Dubai jeweller puts US$17 million price tag on gem-studded stilettos, making them world’s most expensive shoes
The one-of-a-kind shoes are a European size 36 but can be custom-made to the client’s size – after the pay the full retail price
Gold, silk and hundreds of diamonds: a Dubai-based shoemaker has debuted what it says is the world’s most expensive pair of shoes – with a whopping US$17 million price tag.
At a time when some major fashion houses around the world are struggling to sell their high-end clothes, Jada Dubai, a design house with a modest social media following, on Wednesday unveiled a pair of gold patent leather stilettos trimmed with a row of sparkling diamonds.
The shoes are displayed in a diamond-shaped glass case on the top floor of the palatial Burj Al Arab hotel
Each one features a crowning jewel: a round, 15 carat flawless D-diamond near the pointed toe.
“Dubai is the city of millionaires and billionaires … we see it as a potential market, along with the entire [Gulf] region,” said Hemant Karamchandani, chief executive of Passion Jewellers, which supplied the jewels. “In the future we will custom design and provide bespoke (shoes) … not only diamonds, but rubies and sapphires.”