Born to a Czech dad and a Spanish mother and born and increased in the Canary Islands (Spain), Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva in 1965 and revised at in Paris.
He shifted to London in 1968 to work at latest tendency boutique "Zapata" and compose for Vogue Italia.
After displaying his portfolio of latest tendencies and set concepts to Diana Vreeland, she notified him that he should conceive only footwear.
In 1972, Ossie Clark invited him to conceive footwear for his runaway show.
With a loan of £2,000, Blahnik acquired Zapata from its proprietor and opened his own boutique.
Way back in the 1970s, when chunky stage footwear and boots were the mainstream footwear fashioning of the day, Manolo Blahnik turned back his vigilance to the stiletto heel, which has stayed the brand's mainstay to this day.
Manolo Blahnik footwear has quickly become an emblem of untainted academic method for the 21st century.
Manolo Blahnik's flagship shop continues to designate day in Old Church Street, Chelsea London.
Blahnik's boutiques are established in London, New York, Las Vegas, Dublin, Athens, Madrid, Dubai, Kuwait, Hongkong, Seoul and Singapore.
Bloomingdales (for which he conceived his first American collection), Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue carry his line in the United States and freshly opened in Dubai Mall.
Blahnik was bestowed the honorary name of Commander of the British Empire in 2007 for his service to the British latest tendency industry.
Manolo Blahniks are known the world over as the foremost name in luxury shoes.
It has reached amazing popularity when shows like Sex and the City and various celebrities have mentioned it as part of the fashion status quo.
One of its most recognizable designs is the "Campari" mary jane shoes and the designer has decided to team up with jewelry name TOUS to create a charm for it.
The collaboration between the luxury shoe legend and the jewelry magnate started with a chance meeting at a luncheon in Madrid.
Blahnik was so delighted with the teddy bear pendant that Rosa Tous was wearing that he decided there and then that he would want his "Campari" shoe design to be available as a charm.
Truly befitting its luxury cult status, Tous suggested that the charm should hang from an elegant solid gold chain together with a dazzling diamond button.
The luxury shoe charm will be officially available this March in all of the TOUS's 300 boutiques across the globe.
The first store to get hold of it will be the Mexico one followed by the Manhattan boutique in Rockefeller Center.