Christian Louboutin wins case against anti-Islamic group

Christian Louboutin

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN has won an injunction in Antwerp against Belgian activists Women Against Islamisation, an anti-Islamic group which used one of it's famous red soled shoes in advertising images without permission. The Belgian anti-Islam campaigners must remove all posters including imagery from the luxury foot wear company.

Thee campaign group Women Against Islamisation featured a image of a woman's legs wearing Louboutin heels with the distinctive red sole, visible on one of it's posters.

Women Against Islamisation unauthorised poster pic:AFP/GETTY

Beside the image of her wearing the shoes a key showed what it claimed was Islam's view of a woman, as measured by the length of her skirt, Words ranging from "Sharia compatible from "whore" just above the knee to "stoning" at the top of the thigh.

Women Against Islamisation unauthorised poster  pic:AFP/GETTY

The poster by the far-right Vlaams Belang shows a woman wearing the iconic red-soled stilettos.
The legs belong to Anke Van dermeersch, a senator from the party.
A judge at the Antwerp court has given the party 24 hours in which to take down the posters.

Miss Van dermeersch, a former Miss Belgium, called the decision a political ruling. Her party has issued another advert, this time with the senator lying down and wearing similar-looking, but yellow-soled stilettos.

Revised poster showing yellow sole and heel

Louboutin said it had not authorised the posters and said the original advert tarnished his image.

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