Rorschach test

So. According to Hello! Profiles: Manolo Blahnik: "Young Manolo revealed a flair for shoe design, and was soon dressing his pet dogs and monkeys in early versions of his exclusive footwear. 'I made shoes for all of them, out of muslin and pink cotton ribbons,' he says. 'One dog would lie on his back and stick his paws up in the air for me while I tied the bows.'"

Possible interpretation: Lonely boy, living on maternal grandfather's banana plantation in the colonies, with all the riches in the world but nobody to play with, maybe?