I was reading my new issue of W Magazine the other day, and found this on the short news page.
Apparently, Christian Louboutin [the man that made the red sole famous and lust worthy] has collaborated with champagne maker extraordinaire Piper-Heidsieck to create a glass champage flute that resembles a five inch Louboutin pump.
The flutes are only available at the Piper-Heidsieck online store and Neiman Marcus as part of the Le Rituel gift set for $500. But, it comes with champagne. Wowza.
“There is something a little bit corny of drinking out of a shoe,” Louboutin says. “I thought of Cinderella, so the shoe became a symbol of the lost person.”
The tradition of drinking out of a lady's heel began in the 1880s after Russian ballerinas gave up their slippers for counts to drink out of in celebration.
Sounds a little strange to me. But I suppose if you'd like to try it, and you have a spare $500 laying around somewhere, run over to Neimans and pick up a Loub flute.
