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I'd already decided I wanted to design shoes after I saw a sign in the Museum of African and Oceanic Art forbidding high heels. Well, who could resist?

Christian Louboutin

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Christian Louboutin
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
Designer
Fashion Designer
Paris
France
Museum
Saws
Museums
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Resist
Already
Heels
High
African
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Shoes
Oceanic
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