Cinderella's New Designer Slippers

If there is one girl who deserves a designer shoe, it surely is Cinderella (considering her desperate home life, those horrible step-sisters, and an otherwise drab wardrobe offering) and fortunately it's not just her fairy godmother who has come to her fashion rescue. In honour of the release of the new live-action Cinderella film - in cinemas this March - some of the world's most famous shoe designers are coming to her aid, creating a glass slipper fit for a fairy-tale princess.

 

From Perspex to Swarovski-adorned, the fictional shoe has been reimagined in a range of ways by designers including Nicholas Kirkwood, Jimmy Choo, Charlotte Olympia, Salvatore Ferragamo, Jerome Rousseau, Stuart Weitzman, Paul Andrew, Alexandre Birman, and Rene Caovilla. They will then be available to order from key stores across the world - Harrods, Saks Fifth Avenue in New York and Beverly Hills, Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Excelsior Milano, Tsum in Moscow, Isetan in Tokyo, Level Shoe District in Dubai will all offer the "glass" slippers - and are set to be unveiled just before Valentine's Day.

  

  

"Cinderella has both delicate and strong qualities as a character," Nicolas Kirkwood said. "The moment of transformation emphasises both and gave me the design inspiration to create a piece that spoke to the film's magic."

"I think every girl desires a Cinderella moment in their lives," Sandra Choi, creative director of Jimmy Choo added. "This story ignites a love affair and fascination with shoes that never dies. The power they have to transform is instilled from a young age and the fantasy remains alive forever. I wanted to create a shoe that felt magical, with alluring sparkle and a feminine, timeless silhouette evoking those childhood emotions."