Manolo Blahnik

Manuel Manolo Blahnik Rodrguez CBE , is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the selfnamed, highend shoe brand.

Blahnik was born and raised in Santa Cruz de la Palma, in the Canary Islands . His Czech fathers family owned a pharmaceutical firm in Prague, and his Spanish mothers family owned a banana plantation in the island city of Santa Cruz de la Palma. He was homeschooled when he was a child. After he grew up, he attended a Swiss boarding school. Later, his parents wanted him to be a diplomat, and enrolled him at the University of Geneva majoring in Politics and Law. However, Blahnik changed his majors to Literature and Architecture. In 1965, he got his degree and moved to Paris for studying Art at the cole des BeauxArts and Stage Set Design at the Louvre Art School, while working at a vintage clothing shop. In 1968, he moved to London to work as a buyer at fashion boutique Zapata and wrote for LUomo Vogue, an Italian mens version of Vogue.

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