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?

Under EU law companies cannot trademark common shapes of products such as the soles of shoes. Van Haren argued that applying red to a shoe sole came under that law and, as a result, Louboutin did ...

Both shoes feature an eye-catching red-bottomed sole. Whether the red soles become another signature element of the brand has not yet been confirmed; only time will tell. Woods didn’t offer much ...

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 ...

Co-owner Ariss walks us through how they update a pair of Red Wing boots to fit their style. Ariss starts by removing the sole, then dyes the shoe from brown to black. After the layers of dye have ...