Seeing Red: Christian's Directorial Debut

Doing a film is pretty much the it-thing to do in the fashion world right now. We blame Karl Lagerfeld and his stabs at short film last year. But if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have Tom Ford' delicious little "A Single Man" and this 8-minute short from our man Louboutin. Called "Psycho-Logic," it's as much a tribute to Hitchcock as it is a celebration of the opening of Christian's Rodeo Drive boutique in Beverly Hills.

For the record, we love how the shadow of the shoe heel mimics the knife in "Psycho," but a woman wouldn't ever be that afraid of a shoe. Rather quite the opposite. Enjoy the appearance of some fetish heels, a preview of the store interior, and cameo by the haute cobbler himself.

[Via FWD]

Reading Red: Vintage Shoes, With Foreword by Christian Louboutin

Just scrolling through the blogs as usual, and what heaven did we spy over on Stylist? Why, they've reviewed the book Vintage Shoes: Collecting and Wearing 20th Century Designer Footwear  by Caroline Cox, with a foreword by Christian himself. 

According to Stylist, the book is of the coffee-table ilk, so we'll pass on it for now; we don't have a coffee table and prefer smaller distractions for the subway, thank you. Nonetheless, we will head to the bookstore to read Christian's thoughts on vintage footwear. Musty or must-have?

Christian to Create Barbie Heels in 2009

So much news from the Louboutin world these past few days! We'll start with the first, and perhaps most important: Christian will be designing shoes for Barbie as part of her Fashion Week runway show and the general resurgence of the brand. (Did you know that Shanghai just got a whole Barbie store?) Anyways, as always WWD has the goods on the collaboration:

Christian Louboutin is designing pumps in iconic Barbie Pantone 219 Pink, which will make their debut at the special runway show that Mattel Inc. is staging during New York Fashion Week next February. 

Fifty as-yet-undisclosed designers will produce Barbie-inspired outfits for the runway, and each of the 50 models will be wearing the pink Louboutins at the show.

"I guess I always had a little 'girlie side' who liked Barbie," Louboutin said. "Barbie needs to wear great shoes because every girl needs to wear great shoes." 

Now, how do we get our names on the list for both the show and the shoes? February is coming up soon...those other designer names should be released any day now. 

[Image of some already pink Louboutins via Flickr > princesspoochie ]

Putting on the Louboutin Ritz

Images via Style.com

If you live in NY, the Met Gala is inescapable. Yes, it's over but the photographic fallout has just begun as outfits are critqued and ad campaign rumors fly. Let's take a look at the two most unforgettable Louboutin moments last night: the Louboutwins and Donna Karan's high steppin.
The Louboutwins: Mary Kate and Ashley were looking crazy nasty in some Diane von Furstenburg, with both dresses mainly highlighting their complete lack of breasts. Our man Christian didn't care though, as their small frames provide him maximum paparazzi exposure. Check out what he's sporting: a hot hot mens version of the Donjon Studded Boots from what feels like forever ago.
High Steppin': Diane von Furstenberg looks like a prize filly with her flowing mane and prancy gait. Showing she's been shod with the scarlet soles, DvF steps higher to differentiate the shoe's trademarks from the carpet.

Christian Louboutin Making In-Store Appearances at Barneys

Women's Wear Daily says our main man Christian Louboutin will be making in-store appearances at the New York and Beverly Hills Barneys New York department stores. (May 1 and 7, respectively.) Here's what Simon Doonan, Barneys New York's creative director had to say :

"Christian's shoes are like the circus coming into town," gushed Doonan, lamenting that he doesn't own a pair. "Louboutins are a total drug and there is no methadone."

Simon! Have you been checking up on us or something? How did you know we were so addicted???

Luckily Simon appears to be just as infatuated with CL as us. WWD said CL sent over some "gouache sketches" for the invitation to these personal appearances at Barneys and Doonan flipped out. He's blowing the sketches up and putting them in the windows of the NY and BevHills stores today. Check out this fushchia fringe stilletto boot. Hott. Not like we could actually fit our ankles into this thing, but still hott.