Shoe of the Week

Since Melissa and I aren't the REAL J&M, our financial status does not allow us the freedom to purchase delicious items from the creme de la creme of haute couture. So, we salivate via window shopping. On a weekly basis, Melissa and I will be bringing you the "Shoe of the Week" and the "Bag of the Week" -- based strictly on our own likes and inestimable taste. Enjoy envying the rich and famous with us, won't you?

This week's installment comes to us from Christian Louboutin...

Christian Louboutin was interested in women's fashion since he was a small child. In 1979, as he was walking alongside the streets of Paris, he noticed a billboard that instructed women tourists not to scratch the wooden floor in front of the Museum of Oceanic Art. Louboutin felt personally bothered by this sign, and, as a consequence, he would draw shoes with compressed buckles and with soles. He admits to having spent a lot of time as a teenager drawing these types of shoes in his school notebooks. These shoes would become the base of Louboutin's sales as a designer. Later on, Louboutin began attending parties and dance halls in Paris, offering his shoes to women at these events and venues. Most of the ladies rejected his shoes, claiming to have no money. Louboutin then decided to attend various designing schools, such as Chanel's and Saint Laurent's. Louboutin later opened a boutique shop in Paris; his store became distinguished not only because of his clientele, but also because he offered free coffee to shoppers. Such other sellers such as American company Neiman Marcus began to sell Louboutin's designs. Louboutin shoes also have a trademark red leather sole, making them instantly recognizable. Louboutin, who has been interviewed by fashion reporters such as Jacques Brunel, has seen his celebrity expand to such places like Monte Carlo, Singapore and the United States, among others. [citation]

La Donna Mary Jane Pump
Priced at a mere $600, a bargain.