Christian Louboutin on Balancing Personal Identity and Public Brand | BoF VOICES 2021

The Business of Fashion Podcast

The Business of Fashion

Fashion & Beauty, Business, Arts

4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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On the heels of selling a 24 percent stake in his namesake label, valuing it at $2.7 billion, Louboutin spoke with Rozan Ahmed at BoF VOICES 2021 about how his identity and upbringing have shaped his approach to business and life.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion. Welcome to the B.OF podcast.
0:08.9	Christiane Lugutin is arguably the world's most famous luxury shoe designer. He recently sold a 24% stake in his
0:15.3	namesake label, valuing the company at $2.7 billion. But beyond the brand and his iconic Red Soul,
0:23.5	who is Christian Lubutan the man behind Christian Lebutan, the brand?
0:28.0	In this intimate conversation with Rosanne Ahmed from B.O.F. Voices 2021,
0:33.2	Christian reveals himself as a vibrant, multifaceted human being
0:37.0	who has taken a childhood
0:38.6	obsession and turned it into a lifelong passion. Here's Christian Lubutin on balancing personal
0:44.9	identity and public brand. So, $2.7 billion. Hey, how do you feel about such an accomplishment?
0:56.0	Well, first of all, I have to say I'm French, so I can speak English, but I have very
1:03.0	little vocabulary, so I have to apologize for that.
1:07.0	Okay.
1:08.0	And also I'm extremely shy, which makes this exercise very difficult.
1:12.5	But I'm very happy.
1:15.8	The reason is, yeah, it looks like an accomplishment.
1:19.1	But it is not an accomplishment.
1:20.9	I mean, I started the company 30 years ago with my two best friends,
1:25.4	and I never thought of selling a part of the company. I never thought
1:30.4	of anything else. I'm designing pretty shoes and please people with that. So I never thought,
1:37.8	okay, I'm building a company and I was not even necessarily interested into the fashion industry.
1:43.5	So I never thought, okay,
1:45.0	you know, building, this is building a company.
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