<Tr> <Th> Number of employees </Th> <Td> 420 (2011) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> christianlouboutin.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Christian Louboutin (French: (kʁis. tjɑ̃ lu. bu. tɛ̃); born 7 January 1964) is a French fashion designer whose high - end stiletto footwear incorporates shiny, red - lacquered soles that have become his signature . Initially a freelance designer for fashion houses, he started his own shoe salon in Paris, with his shoes finding favor with celebrity clientele . He has partnered with other organizations for creative projects including limited edition pieces, gallery exhibits, and even a custom bar . His company has since branched out into men's footwear, handbags, fragrances and makeup . </P> <P> Louboutin was born and raised in Paris's 12th arrondissement . He was the only son of Roger, a cabinet - maker, and Irene, a homemaker, both French, from Brittany . He has three sisters . Louboutin said in a 2012 interview that he was "much darker - skinned than everyone else in his family . You know, I felt I wasn't French . My family was very French and so I decided they had probably adopted me . But instead of feeling it was terrible and that I was an outsider who had to go and find my real family, I invented my own history, full of characters from Egypt because I was very into the pharaohs ." He incidentally discovered, following a revelation by one of his sisters in 2014 that his biological father was in fact an Egyptian, with whom his mother Irene had been having a secret affair . </P>

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