The popular American TV show “Sex and the City” reminds people of four women and one shoe brand, Manolo Blahnik (MB). No wonder some people say that MB is the fifth protagonist of the play.

Remember the act of Carrie, who was robbed on the street corner of the Desire? As she "cooperates" with the robbers, she pleads hard and can take them all over her body, which is "Don't take away my Manolos!"

The story is already well-known, but it is still being replayed. Every time you “review”, you still feel the classic.

There are many wonderful stories about MB. Australian Tin Hau Queen and Kylie Minogue co-wrote a copy of the copyright deposit for £1 million. It is said that because publishers know how to "be human," they sent a pair of MB shoes to the day before they finalized the transaction and stopped the copyright scramble. war.

There are too many MB fans in the entertainment industry. When Brad Pitt married his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, the bride was stepping on a pair of MB ivory-colored deerskin sandals. Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie, the late Princess Diana, Tom Cruise's ex-wife Nicole Kidman, supermodel Kate Moss... are all fans.

Prado 1985 autumn and winter series. Light blue checkered flats, like sailing boats, pleated leather cut shoes.

Campari Mary Jane, followed by thin and long, 10.5 cm tall. In the fall and winter of 1994, when he designed this style, he probably would not have thought that it would be the most talked about. It is this simple and clean high-heeled shoes, let Carrie in "Sex and the City" put it down, the shoes were worn by her, "red" all over the world, then became the highest copy of shoes.

Guge designed for spring/summer 1997. Black and white together, a neat mix over other gorgeous colors. The white shoe body walked on the low cut line, 10.5 cm high heels added sexy, the woman's feet, he only stuck with two buttons.

However, it is sexy Madonna's most admiring MB of worship: "Manolo shoes feel first-class, better than sex."

Who is MB? How great is his shoe?

Locals now have the opportunity to see.

20 originals and sketches to be newly exhibited

The local MB store acquired the approval of the high heels of the emperor. For the first time, the first edition of his original 20 shoes was flown over half of the earth to the Lion City.

The project entitled “A Walk in the Park: Manolo Blahnik Retrospective Exhibition” included the 20 most representative 20-man shoes in his 30-year career, as well as the sketches of 20 shoes that the shoemaker had personally painted. Open, infatuated with high heels and women of this brand, this can be a complete tour of high heels.

MB Gong Guan Huang (35) said in interviews that MB has rarely held exhibitions during his 30 years of writing career, but this time he returned to the museum with 20 new original shoes, and the local MB It took the store more than two months earlier to finalize all the details of the exhibition.

Including the number and style of shoes, delivery procedures, and how to display exhibits are matters of concern for high heels. Huang Xie disclosed: "Shoes were shipped to Hong Kong only on this Monday. These single shoes were the first ones that the shoemaker created based on the sketches after the master sketched."

Fraseria 2006 Spring Summer Design. The blue-blue shoe body is embellished with small knots, but the design of the fire is a highly wearable sandal. He said: "This is a shoe that I like very much. I love the place where the woman shows her toes ahead. I'm crazy about it!"

Sante Fe 1986 spring and summer design. Combination of wood, leather and metal, 9 cm heel, metal buckle art, generous. The design was inspired by a belt he bought in the United States.

Since every shoe is as precious as a work of art, the staff spends a lot of time on the packaging and delivery process. As for the price of shoes, she said: “Every piece is invaluable.” This is also the first time that a master's work has been exhibited at a non-museum venue in Asia.

Huang Wei said: "We let MB shoes into the crowd, and we hope to share the works of world-famous design masters with Singaporeans so that everyone can see his detailed design and high creative sensitivity."

In MB's world, reality is discarded immediately after providing and realizing the ideal of creation. His design always has its own uniqueness, fashionable lines and brilliance, and the deepest fantasy in his heart. He is not hesitating to squander on shoes.

Because he said: "A pair of shoes can transform a woman, and a pair of good shoes is part of beautiful fashion."

Looking closely at MB's shoes, it's not hard to find out which one, the shoe body shows a very perfect and sexy arch (foot), so that the woman's foot finds a home in his design. In this small place, he conquered the hearts of women around the world.

The MB store on the second floor of the Hilton Hotel opened on March 8 last year, and local stores are outside Hong Kong and Korea where fans can get close to MB.

In addition to the annual spring-summer-autumn and fall-winter collections, Huang Xie said that the monthly new shoes and quantity are very limited. Each color of each model is almost a pair for each size. Women wear it to the streets. The chance of "hit the shoes" is almost zero.

There are indeed a lot of MB fans here. It's no wonder that there are 100 pairs of shoes that fly off the shelves on a monthly basis. In peak season, the sales volume reaches 200 pairs.

The shoes were exhibited from today. After 10 days of appearance, they immediately flew back to London and continued to hide in the museum.

He believes in his own taste

Manolo Blahnik, a legend in the fashion industry, is known as the world's greatest cobbler. He is obsessed with high-heeled stilettos and disregards lightweight sports shoes.

Born in 1942 in the Banana Garden in the Canary Islands of Spain, MB began running in 1970 under the encouragement of Diana, editor-in-chief of the American "Vogue". He continued to visit the shoe factories and interacted with the operating workers for the future. The foundation for his creative career.

London's then-famous designer, Ossie Clark, took the shoes he had made and asked him to launch his own design collection. In 1973, his shoe shop opened.

Superb craftsmanship MB worked most of the time in Italy. He was a real craftsman and even shoemakers made it himself. He also painted a large number of design sketches. These sketches became blueprints for advertising and appeared in major magazines around the world, making him famous not only for shoes but also for sketches.

Ring Designed in 1984. Orange-red suede platform shoes with additional hoop design details. With a height of 11.5 cm and a height of about 4 inches, it is one of MB's favorite shoes.

Shaba's Autumn/Winter 2002 design. Black leather knight high-heeled, after high-heeled 10.5 cm, iron chain buckle, to create heavy metal rock look.

Gette 2001 design. Cowhide high-heeled shoes with 4 fine tips and lively. The master said: "I went to Japan in 2000 and I saw a lot of shoes. I was deeply inspired. I can only say that extreme things are inexplicably attractive to me!"

When popular elements still only stay in heavy and clumsy heels, MB has been making elegant fine-heeled shoes for women to show grace.

MB's attitude toward shoes...

In spite of this, his attitude toward shoes is extremely practical. No matter how high or thin the heel is, it is based on solidness and durability. He clearly stated that "designing high-quality shoes requires a balance between comfort, quality and style."

MB's shoes are famous for its steady center of gravity. For such magic shoes, the reporter was initially skeptical. Huang Biao took a pair of 4-inch-high tips and put them on. All the suspicions vanished. There was no feeling of stepping on the cloud. Each step was close to the ground and it was not like wearing a 4-inch-high shoe.

No wonder the price is high (the shoes start at $1299) and the shoes are sold out after a few moments. For the high price of shoes, MB once said: "We use traditional hand-made shoes, of course, they are more expensive, but this kind of price is not excessive."

In this era, MB still insists on drawing all the shoes. This is because he believes in his own vision. He believes that he has the best taste in the world. Therefore, he does not fake his hand, and he rarely advertises or recruits spokespersons.