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Manolo Blahnik
Manuel "Manolo" Blahnik Rodríguez is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the eponymous high-end shoe brand.
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business · Spanish fashion designer (born 1942) · dressmaker · businessperson · artist · shoe designer · fashion designer · also Manolo Blahnik, Manuel Blahnik Rodríguez, Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez, Blahnik
Born 27 November 1942 · Q334412
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2025· 1 entry
2023· 2 entries
ELLE: Manolo Blahnik on The Craft Room, His Inspirations, and Designing for ‘Beautiful Women’
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Yahoo: Manolo Blahnik Sets Up First Men’s Pop-up at Harrods as It Grows the Category
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2022· 2 entries
People: Manolo Blahnik Is Collaborating with Birkenstock on a Luxe Collaboration — at Manolo Prices
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PopSugar: The Manolo Blahnik x Birkenstock Collab Takes Comfort to New Fashionable Heights
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2018· 1 entry
Yahoo: Manolo Blahnik Celebrates 10 Years of the ‘Sex and the City’ Heels With a New Collection
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2015· 1 entry
PopSugar: Now Carrie Bradshaw Has a Bag to Match Her Manolo Blahnik Shoes
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded National Fashion Design Award (2012).
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2007).
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Blahnik was appointed as an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his service to the British fashion industry
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2000· 1 entry
Blahnik, together with Neiman Marcus, launched the first commercial virtual reality online showroom featuring 3D models of his shoes
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1977· 1 entry
Blahnik created his first American collection
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1974· 1 entry
Blahnik became the second man ever to be featured on the cover of U
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1971· 1 entry
Ossie Clark invited him to create shoes for his runway show
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1969· 2 entries
Blahnik had a chance to meet Diana Vreeland, the editor-in-chief of U
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Moved to London to work as a buyer at the fashion boutique Feathers, and wrote for L’Uomo Vogue, an Italian men's version of Vogue
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1965· 1 entry
Got his degree and moved to Paris to study art at the École des Beaux-Arts and Stage Set Design at the Louvre Art School, all while working at a vintage clothing shop
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-11-27.
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