Christian Louboutin’s first UK mens' shop

Mayfair's Dover Street welcomes French label Christian Louboutin's men-only shoe emporium.

His red soles are synonymous with the heel-clad feet of Victoria Beckham, Rihanna and Kate Moss, but now Christian Louboutin has a dedicated store to cater to his male fans.

A two-story retail space on London's Dover Street - also home to Acne, Vanessa Bruno and McQ - has opened its doors, and there's not a stiletto in sight.

Decked in a red carpet described by Louboutin HQ as a "deeper, more masculine hue" than the one decorating its women's' stores, lashings of leather hides adorn the space, where spike-studded loafers and gold hi-tops take centre stage.

The London boutique is Christian Louboutin's fourth men's-only store; two in the US were launched in recent months following on from the first in Paris last year, which was opened to accommodate the growing demand and popularity of the brand's masculine offering.

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London Fashion Week: Tom Ford spring/summer 2013

Chastity and perversity are the twin themes of Tom Ford's spring/summer 2013 collection.

Tom Ford's style certainly polarises opinion these days, between those who find it backward looking and those who regard it as classic. The vote splits as soon as you're ushered through Ford HQ in Victoria and into the lifts by the same breed of chisel-jawed, side parted, uncannily smooth haired flunkies as the ones who used to line the route to the Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent shows a decade ago. All of them, it turns out, hired for the day from a model agency.

Some like the intimacy and the wink to the past (or maybe it's more of a mugging). Others, not so much. "A good journalist friend told me to quit talking at these things," Ford confessed, as he tapped away on his iPad, cueing up the models and controlling the soundtrack.

Naturally being Ford, it wasn't an entirely wordless affair, which is a good thing. The banter is what personalises these presentations. Two words in particular couldn't be dispensed with. "Chastity and perversity," he explained, were the twin themes of this collection.

Chastity came in the guise of camel cashmere sweaters, taupe skirts and long high necked black paper taffeta column dresses; perversity showed up in the form of black patent zip pencil skirts, caped backs, and the multi buckled leather strap, bondage sandal-boots.

There were plenty of what have become classic Ford tropes: backless black fitted chiffon dresses with cupped breasts (very 50 Shades of Grey ) and long, slashed, beaded skirts and skinny pants, updated this time thanks to an injection of sportiness.

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Christian Louboutin Breaks Records

London's Design Museum is enjoying record-breaking crowds thanks to Christian Louboutin's exhibition.

Since opening on May 1, the Christian Louboutin exhibition has pulled in over 38,000 visitors - an average of 910 visitors daily and the highest ever for the Design Museum.

Situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, the retrospective (the designer's first) celebrates 20 years of iconic, red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes and design inspiration, and features a three-dimensional holographic version of Dita Von Teese as the centrepiece.

Donna Loveday, the exhibition's curator, said she was "thrilled" by the response. She added: "With their instantly recognisable glossy red soles, Christian Louboutin's shoes have become such an important part of the fashion landscape."

Mr Louboutin said: "It's been a real pleasure to see a lot of my 'babies' featured all together for the first time. It's not only an entire collection of shoes that I saw there but for me a huge collection of souvenirs, precious moments, and very rarely sorrows."

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LONDON WEEK: My week in London with Fashion, Food and Friends

Couldnt wait to get my RED NOSE T-shirt by Vivienne Westwood at TK-max

and i did.. and got many of you gifts xoxox

i was most impressed with the window displays at Selfridges!! 

it took me to another place... 

And the Shopping begins... 

i couldn't stop!! was trying to decide which shoe to take from Whistles

LOVED them both!

Dalia decorated her gloves with the FAB rings she purchased from Selfridges

i wanted some colored jeans and wents NUTS over 

the new rock like jeans from Diesel

LOVED Ted Baker's style this season!

and this dress caught my eye!

At the Wellington! 

Very artsy! me like!

VALENTINES DAY

spent it with my DIVA Dalia!

we decided to go shopping.. Retail Therapy does work!!!

but then came a few surprises... 

Flowers and a puppy...

and i was alll smiles!

still am

THANK YOU!

Presenting CUMIN... my little angel xx

NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER THAN A BIT OF ART 

AND CULTURE...

from TATE modern Museum 

Got to see paintings by my LOVE.. Jackson Pollock

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

my highlight was watching the ARSENAL Vs. Barcelona Game 

at the Emiraes Stadium with Friend and wife of Bacari Sagna, Arsenal Player

THEY PLAYED Beautifully and although i LOVE my Messi..

i supported Arsenal that day.

IT WAS FREEEZING!

AHHHHH THE FOOOOD!!!

From Sketch, to Jacks, to Yautcha, to Gaucho, to Mr. Chow....

The foood was as goood as the fashion if not more ;) 

it was all about the layering to keep warm!!!

i couldnt let go of my MANGO furr jacket!

and my RED Zadig and Voltaire Red jacket

 Wearing my RED Zara dress with some HOT spike Louboutins 

and a FAB black jacket from Zara.

Sweet ending with the FAB underwear models at the amazing photo booth in Selfridges

*ALL PICS BELONG TO FASHIONGOSSIP10*

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Liam Fahy wishes FG10 A Happy Holiday Season!

Thank you Liam Fahy London..

xoxo

FG10 wishes you and our FAB READERS a Happy Holiday Season!

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