Apr 15, 2011 19:01 GMT  ·  By
Christopher Michael Shellis has created The House of Borgezie line of shoes, made of gold with diamonds
   Christopher Michael Shellis has created The House of Borgezie line of shoes, made of gold with diamonds

If you ever thought owning over a certain number of pair of shoes was too extravagant or even if you deemed Louboutins expensive, here’s a pair of shoes that will make you reconsider: it’s worth £140,000 and comes from The House of Borgezie.

Even better, they are now on sale, the Daily Mail reports.

The pair you can see in the image attached is part of a line that was launched a few months ago, the brainchild of British jewelry designer Christopher Michael Shellis.

It and other pairs in the collection have one thing in common, aside from the jaw-dropping price tag: they’re made of solid gold and are decorated with many carat worth or diamonds.

“Shellis has spent three years working on the creation, which is painstakingly put together by skilled goldsmiths in temperatures of more than 1000ºC,” the Mail notes.

“Each pair is handcrafted from solid gold and then encrusted with 2,200 brilliant cut diamonds, totaling 30 carats,” adds the publication.

Speaking of the collection, Shellis says it was born out of the need to offer customers a feeling of ultimate luxury, something that cannot be replicated by any other brand or famous designer.

Because of this, he’s also designed accessories to go with the outrageous shoes and, yes, they’re just as outrageous: a £200,000 clutch and a £25,000 compact mirror.

“The aim of this was to create a unique form of jewelry which you can wear on your feet. It’s a bit like if you found these on an archaeological dig in thousands of years time they would be regarded as a treasure – a treasure of the feet,” Shellis says.

Said treasure also comes with a guarantee worthy of the price tag.

“But like any great treasure it will remain as beautiful as the day it was created – and we even offer an ‘eternity’ guarantee lasting 1,000 years,” Shellis says.

Just think of it in terms of a good investment, if you will.

The designer also reveals that, while he’s yet to sell anything from the extravagant collection, he’s in talks about it with various interested parties.

Sadly, he can’t reveal any names, but those of socialite Paris Hilton and British singer Cheryl Crow are thrown in the mix by the Mail.