Born to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and born and raised in the Canary Islands (Spain), Manolo Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva in 1965 and studied art in Paris. He moved to London in 1968 to work at fashion boutique "Zapata" and write for Vogue Italia. After showing his portfolio of fashions and set designs to Diana Vreeland, she told him that he should design only footwear.

In 1972, Ossie Clark invited him to create shoes for his runway show. With a loan of £2,000, Blahnik bought Zapata from its owner and opened his own boutique.
Manolo Blahnik's flagship store remains to date in Old Church Street, Chelsea London.

Of the people that, in my mind, really paved, or are paving a new frontier.   Chino Moreno and the Deftones really come to mind, as does his side project Team Sleep. 

Some of the music is just so cutting edge and yet, simplistic at the same time.  The voices haunting, Chino does have a very unique way of approaching the discipline of music as well as the whole process of creating music as well.  Deftones were formed in 1998.  Consisting of Chino Moreno (lead vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter (guitar), Chi Cheng (bass), Frank Delgado (keyboards and turntables), and Abe Cunningham (drums and percussion).  Deftones are known by the haunting lyrics and hard hitting sound that they create.  If you have not heard of them, or Team Sleep, I encourage you to check them out...  (Read More).

Max Hardcore has been in the "Biz" for years now.  Even sitting in jail, waiting for his sentence to e complete.  His problems with the Authorities started by his depictions of under age women and to add to that, Max pretty much fucked them in every way possible.  Throat Fucking, Ass Fucking, Peeing on the girls, etc.  Well they don't call him Max for nothing.

It is a very fine, grey line between freedom of speech and obscenity.  Although the actresses in Max's movies appear to dress and act in a way as to suggest that they are a young, possibly under the age of consent, all of the actresses used were over the legal age of 18. In his film Max Extreme 4, an actress, Regan Star stated during one verbal exchange that she was 12 years-old, also in his film Max Extreme Schoolgirls 6, an actress, Mya Mason, stated during...  (Read More).