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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The reality TV favourite — famed for her voluptuous rear — this week launches her new fashion range in the UK.
Kim, 32, knows all too well how much pressure women can face to look good, and admits she’s had to learn to deal with so much attention being given to her shape.
She says: “I am really glad to be able to promote a healthy, natural body shape, eating well and exercising and appreciating the shape that you naturally have.
“I was a teenager in the 90s, which was the era of grunge, the waif and heroin chic.
“Female models were skeletal, and with my Armenian background that was a mould I was never going to fit.”
The range features more than 100 pieces in sizes 8 to 16, and is designed to make women of every size feel sexy.
Aside from her busy working schedule, Kim has been making headlines through her showbiz relationship with rapper Kanye West, 35.
Kim admits she has never been happier and said of the relationship in a recent interview: “We know what we are to each other.
“It’s so nice to have a best friend in this game who understands everything you’re going through.
“He’s been there through so many different stages of my life and before I was famous, so this relationship is a different thing entirely.
Despite her track record of failed relationships — including her infamous 72-day marriage to American basketball player Kris Humphries — Kim admits she still easily falls in love.
“I'll always believe the next one is ‘The One’, I’m such a hopeless romantic,” she says.
“It had always been my dream to have a big wedding. When people said that I’d made the wedding day over the top for the TV show, that was just me. I am over the top.
“But the next time I want to do it on an island with just my friends and family and that’s it.”
Despite having recently returned from a romantic trip to Italy with Kanye to celebrate her 32nd birthday, Kim says it is not overblown gestures but daily affection that counts.
“I don’t think romance is about one big thing, but about the way that someone treats you every day, and Kanye is very kind and thoughtful,” she explains.
And her idea of a perfect date? “I really like a guy who is confident, so I like a guy who has a plan for a date.
“There is nothing worse than a guy who shows up and just asks what I want to do.
“A really simple date of good food, and really good conversation with someone who I really have a spark with is perfect.”
Always open about her life and relationships, Kim has accumulated 16.5million followers on Twitter.
But despite her huge online fan base, she says she has a love-hate relationship with social media, which has been a breeding ground for online bullying against the star.
She admits: “Yes, I have been the subject of mean comments and nasty put-downs.
“I am confident enough in myself that I just ignore it. But what worries me is young people on social media who take these remarks to heart.
“I would like to say to them that the faceless bullies that target you are people who are just too weak to make a stand in the real world. Be confident in yourself, hold your head high and ignore them.
“If someone is really suffering, then I would say to definitely speak to a friend or a parent.
“My sister Khloé was bullied a lot when she was younger, so we now actively take a stand against bullying to help put a stop to it.
“It’s something we all feel very strongly about, and it’s important that our fans support us in trying to get people to be kinder to each other.”
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Rankin has photographed supermodel Heidi Klum and a host of other celebrities make-up free in aid of Children in Need's new initiative, 'BearFaced Day'.
Heidi Klum has proved exactly why she's a supermodel by wiping off the make-up and revealing her natural beauty, all in aid of Children in Need.
Klum, 39, along with other famous faces such as Louise Redknapp and Caroline Flack, was shot barefaced but for a Pudsey paw print by renowned photographer Rankin to raise awareness of the charity's brand new initiative 'BearFaced Day', which will take place on Friday November 9.
The charity wants women across the UK to go without make-up to help raise money for disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.
But Heidi's not the only fashion name to get involved in Children in Need - a whole host of designers have given the charity's much-loved mascot Pudsey a high-fashion makeover . All of the designer bears will be auctioned off, with all proceeds going to Children in Need.
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