Blahnik Pink Mules Size 40

Description: Vintage MANOLO BLAHNIK Pink Leather Mules Classic Simple Fun!Size 40 EU 9.5 US Super cute pair of mules 1.5” heel Pointed toe with buckle accent Wear is overall - shape is little off, scuffs to leather, loose rear lining, marks on heel - item is discounted for wear - still can be cleaned up and with a little love look great! Please look over photos Manolo BlahnikThere may be no designer with as wide a breadth of references as the fashion and footwear icon Manolo Blahnik, whose stated sources of inspiration for the creation of his sublime shoes include — but are not limited to — Diana Vreeland, ancient Greece, 21st-century architecture, Spanish cinema and Piet Mondrian. It’s a fittingly robust list for someone who has spent a lifetime in the self-described “pursuit of beauty.”Born in 1942 in Spain’s Canary Islands, Blahnik had an early exposure to shoemaking: During World War II, his designer-shoe-loving mother enlisted a local cobbler to teach her to make her own footwear from available materials. The young Blahnik was intrigued.After briefly studying law in Switzerland with the intention of becoming a diplomat, Blahnik moved to Paris, where he took a job in a vintage clothing shop while studying art at École des Beaux-Arts as well as set design at the art school of the Louvre. It wasn’t until years later, however, that he would realize his calling as a shoe designer. In the late 1960s, Blahnik relocated to London, where he worked for both the Sunday Times and Vogue. In the early 1970s, the renowned American Vogue editor Diana Vreeland saw his sketches and urged him to pursue footwear.After a debut collection for celebrated fashion designer Ossie Clark — featuring models that Blahnik had gotten to know through his work in the fashion industry, among them Twiggy — received acclaim, he created footwear for illustrious dressmaker Jean Muir and apprenticed with professional shoemakers in London to perfect his craft. By 1973 he had bought out the shoe boutique Zapata and made it his own. Bloomingdale’s introduced him to the American market with a collection a few years later.Vintage Manolo Blahnik shoes are famous for their theatricality, as the designer is well known for the whimsical, fantastical elements he brings to footwear, often in an explosive palette. “I have always approached color in a bold way, from all angles and variations,” he once said. “Always searching for the poetry of an impossible color.” Tack on teetering height as a trademark that took shape from early on. DISCLAIMER/FAQS: *ALL ITEMS HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND REVIEWED. DUE TO BEING PRE OWNED THEY MAY CONTAIN MARKS, DISTRESSING, HOLES OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS. *PLEASE REVIEW THE ITEM'S MEASUREMENTS AND CONDITION PROVIDED IN THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE AS WE DO NOT OFFER RETURNS OR REFUNDS. ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS. *WE SHIP DAILY, MONDAY THROUGHFRIDAY. ALL ORDERS ARE TRACKED AND USUALLY ARRIVE WITHIN 3-5 WORKING DAYS. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS DO TAKE MORE TIME. PLEASE CONSIDER WHEN BUYING. *FOR ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR ORDER, PLEASE MESSAGE US. OUR TEAM WILL RESPOND PROMPTLY TO ASSIST YOU.

Price: 140 USD

Location: Bonita, California

End Time: 2024-12-02T14:13:28.000Z

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