5’s Claim to Shoe Fame

Specs: Two diamond roses, fixed to 1940s-style dusty gold high heels.
More than 1,800 Kwiat diamonds weighing 100 carats were used to make the roses.
Every year, fashion footwear king Stuart Weitzman picks a new and rising star, a “Hollywood Cinderella”, to wear his latest multi-million dollar shoes to the Oscars. In 2008, he selected screenwriter Diablo Cody to wear the $1M heels known as the “Retro Rose” down the Academy Awards red carpet. Ms. Cody initially agreed to wear them but later backed out after critics questioned her “Indie”, anti-Hollywood cred for participating in a glamorous publicity stunt. She opted to wear an unnamed brand instead.