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1. Vivienne Westwood
Designer Vivienne Westwood's outrageous sense of style can cause calamity on the catwalk.
The most infamous example occurred when supermodel Naomi Campbell stumbled and fell while modeling a pair of towering “super elevated gillie” platforms with 9-inch heels and 4-inch platforms from Westwood’s 1993 fall-winter Anglomania collection.
The infamous platforms now reside in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
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2. Ruby Slippers
In the original novel, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, Dorothy's shoes were silver, not ruby.
However, when the MGM musical went into production, Hollywood had just begun using a process known as Technicolor. The filmmakers decided that silver wouldn't pop quite that well once the film went from black and white to color and thus, it was decided that Dorothy's slippers would become ruby.
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3. President Bush
In a real-life incident, which occurred during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi threw a pair of size 10 shoes that narrowly missed then US President Bush's head. Soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.
The video footage attracted more than 5.5 million views and 48,000 comments, just 24 hours after its internet debut.
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4. Otzi the Iceman
The shoes pictured right belonged to "Otzi" the Iceman who lived over 5,300 years ago!
The shoes are of a sophisticated design and consist of an inner and outer part.
The inner shoe is composed of grass netting to hold hay in place which served as insulation. The outer part is made of deerskin. Both parts are fastened to an oval-shaped sole made of bearskin by leather straps. Unlike the sole, the uppers were worn with the fur on the outside. The shaft around the ankle was bound with grass fibres.
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5. Sex in the City
These Manolo Blahnik blue satin heels played a significant role in the first “Sex and the City” movie .
If you've seen the movie, like every other fashion obsessed girl, you'll recognize them from Carrie's "Cinderella moment".
They are said to be the first shoes that Manolo made especially for the Sex and the City movie.
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6. Obama
This photo of the then Senator Obama showing holes in his already resoled shoes was taken during and widely shown during US Presidential Campaign.
It was often used to strike a comparison between Obama and Sarah Palin (running mate of Obama's opponent John McCain), who reportedly spent $150,000 on her clothing and accessories during the campaign!
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