mrr design

Amazing September issue of Harper's Bazaar

UK edition

just arrived in today's post

The magazine measures 9.5" wide by 13" long

beautiful and luxurious,

almost seems decadent

in these times of crimping and saving.

I feel like I am reading a giant coloring book.

Style piece on Christian Louboutin

What fun to sport some red soles.

I just love the

LO Ve

from his 1992 collection

see below

So did everyone else

this shoe made up 85% of his sales in 1992, his second year of business

"In 1992 I incorporated the red sole into the design of my shoes. This happened by accident as I felt that the shoes lacked energy so I applied red nail polish to the sole of a shoe. This was such a success that it became a permanent fixture." Christian Louboutin

and then there is the other guy...

When I lived in London in 1985-86

I lived just around the corner from

I had no idea who he was

but his window displays in his Chelsea shop were over-the-top-fabulous.

I regularly detoured to go by the shop

and was always intrigued

by cool shoes that I couldn't imagine wearing.

Who knew how popular they would become.

Manolo Blahnik's self-portrait