Manolo Blahnik - Obsession and passion

Manolo Blahnik is one of the most famous shoe designers in the world - for 40 years he has been creating the shoes of the beautiful and famous. Now the first comprehensive monograph is being published by Callwey Verlag. The book shows 250 drafts of his most famous designs and many unpublished pictures, sketches and drawings from his private archives. With numerous contributions, personal memories and inspiring interviews with the most famous filmmakers and influential fashion critics, the book offers a unique insight into the personal world of one of the greatest fashion designers of our time. Director Sophia Coppola, fashion guru André Leon Talley or filmmaker Pedro Almodovár comment on his life's work, which was inspired by style icon Diana Vreeland, the masterpieces in the Prado and Queen Marie Antoinette, among others.