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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Lowering the price tag from $1 million to $595. Stuart Weitzman Marilyn Monroe Heel, $1 Million (2005) Image Credit: Thomas Concordia/WireImage When actress Regina King stepped onto the red carpet at the 2005 Academy Awards (where she was recognized for her role in the film “Ray,”) she was wearing a very expensive piece of Hollywood history. King’s strappy stiletto sandals, made by American designer Stuart Weitzman, featured on the toe a ribboned flower accent. Within that was nestled a pair of diamond earrings that belonged to screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Weitzman reportedly had to pay a $1 million insurance policy to ship the earrings from the collector’s home to his workshop, and they were immediately returned after the event. Stuart Weitzman Retro Rose Pump, $1 Million (2008) Image Credit: Getty Images In 2008, Stuart Weitzman created his final — and most controversial — “million-dollar” shoe, the Retro Rose pumps. The T-strap heels featured a rose embellishment encrusted with Kwiat diamonds valued at $1 million. They were intended for writer and director Diablo Cody to wear to the Academy Awards (Cody was nominated for — and ended up winning — Best Original Screenplay for “June”). But she quite publicly refused to wear the shoes before the ceremony. “They’re using me to publicize their stupid shoes and nobody asked me,” Cody wrote on her MySpace, adding, “I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.” Weitzman told AP at the time that he’d made the cost of the heels clear to Cody when he met with her and blamed her team for the lack of communication. “I’m just embarrassed that she wrote what she wrote,” he told AP. The following year, as the Great Recession continued to impact global economies, Weitzman told the New York Post he would stop creating million-dollar shoes for the event. Stuart Weitzman Ruby Slippers, $1.2 Million (2003) Image Credit: Matthew Fearn/PA Images via Getty Images American designer Stuart Weitzman created his own homage to the famed heels in “The Wizard of Oz,” giving the look a more delicate
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