"Nobody went down there and really did the shoe leather work and the phone calls that we're all supposed to do, " he says.

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When the family moved to the coast, he began work, aged seven, as a shoe-shine boy.

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When he received a book of legendary shoe man Roger Vivier's work, Louboutin was bowled over: "How amazing, " he thought to himself.

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The latest shoe to drop in this line of work came today in New York City.

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In terms of work, he has had various jobs starting as a shoe shiner at the age of 12 to his most recent position as a waiter.

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The exhibit's final piece, Still Life With Old Shoe, announces a new stage in the life and work of the artist: a return to figurative painting.

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White should also recognize that the SEC faces the same talent pool issues as do all federal bureaucracies: Is it preferable to hire some Ivy Leaguer from a white-shoe law firm for three years or to reward and cultivate the hard work of an SEC employee seeking to make a career in regulation?

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