The Most Iconic Movie Shoes of All Time

By Steffi Lee
Updated Apr 17, 2017 @ 2:45 pm
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It’s intriguing to think that the shoe, a basic necessity to protect your foot, can also be a status symbol, play Cupid between two lovers, and teleport one to Oz. At least this is what the movies want you to believe.

But there’s no doubt that the simple shoe can be something more than a barrier between skin and dirt. It is the ultimate fashion statement and can change a person’s image from casual (sneakers with a slip dress) to cocktail (slingbacks with a slip dress). Just look at what happened to Andy in The Devil Wears Prada when she wore her Chanel boots – her hair even became sleeker! Hollywood transformations aside, shoes make a character’s look more defined. Or perhaps it’s the other way around.

Here are what we consider the best shoe moments in cinema.

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Wizard of Oz

Credit: Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Costume Designer Gilbert Adrian

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Sex and the City

Credit: Courtesy

Manolo Blahnik

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Cinderella

Credit: Courtesy

Swarovski

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Dirty Dancing

Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate

Keds

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Funny Face

Credit: Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Salvatore Ferragamo

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Clueless

Credit: Paramount/Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Costume Designer Mona May

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Kill Bill

Credit: Mary Evans/Miramax/Ronald Grant/Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Onitsuka Tiger

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Amelie

Credit: Miramax/Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Dr. Martens

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Grease

Credit: Paramount Pictures/Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Costume Designer Albert Wolsky

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The Devil Wears Prada

Credit: Mary Evans/20th Century Fox Film Corp./Ronald Grant/Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Chanel

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Pretty Woman

Credit: Touchstone Pictures/Entertainment Pictures/ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

Costume Designer Marilyn Vance

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Basic Instinct

Credit: TriStar Pictures/Courtesy of The Everett Collection

Costume Designer Ellen Mirojnick

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