Dorothy’s iconic ruby red slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ was the most expensive shoes ever sold for $660,000.
In 1947, Salvatore Ferragamo designed an upper made of one continuous thread, a transparent strand of nylon with a wedge or F-shaped heel. With this shoe, Ferragamo won the Neiman Marcus Award, the Oscar of Fashion.
At the end of 2012 there were 29,360 shoe stores employed 188,866 workers in the U.S., of which Payless ShoeSource had about 4,470 stores, Foot Locker had approximate 4,000 stores and The Brown Shoe Company had around 1,600 stores.
American people spent around $20 billion on shoes annually, of which Foot Locker gets about $4.8 billion, approximate $3.3 billion went to Payless ShoeSource, and around $2.27 billion was for The Brown Shoe Company.
Footwear industry has an annual revenue of $48 billion worldwide.
A diabetic shoe that comes in a wide width is more likely to provide a roomy fit.
Today, around 20 % of total shoes is for men’s athletic shoes, 17% for women’s casual shoes, 13 % for women’s dress shoes, 10 % for women’s athletic shoes, 9 % for men’s casual shoes, 6 % for men’s dress shoes, and the rest (about 25%) is for other styles of shoes.
Ruby slippers from House of Harry Winston is the most expensive shoes: $3,000,000
The most ever spent on a pair of shoes was at auction $665,000 for Judy Garland's ruby red slippers from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz".
There are 2144 different styles of shoes
On average, men own 15 pairs of shoes.
On average, men wear size-9 shoes while women wear size-7 shoes
On average, women own 27 pairs of shoes, and purchase 4 pairs of shoes a year.
On average, American women own 19 pairs of shoes although they only wear four pairs regularly, and 15 percent of women has over 30 pairs of shoes.
On average, American women bought 469 pairs of shoes in her lifetime and paid $25,000 on those pairs of shoes.
Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos owned 2,700 pairs of shoes.
Brahim Takioullah, a Morocco man born 26 January 1982, has world's biggest feet; he wears a pair of European size-58 shoes. He is also the second tallest man alive at 8'1''.
Marikina city, located in the island of Luzon in the Philippines, owns the distinction of having crafted the world’s largest pair of shoes, each measuring 5.5 meters long, 2.25 meters wide and 1.83 meters high. The heel alone measures 41 centimeters or 16 inches.
In Ohio, women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
In North Dakota, it is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
It is illegal to walk down a street in Maine with your shoelaces untied.
In China one of the bride’s red shoes is tossed from the roof to ensure happiness for the bridal couple.
The Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada, is the only shoe museum in North America.
The average person walks 2,000 miles a year.
The first lady’s boot was designed for Queen Victoria in 1840.
The first shoe making machine was introduced in 1846.
Shoes were discovered in various parts of the work that date back from 3500 BC to 8000 BC.
90% of European shoe sizes don't come in multiple widths.
In Europe it wasn't until the eighteenth century that women's shoes were different from men's.
Shoes all over the world were identical until the nineteenth century, when left- and right-footed shoes were first made in Philadelphia.
In Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries heels on shoes were always colored red.
The first fashion of shoes was introduced in England in 1633.
Sneakers, which were originally called keds, were first made in America in 1916.
Sandals originated in warm climates where the soles of the feet needed protection but the top of the foot needed to be cool.
Boots were first worn in cold, mountainous regions and hot, sandy deserts where horse-riding communities lived.
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