. . . "Louboutin considers his shoes as a sort of man-bait: men like high heels, and women like being liked by men. ???It???s not like we???re designing an object,??? Hugo Marchand told me. ???Christian will never do shoes that don???t give an advantage to his customers.??? Louboutin recalled, ???One man said to me, ???I have never looked at shoes before,??? and it was a huge compliment.??? He went on, ?" .