shoes womenYou know, it’s hard out here for a butterscotch-colored chick. After my favorite flats bit the dust -- the patent leather ones that exactly matched my skintone and went with everything -- I went searching for a replacement pair that would make my feet just as comfy and match my shade just as well.shoes womenFashion has heralded the idea of the “nude” shoe for years, and for good reason: A good flesh-toned shoe is your utility player, an all-around neutral that will match with anything in your closet effortlessly. I switched into my flats at my brother’s wedding reception when my stilettos had reached their time limit. # AND, if you’re showing off a little leg, a nude shoe will make it look like they go on for days.Kate Middleton won hearts and minds by repeatedly stepping out in a relatively reasonable $300 pair of sand-colored pumps, and Michelle Obama always makes my heart flutter when she’s spotted in those cocoa kitten heels.The problem with “nude” though, is that it usually isn’t for everyone.shoes womenTo put it more bluntly -- “nude” often only applies to white people. For the rest of us, Black, Latina, Southeast Asian or otherwise, finding clothing or shoes that match our skin tones requires deploying a wider vocabulary of “fashion” colors -- “honey, ” “cognac, ” “tan, ” “taupe, ” “cocoa, ” or just plain “brown” -- and a whole lot of trial-and-error searching.So when I saw the new Christian Louboutin campaign for his line of shoes called “Nudes” -- that’s nudes, plural, meaning more than one -- I instantly went into celebratory dancer mode “YAAAAAAAS! WORRRRRK! ” and shared with friends.shoes womenIt’s a great concept -- Louboutin offers his most classic styles in a nude for every girl, five shades in all. They even launched an app to help you pick your perfect hue. And with a range that spans from the lightest of ivory to a deep chestnut, Louboutin is one of the first high-end brands to offer products specifically embracing fashionistas of all colors.
shoes womenIn speaking of shoes equaling art, one famed red bottom king always takes his soles to new heights. The Italian Shoe Designer Christian Louboutin is someone I consider an artist, and many of his shoes deserve to be immortalized as works of art and etched into forever. Thanks to Peter Lippmann, famed photographer who specializes in still life and trompe l’oeil, Louboutin’s are officially works of art and have been for a few seasons.shoes womenThe Fall 2013 Lookbook is created in Reuben’s baroque style where Lippmann used the trompe l’oeil technique to capture the realistic imagery of mythological and allegorical subjects…and shoes. The shoes, designed by Sir Louboutin, transport us from summer pinks to the rich fullness of golds and deep reds. They throw us into the warmness that winter cannot bring with animal print, and give us a resemblance of fairy snow with gruotta glitter. shoes womenThis is art.
shoes womenThey are the shoes of choice for A-Listers and fashionistas. French designer Christian Louboutin and his unmistakable red-soled footwear became famous on “Sex and the City. ”Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Carla Bruni have been spotted wearing the signature red-bottom shoes. The designer opened his first store in Paris when he was 19. He now has 80 shops worldwide.When asked on “CBS This Morning, ” Louboutin told the co-hosts that red “has to” be his favorite color now.shoes women He chose the striking hue to be the color of the soles of his shoes for a very specific reason.“When I started the red sole, it was in the early ’90s, and I realized … when I had my first daughter there was a lot of women who were only dressed in black, who would not wear colors, but even if you don’t like colors, red you have, ” he said. “You have the elements on your nails. You have the elements on your lips.shoes women Even if you don’t wear colors, you end up having red someplace. ”Louboutin said that a shoe should make a woman “look good, ” but he said the “mystery” of a heel is that it “totally transforms” the body language of the woman.“It’s a very important thing. It’s just on the feet, but it irradiates the whole body, ” he said.
shoes womenIn fashion, "nude" can be used to describe the colour of anything from Kate Middleton's favourite pumps to a blouse or a shade of nail polish. The colour in question is a sort of beige, biscuity shade, roughly similar to the colour of Caucasian skin. It is praised for its flattering qualities and, when it comes to shoes, its leg-lengthening powers.People with skin of any other colour – and, therefore, women from ethnic minorities – are implicitly unable to participate in this trend.shoes women If a pair of "nude" pumps blends with the colour of a white woman's skin, the same pair will contrast against black skin. As with plasters, children's dolls and – still – foundation, white skin remains the default option.Christian Louboutin – more associated with red soles and the highest of heels than race relations – is making attempts to change that. His Nudes collection is designed to match a range of skin tones – from the familiar traditional "nude" to a rich dark brown, with five different styles available. The campaign images show off the idea with lots of legs of various races, and an app even matches the shade of your own skin to the shoes for you.Smaller brands may have dipped a toe in this debate, but for one of the biggest names in footwear to jump in is to be applauded.shoes women It's a no-brainer, though – commercially as much as anything else. Whatever you think about the style, it's smart to offer the leg-lengthening trick to many more of the female population – you'll sell more shoes. With prices around the £400-and-up mark, Louboutin's collection isn't, of course, going to make an impact on the vast majority, but the ripples sent to the high street no doubt will. In the meantime, "nude" remains a word that should be used with caution.
shoes womenIt's one of the oldest tricks in the Celebrity Stylist's Handbook: send a leading lady down the red carpet in flesh colored heels and her legs will magically appear five inches longer. Of course, if said leading lady's skin tone happens to be darker or lighter than Kate Middleton's signature LK Bennett pumps, it can be hard to find footwear that matches her complexion. So what does that mean for the rest of us folks without a personal shopper at our disposal?shoes women Are we doomed to a lifetime of looking no taller than we actually are?
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