The female part of the population is obsessed with the desire to possess beautiful things. What girl doesn’t dream of visiting Cinderella’s place to try on the most expensive shoes in the world? Designer shoes cost a lot of money, and their purchase is beyond the financial capabilities of the average person. Shoes encrusted with precious stones, made by famous designers of prestigious Fashion Houses, can be seen on world stars or in the "Top 10 most expensive shoes in the world", given in this article.
10th place: shoes for Cinderella
The shoes of the fairy-tale heroine, the owner of crystal shoes, were inspired by a designer from New Zealand. She decided to make shoes for Cinderella a reality. Katherine Wilson came up with diamond inlaid classic boats. This idea was supported and helped to realize by Sarah Hutchings, an employee of the jewelry company. A unique accessory was created manually. It took the master more than 50 hours to make a product of a magical appearance from ordinary shoes.
Jeweler S. Hutchings in an interview said that to create this masterpiece, she, when delivering precious stones, felt like the heroine of the James Bond movie, because she was constantly accompanied by security. By the way, while Katherine was working on the inlay of boats, the room was under surveillance all the time.
The cost of an unusual pair was 500 thousand dollars. The most expensive shoes in the world from Katherine Wilson were intended for a charity auction in 2013.
9th place
The film premiere of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939 went down in history as the most expensive movie that time. Judy Garland, who played Dorothy, was lucky to try on shoes that were sold at auction for $ 612,000 in 2011, and today they are in the "Top 10 Most Expensive Women's Shoes in the World."
According to the plot of the tale, these shoes were magical, and an evil witch hunted for them, so the dressers came up with shoes for the main character of such a fantastic look. The model of rare shoes is simple - these are boats with a small steady heel. The rug-colored sequins betrayed the originality of stage shoes. That is, there were no gems on them, apparently, their participation in the world famous film influenced such a price. In total, seven pairs of identical shoes were created for the picture, but in 136 days of filming only 3 pairs became worthless.
By the way, this shoe takes one of ten positions in the ranking of expensive shooting suits.
8th place: 40s model
The elite brand "Stuart Weizmann" is known to all fashionistas in the world. Luxury, extraordinary, elegance and chic - these are the main components of the shoes of this trading house. Fans of the brand are Beyoncé, Sherliz Theron, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba and many other stars.
The Oscar ceremony is considered a parade of shoes of the Stuart Weizmann brand. Since 2002, the designer has received orders for the production of unique shoes for this spectacular event. In 2008, Stuart created retro-boats worth $ 1 million. This most expensive pair of shoes in the world is made in the style of the 40s and is decorated with 100 carat diamonds. Perhaps this justifies such a cost of the product. It is made in silver color on a low elegant heel. Retro Rose shoes were for Oscar-nominated screenwriter Diablo Cody.
7th place
Sandals of the same Fashion House, as the previous model, are located at this position. This is a Stuart Weizmann product with the eye-catching name Marilyn Monroe.The fashion designer makes truly beautiful and almost the most expensive shoes in the world. The female legs in his shoes look slim and seductive. And for the beauty of the ladies are ready to give any money.
This model was created for actress Regina King. In them, she appeared on the red carpet in 2005. The designer performed them in bronze color, open and high heels. The highlight of the sandals was the decoration of the satin ribbon framing Swarovski crystals. An elegant ankle clasp lends accessory sexuality. Shoes cost $ 1 million.
6th place: precious bracelets on legs
This is the name that comes to mind when you see the next Weizmann masterpiece. In this position are the most expensive shoes in the world of platinum and diamonds, in which Laura Harring appeared at the American Academy Awards in 2002. This was the first appearance of the products of a famous fashion designer at a social event of a similar level.
They are open sandals with a high stilettos, where each strap is encrusted with stones in a total amount of 464 pieces. The price of such pleasure is $ 1.09 million.
5th place: ruby masterpiece
Female silhouette of the product, an eleven-centimeter heel, satin and 642 rubies weighing 120 carats. Whose handwriting? Of course, the star shoe designer S. Weizmann. Ruby sandals are the prototype of the shoes of the protagonist of the Land of Oz.
Fairy-tale shoes were created for the next Oscar, but still could not find their legs. The cost of this creation is $ 1.6 million.
4th place: a masterpiece of tanzanite
In 2006, Stuart Weizmann in tandem with the jeweler Eddie Le Vian created another work of art. To work on silver sandals, diamonds weighing 28 carats and the rare mineral tanzanite were used. It turned out almost the most expensive shoes in the world, the price of which is $ 2 million. It is they who are located in the fourth position in the ranking of expensive shoes.
At first glance, sandals look like a royal necklace, which was used for other purposes. 16-carat tanzanite in the form of a drop hangs like a pendant from an ankle-wrapping strap resembling a necklace of sapphires and diamonds. By the way, when tanzanite was first found in Kilimanjaro, it was mistaken for sapphire, and in 1967 the mineral was identified as a new stone.
For the first time, the general public was able to see the masterpiece of tanzanite in 2008 in Las Vegas.
3rd place: a fabulous couple
Top three shoes for Cinderella. That is how the next creation of Weizmann shoe king was dubbed. Violinist Alison Krauss was lucky to try on the most expensive shoes in the world in 2004. Women's eyes were riveted on Alison's shoes. Why, what girl does not dream of being the queen of the ball?
Sandals are made of silver leather with a transparent heel. Restraint and minimalism is saturated with the design of fabulous shoes. Sandals consist of two straps studded with diamonds and a transparent lace designed to fix shoes around the ankle. Like the view, the cost of these "shoes for Cinderella" is fabulous - $ 2 million.
By the way, for the premiere of the film “Cinderella” in 2015, the work of shoe designers on fairy-tale themes was demonstrated at the Berlin Film Festival. Among the items on display were Stuart Weizmann's shoes. He created them semi-closed and translucent. Not without jewelry and a high hairpin.
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Famous in the 40s, American actress Rita Hayworth, whose image was used in literature and cinema, inspired shoe king S. Weizman to create shoes worth $ 3 million, which are located in second place in the ranking.
The most expensive shoes in the world "Rita Hayworth" differ from the previous sparkling models of the master. They are an open-toed model made in satin chocolate color.A satin flower decorates shoes with gemstones in the middle.
The honor of demonstrating a masterpiece fell to Caitlin York. She made her debut in 2006 at a music award.
1st place
Surprisingly, the film “The Wizard of Oz” has become a muse for many shoe designers. Gold on the list of “Most Expensive Shoes in the World” went to ruby slippers created by jewelry designer Ronald Winst for the fiftieth anniversary of the movie. About two months of painstaking and tiring work took 4,600 rubies inlaid. The total weight of the gemstones is 1,400 carats.
The price of a jewelry and shoe masterpiece is $ 3 million. It turns out that the second and first places were taken by shoes with the same value. It is noteworthy that in the presented top of 10 diamond pairs, seven belong to the brand of S. Weizmann. His Fashion House is the most prestigious in the world, and he is rightfully considered a star shoe designer.
The most expensive shoes in the world: male models
Time is changing, now among men there are those who are ready to shell out a lot of money to wear unique handmade shoes with precious stones.
Umbro has released 3 pairs of glamorous boots. All of them belonged to the English football players: Wayne Rooney, John Terry and Rio Ferdinand. The design used sapphires, gold and black diamonds. Shoes were auctioned for $ 613 thousand, of which the most expensive were boots at number 6 of John Terry worth $ 218 thousand. This price is justified, because sports shoes are decorated with more than seven thousand precious stones. Yes, and such money is not a pity to become the owner of boots from the four-time champion of England.
