In the world of luxury fashion, few trademarks are as iconic and instantly recognizable as the red soles of Christian Louboutin shoes. The vivid hue that adorns the bottom of these high-fashion ...

An employee was painting her nails red. Louboutin snagged the bottle and painted the soles of a prototype shoe. Just like that, the red soles were born. So, what makes these shoes worth the cost?

Roman Nektlov opened his small Chelsea storefront in September, but his reputation for salvaging city-street-destroyed soles has already ... to completely resoling red-bottomed Louboutins, from ...