The most expensive shoes in the world

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The most expensive shoes in the world really are the epitome of luxury. They exemplify beauty, excess, wealth, and many more things on that spectrum.

Read on to find out more about some of the most expensive shoes in the world, and hope Santa brings you a pair this Christmas.

 

The famous 'Ruby Slippers' by Harry Winston - $3 Million

 

You can’t start or end this discussion without talking about the Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz. The original dazzling red slippers worn by Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, which are themselves one of the most expensive movie memorabilia of all times, have been re-created 50 years later by Harry Winston. Whilst the original slippers were decadent in red sequins embellished in chiffon and lined with pure silk, Winston’s version is actually made of 1,350 carats of real rubies! To be precise, 4,600 pieces of the red gems, undoubtedly making them the most expensive slippers in the world. Surely nobody wears these!

 

Stuart Weitzman’s creations

 

If you had to blame one person for indulging our fetish fantasies to a sinful level, it would undoubtedly be Stuart Weitzman. Not one, not two but over a dozen creations of footwear by this man can be classified as ‘Too expensive to let them touch the ground’. The 'Rita Hayworth Heels' cost $3 Million having been crafted with diamonds, sapphires  and rubies. Now valued at $2 Million are his gorgeous 'Tanzanite Heels'  which feature a mere 595 carats of diamonds and tanzanite gemstones. That’s like wearing 500 wedding rings on your feet.  Then there are his 'Diamond Dream Stilettos', which could be described as one of Weitzman’s more modest creations but at $500,000 the price tag is far beyond the reach of your average Josephine!  If making shoes so expensive was a crime, Stuart Weitzman would be a serial killer!

 

Diamond encrusted Slippers from Nizam Sikandar Jah - $160,000

 

Did you believe that women were the only ones that were so extravagant? The slippers of Nizam Sikander Jah were a symbol of royalty in 18th century. These amazing slippers look like someone marinated them in glue and then tossed them on a bed of diamonds.

 

Umbro Soccer Cleats - $202,000

 

These maybe the most expensive pair of cleats in the world but with 37 carats of sapphires and diamonds they are designed to catch the eye rather than score a goal.

 

In short, people really love their shoes and the future for the footwear industry looks good. While you may not be able to wear one of these to your next party, just knowing star fetishes like this surely fills one’s heart with hope, and hope goes a long way. So the next time you pick up your fitflop boots, you can fancy them as some diamond studded exhibits and walk away to glory.

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