Today Louboutin, the world’s most famous shoe designer, is helping to restore the Palais, which now houses the French Museum of Immigration. Lyautey’s office was made by the Art Deco designer Eugène Printz, who crafted furniture from rare, stripey palm wood. Photograph: © Courtesy of Christian LouboutinLouboutin’s childhood love for the Palais and its contents prefigured his career. Louboutin’s French father, Roger, was a quiet cabinetmaker who designed railway car maquettes for the French company SNCF. Photograph: © Courtesy of Christian LouboutinIn the 1980s, Louboutin received an invitation to a dinner in a protected Paris mansion.

Source: The Irish Times October 11, 2020 05:03 UTC