Dubai puts most expensive shoes on sale
DUBAI: That’s one way to lose those walking blues: a pair of shoes encrusted with diamonds has gone on sale in Dubai with a price tag of $17 million. They are displayed…
‘Wizard of Oz’s’ stolen slippers recovered after 13 years
They are the world’s most recognisable shoes, but have somehow evaded detection for 13 years since being stolen from a Minnesota museum. But on Tuesday, the ruby-red slippers worn by Dorothy in…
Louboutin wins EU court battle over red soles
French luxury shoe designer Christian Louboutin won a lengthy EU legal battle over trademarking his signature red-soled high-heeled shoes, the court and the company said on Tuesday. Louboutin took Dutch shoemaker Van…
MLC centre provides free treatment of leprosy and other ailments
BADIN: The Mari Adlide Leprosy Centre (MLC) has been facilitating hundreds of patients suffering from leprosy, dermatitis, eye diseases and also offering community-based rehabilitation (CBR) free of cost for more than one year…
How Nepal’s Goldstar shoes went from Maoist symbol to hipster accessory
Long maligned as the footwear of choice for Nepal’s Maoist guerillas, Goldstar sneakers are undergoing a revival in the Himalayan nation, fast becoming a must-have hipster accessory. The humble $8 trainers were…
Suspicions of ‘something’ attached to Jadhav’s wife shoes are false: report
ISLAMABAD: There is no proof that the shoes of Chetankul Jadhav, wife of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, had something, and suspicions of ‘something’ attached to them, for either spying or recording purposes, are…