The fashion of ‘ugliness’ conquered millions of people and found a place in some of the most coveted wardrobes in the textile industry, but not in Manolo Blahnik’s. The Spanish designer, back in 2009, very far from joining the trend of the moment that communed with large, rough and extravagant shoes, decided to bet once again on elegance.
This is how the today famous BBs were born, a classic, simple and stylish court shoe that Blahnik baptized with the initials of one of his best-known muses, the French actress Brigitte Bardot, because in them he wanted to exemplify the same elegance of the 20th years that he inspired the artist.
Eleven years later, the figures prove the designer’s intuition and his unchecking right. Since the model was launched in 2009, more than 5,000 units have been sold in its online store worldwide and more than 4,000 in London boutiques. Thus, the BB comprises a range of 300 colors and 30 textures, available in six heel heights: flat, 50mm, 70mm, 90mm, 105mm and 115mm. In this way, despite having opted for the antithesis of what was then considered a trend, Manolo Blahnik’s BB model has become essential in the shoe rack of actresses, celebrities and, above all, royal women, who They have worn the model in some of the most important acts of their lives, both personal and professional.
Meghan Markel is one of the great prescribers of these classic salons, since she has been seen with them in more than two dozen events in recent years, ranging from the most casual meetings, to official awards, international trips or even in the first public appearance after giving birth to her first son Archie.
Meghan Markel with Manolo Blahnik’s BBs.
For her part, Kate Middleton makes the same bet as her sister-in-law for her feet, since she has worn BBs in black on trips like the one she made to the Guinness brewery in Dublin, wearing this shoe (according to gossips) as one one of the few elements that sisters-in-law have in common.
Kate Middleton during a reception at the Guinness Brewery in Dublin in March 2020.
However, this classic has also set foot (and in style) on Spanish soil, as everything indicates that it is also one of the essentials of Queen Letizia, who has worn them in black or beige in different institutional events.
Queen Letizia with Blahnik BBs posing together with other royal women.
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