How many kinds of famous Shoes in the World

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The city of shoes in the globe

Dongguan, Guangdong province is not only China shoes market base, but also the city of shoes in the planet. It boasts almost 1 tenth of the world's production of shoes. About 1.five billion pairs of shoes are made here every single year.

 

The world's largest shoe

The world's largest shoe, a high boot, was produced by Red Wing in 2005 to celebrate its centenary and is stored in a museum now.

Specification:

Volume: 638 cubic meters

Length: 20 feet

Width: 7 feet

Height: 16 feet

Weight: 2300 pounds

Workload: 60 workers spend 13 months to finish them

If you were major enough to fill the shoes you'd be about 120 feet tall. ( as high as a 12 story constructing)

 

The world's largest sandal

The world's largest sandal was born in Lahore, Pakistan on July two, 2003.

The sandal was listed on The Guinness Book of Planet Records, with a length of three.93 meters and a width of1.46 meters.

 

The world's most pricey shoes

Stuart Weitzman's Rita Hayworth Open-Toe Stilettos were inspired by a pair of magnificent earrings adorned with rubies, sapphires and diamonds from the estate of late 40's movie siren, Rita Hayworth. They are worth $three,000,000 and now belong to Hayworth's daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.

 

 

 

The earliest high heels in the world

"I don't know who invented the high heel, but all ladies owe him a lot. Excuse the pun, but it was the high heel that gave a huge lift to my career."---- Marilyn Monroe.

It seems that high heels are indispensable to just about every girl and lady. It is said that the earliest high heels were invented in France, but in truth they originated in China, dating back to the Ming Dynasty, in the 14th century, virtually 100 years earlier than the western planet.

 

 

The oldest shoe in the world

The oldest leather shoe in the planet was discovered in a cave in Armenia. It boasts a history of 5500 years, breaking the record set by the shoes unearthed in the Alps. It was created of an intact piece of leather with marking on it and was located filled with straw. Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating on the straw and leather to calculate the shoe's age.

 

The earliest basketball shoes in the world

Converse 1917 All-Stars is the earliest basketball shoes in the planet. Now we can see kobe zoom, Lebron James Vii Shoes and Nike Air Max, which includes air max 2010, air max 2011 ...in the globe

 

The most well-known shoes in the world

The most well-known shoes in the world are undoubtedly "The Bye-Bye Bush Shoe" worn by the Iraq journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi.

For the duration of a December 14, 2008 press conference at the Prime Minister's Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, al-Zaidi threw each of his shoes at then-United States President George W. Bush. The throwing of shoes is an act of extreme disrespect in the Arab culture.

A Saudi businessman supplied US$10 million to acquire the shoes thrown by al-Zaidi. There were also calls from all through the Middle East to location the shoes in an Iraqi museum. Shoe, Ducati Model 271, initial renamed "The Bush Shoe" and later "The Bye-Bye Bush Shoe", is manufactured by the Baydan Shoe Firm in Istanbul. Sadly, on December 18, 2008, Iraqi and American security agents looking for explosives examined and then destroyed the memorable shoes.