Manolo Blahnik
(1943-), Shoe designerSitter in 3 portraits
Shoe designer born in the Canary Islands. 'Manolos' play a starring role in Candace Bushnell's Sex in the City. The subject of a retrospective at the Design Museum in 2003, Blahnik started out as a theatre designer but was advised by Diana Vreeland to turn his attention to fashion. Blahnik has collaborated with fashion designers from Ossie Clark to John Galliano and Dior.
by Johnny Dewe-Mathews
bromide print, March 1973
NPG x31063
by Mike Owen
bromide fibre print, 1980s
NPG x31835
by Laurence Cendrowicz
bromide fibre print, 15 February 2002
NPG x126111
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