In December 2010 we reported on TV star Blake Lively’s Louboutin shopping spree, during which the actress bought an astounding 40 pairs of heels in one swoop. Not long before news had hit that the “Gossip Girl” would have the honor of having a pair of shoes designed by Christian Louboutin named after her!
The shoe is naturally called “Blake” by Christian Louboutin. The actress and fashionista teased it in an interview on Live! with Regis and Kelly on September 14, 2010, telling the hosts excitedly that “he [Christian Louboutin] named a shoe after me!”.
Showing a phone-photo of Christian Louboutin himself holding a prototype of the Blake, Lively explained how the famous red sole shoe designer had taken the then 23 year old for a tour around Paris on his Vespa.
The first two episodes of the Gossip Girl season were set in Paris that year, and it happened to be couture fashion week during filming. So Lively was hanging out with the likes of Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano.
After Louboutin’s Vespa tour, the designer took Blake Lively to his atelier (which is a French word meaning an artisan’s workshop).
“I was walking around and I was like “Oh! Every shoe here is so beautiful”, Lively told Regis Philbin. “I saw this one pair and I said “I’ve never seen anything like this'”.
He said, “You love it?” and I said “I want to sleep with it under my pillow!”, Lively said. Louboutin responded: “We’re naming it the Blake then!”
It’s my greatest accomplishment!” Lively joked with Regis and Kelly.
The Blake heel by Louboutin has 7 patent leather rainbow straps with a sexy, black, stiletto heel. The buttons on the sides are for show and the shoe is in fact a slip on mule, perfect for the red carpet moment.
The Blake was available in the US and the UK in March 2011 and retailed for $1,020.
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