Most Expensive Shoes: Here’s What $17 Million Gets You in Footwear

Though you may spend a pretty penny on footwear, there’s some high-priced footwear that likely reaches heights you’ve never imagined. Made of precious materials, in 2018 one pair of golden stiletto court pump shoes dubbed the Passion Diamond Shoes made history for their $17 million pierce tag. Though they’ve since been surpassed as the priciest shoes ever created (in 2019, the $20 million Moon Star Shoes from Antonio Vietri were revealed) the Passion Diamond Shoes remain the subject of intrigue and wonder. They were first debuted and displayed at the world’s only seven-star hotel the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. The soaring stilettos were designed by the United Arab Emirates-based brand Jada Dubai in partnership with Passion Jewelers. And this makes sense as the footwear is as much jewelry as it is anything else. The pumps are made of real gold and encrusted with hundreds of carats of rare D-flawless diamonds — there are 118 diamonds rimming each shoe. Across the vamp there are two additional 15-carat D-flawless diamonds that up the value. The Passion Diamond stilettos are made from gold and encrusted with diamonds. The soles of the style, made of silk, are inscribed with the names of the designers: Maria Majari,

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