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I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with shoes. This is what I am trying to do.

Christian Louboutin

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Christian Louboutin
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
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Fashion Designer
Paris
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