Heels are pleasure with pain: Louboutin

London -  French footwear designer Christian Louboutin says high heels are like "pleasure with pain" and women should not wear them if they can't walk in them.

The 49-year-old says he has no sympathy for women who complain about wearing skyscraper heels.

"I really have not so much sympathy. If Tina Turner and Prince's back-up band can perform on stage in them for three hours, you can't tell me they are impossible to walk in. High heels are  pleasure with pain. If you can't walk in them, don't wear them," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Louboutin as saying.