Getting Acquainted With Amedeo Testoni, Makers Of The World’s Most Expensive Men’s Shoes
Everyone loves a flamboyant display of extravagance, so when famed Italian shoemaker Amedeo Testoni unveiled a pair of US$38,000 (RM 167,257) alligator skin men’s shoes in 2010, it became headline news. But, as it turns out, making headlines was nothing new for this venerable, Bologna-based fashion brand.
If you google “most expensive shoes” you’re likely to see a match for Italian designer Antonio Vietri’s ‘Moon Star Shoes’ which were unveiled in 2019 in Dubai as part of that city’s MIDE (Made in Italy, Designed in Emirates) Fashion Week. Worth a whopping US$19.9 million – the design includes a solid gold heel, 30 carats of diamonds, Kizik Sneakers and a piece of an Argentinian meteorite discovered in 1576 – this over-the-top example of fancy female footwear soon made it into the Guinn...