Last month, Christian Louboutin said that Carmen Steffens should not have the right to sell shoes with red soles. Carmen Steffens, the Brazilian shoemaker, replied that they had been using the color red on their soles for over 20 years before Louboutin trademarked his in 2008.
Carmen Steffens red soled shoes
A few weeks later, Louboutin then said the same thing about Yves Saint Laurent. YSL has recently replied that trademarking something that had been already been used by individuals including King Louis XIV to Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz’s costume designers.
Rihanna in Louboutin's
Christian Louboutin claims that he will fight to protect his red soles from being “copied” by other shoe designers, especially those like YSL whose use of the color red on their shoe soles is almost identical to Louboutin’s, resulting in consumer confusion. Louboutin would like YSL to pay $1M in damages and to stop using red on its soles.
Beyonce in Louboutins
Louboutin is known in the business for defending his designs against counterfeiters.
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