But are they comfortable?
Filed under: Fashion, Over-the-Top Weddings
These are shoes fit for a (very rich) fairy-tale princess. Designed by Stuart Weitzmann, these gem-studded confections would make any woman feel like magic.
This first pair, purportedly inspired by Dorothy's ruby-red slippers, are made from platinum thread and hold some 642 rubies. They were stored in a bullet-proof case and sold for a million pounds, about two million dollars. That's a heckuva pair of shoes for a kid from Kansas!
Made of platinum again, and fitted with 464 diamonds, they sold in 2002 for an economic £700,000 (about 1.4 million dollars).
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This first pair, purportedly inspired by Dorothy's ruby-red slippers, are made from platinum thread and hold some 642 rubies. They were stored in a bullet-proof case and sold for a million pounds, about two million dollars. That's a heckuva pair of shoes for a kid from Kansas!
If those are a little too rich, or a little too red, for your taste, how about these?
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If you've always wanted to be Cinderella for your wedding, these are the shoes for you! Platinum and diamond again, more than 500 diamonds in this case, set on an "invisible" heel, what makes this particularly valuable, more valuable than their $2 million price tag, was the fact that they were worn to the 2004 Academy Awards by Alison Krauss.
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