Object: Evening shoes
Brand:
Christian Louboutin
(French, founded 1991)
Designer:
Christian Louboutin
(born 1963)
Date: 1996-1998
Medium: Gilt crochet raffia and calf hair
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Christian Louboutin
Object number: 99.30.4
DescriptionHigh heel mules with gilt crochet vamp, tan calf hair waisted heel
Label Text:This mule resembles the delicate and decorated high-heeled slippers of 18th-century women. Rather than the customary gold lace or metallic embroidery, however, Louboutin’s version is embellished with interwoven raffia.
Exhibitions:
- Sole Desire: The Shoes of Christian Louboutin