Bloody shoes indeed

Now that we've clarified the true origin of Christian Louboutin's iconic red bottomed heels lets take a look at an interesting backstory, which just adds to the sexy nature of his stilettos.

Dating back to 19th Century Italy and specifically Milan, where the ladies of the night had the more traditional approach to their work ethic, that of standing by streetcorners or squares which had subsequently become popular areas for sex workers. An infamous area as such was a square which cut through a big street fish market in central Milan, connecting the area where these said ladies lived and that where they worked. Their times in the early hours of the morning after finishing long nights shifts overlapped with the times of business men and women starting their day. As they cut through the fish market to go back to their estates the day workers noticed the bottoms of their stilettos had been stained red from the fish blood lining the pavements of the fish market, that, in combination with their often revealing outfits gave the signal to the crowd that they had indeed been working the street corner.

It is said that the French designer had took inspiration from this urban phenomenon after spending brief time in Italy and had decided to paint the bottom of his shoes red, referencing the fish blood on the bottoms of the sex worker's heels and paying homage to the ladies of the night. This ties in perfectly with the erotic nature of the infamously painful high stilettos which have now become a trademark of the brand. Christian Louboutin also said himself that he wants his shoes to "extend a woman's nudity rather than restricting it" which is arguably exactly what they do.