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"Silly us--we thought saving up for a pair of Jimmy Choos or Christian Louboutins was a once-in-a-very-blue-moon splurge, but there&amp;#x27;s another pair out there that make those designer stilettos seem like they&amp;#x27;re from the bargain bin at Payless. Today&amp;#x27;s Telegraph UK reports on the world&amp;#x27;s most expensive shoes: They&amp;#x27;re solid gold, encrusted with diamonds, and will set you back an absolutely preposterous $229,000 (yes, that&amp;#x27;s right, the price of an actual house). &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s no great surprise these gold and diamond shoes, which are the brainchild of British jewellery designer Christopher Michael Shellis, have not had any takers since going on sale five months ago,&amp;quot; the paper writes. &amp;quot;Each pair is made from solid gold and over 2,200 diamonds, totalling 30 carats.&amp;quot; Check &amp;#x27;em out here, then leave your &amp;quot;!?!!s&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;What the #$@&amp;amp;?!s&amp;quot; in the comments section below! PLUS... - $3.8 million Mouawad handbag lands Guinness world record AND! - Sex and the City obsessed? One woman spent $175K to recreate Carrie Bradshaw&amp;#x27;s closet! More Ways to Get Glamour: Get the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion Check our chic new Tumblr! Read Glamour magazine on your iPad! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). And, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Photo: Paul Katz/Digital Vision Want even more STF? Follow us on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3});"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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