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Another Weitzman entry into Fantasy Shoes; his Ruby Slippers were created to be worn at the 2003 Academy Awards. Literally made of 642 rubies, these super-shoes total 120 carats and are worth $1,600,000. Predating his Cinderella Slippers, these shoes are evidence of Mr. Weitzman’s fondness for taking impoverished fictional characters and creating shoes they could never have afforded in their wildest dreams. Somewhat ironically, these shoes are over twice as expensive as one of the four remaining pairs of the original Innes Shoe Co. Ruby Slippers worn in The Wizard of Oz – the last of which sold at auction for £666,000 in 2000.

When it came to it, the Ruby Slippers were never worn at the 2003 Academy Awards. Mr. Weitzman claims that he pulled them out of the show “out of respect for those fighting in Iraq.” … I’m fairly sure the people fighting in Iraq in 2003 couldn’t have cared less whether his insanely expensive designer shoes were worn at the Academy Awards or not – what with being shot at and everything. It would have been more thoughtful to send them to Bin Laden as a peace offering, or at least give them to each soldier in turn and let him wish his way home…