MANOLO BLAHNIK IN LONDON, DECEMBER 2012. ALL CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: BLAHNIK'S OWN. 

PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: PIERRE PERSSON AND MATT LAWES. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: NICO FALLET. HAIR: LUKE HERSHESON/JULIAN WATSON AGENCY. PRODUCTION: NORTH6 EUROPE. RETOUCHING: PIERRE PERSSON.  

AD CAMPAIGN PHOTO BY BLAHNIK FOR RITZ, 1976.

BLAHNIK'S SKETCH FOR BOGAZICI OPEN-TOED SHOE, 2008

BLAHNIK'S SKETCH FOR BOHU SANDAL, 2012. 

BLAHNIK'S SKETCH FOR CULONA SANDAL, 2012

BLAHNIK WITH HIS MOTHER IN LONDON, 1969. 

BLAHNIK'S SKETCH OF WATUSI SHOE, 1997. 

BLAHNIK AT A PARTY, CIRCA 1970S. PHOTO: PETER HINWOOD. PHOTO: MANOLO BLAHNIK. 

BLAHNIK'S SKETCH OF ZAFIA SANDAL, 2011. 

BLAHNIK IN HIS NOTTING HILL APARTMENT DRESSED AS VASLAV NIJINSKY, CIRCA 1970S. PHOTO: MANOLO BLAHNIK. 

BLAHNIK IN FRONT OF HIS CHELSEA SHOP, CIRCA 1970S. 

BLAHNIK AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE, CIRCA 1970S. PHOTO: PETER HINWOOD. 

EARLY ADVERTISING PHOTO OF STYLIST FLORENCE NICAISE, CIRCA 1970S 

BLAHNIK'S FIRST SHOE DRAWING,1971. 

BLAHNIK IN FRONT OF HIS SHOP ON OLD CHURCH STREET, 1978. PHOTO: DAVID SEIDNER. © INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, DAVID SEIDNER ARCHIVE.

BLAHNIK AT WORK, 2007. PHOTO: MICHAEL ROBERTS.

BLAHNIK WITH ANNA PIAGI AT THE SAVOY HOTEL, LONDON,1973. PHOTO: TIM JENKINS. CONDÉ NAST ARCHIVE/CORBIS.