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Louboutin wins legal battle against Flemish far-right campaign
Fashion designer Christian Louboutin yesterday won his legal battle Monday to stop an extremist campaign featuring his signature red-soled shoes. The poster by far-right Flemish group Women Against Islamisation shows the bare legs of former Miss Belgium – and now Vlaams Belang senator - Anke Van dermeersch wearing the signature red-soled Louboutins. The organisation must pull down all its posters within 24 hours, an Antwerp trade court ruled yesterday. Paris-based French designer Louboutin had complained the advert tarnished his image. Following the ruling, Vlaams Belang leader Filip Dewinter swiftly published a new version of the poster on Twitter. It shows Van dermeersch’s legs from a lying down position instead of standing up and swaps the red soles for yellow ones. Van dermeersch meanwhile called yesterday’s ruling a “political decision”.
(AFP)