Salvatore Ferragamo


I'm not convinced I shall get an answer to this before IMDB (in their infinite wisdom) shut down the message boards, but here goes...

Quite some years ago, while holidaying in Florence, I walked past Ferragamo's boutique, and in the central window (about 20' X 20'), draped in black velvet, a single item was picked out by a single spotlight: one red stiletto shoe, covered in sparkles, and I recalled having read that the pair had been re-bought in auction by the house of Ferragamo fairly recently. These were the shoes designed by Salvatore Ferragamo for Marilyn Monroe, either for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), or possibly How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), I forget which... Now, my point is this... Ferragamo was reputed to have built MM's shoes with one heel 1/2 " shorter than the other, to give the 'wiggle' effect when walking... Admirably illustrated during the famous 'It's just like jello on springs' sequence, as Daphne and Josephine are about to board the train to Miami, so, does anybody know if Sugar's shoes were Ferragamo's, and, if so, were they also built asymmetrically?..

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

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I wish I knew.

I'm sure there's someone, somewhere else, who knows that.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

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How can one heel shorter than the other make a person wiggle, instead of limping?

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