Kim Kardashian's shoe at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening night gala was the Jimmy Choo Max: mirror-finish gold uppers, a thick front platform, a slim ankle strap and a 5.9-inch stiletto, with a wide vamp strap over a peep toe. Footwear News identified the pair; they are $1,150 in black satin on the Jimmy Choo site. Law Roach styled the look, their first collaboration, around an archival Saint Laurent by Tom Ford gown from fall 2004. Ruby's twin is the UBWDU gold platform sandal at $41.99: the same mirror finish, the same chunky platform, the same slim ankle strap and needle heel. 4.3 stars from 115 reviews, in stock with free Prime delivery.
The shoe on the carpet
The dress came first: black sequin, gold and pale-pink blossoms scattered up the body, a medallion at the knee, a wave-pattern band at the hem and mint piping at the collar - Tom Ford's fall 2004 Saint Laurent, pulled from the archive. Law Roach styled it, the first time he and Kardashian have worked together. The thigh-high slit was the point. Every time it opened, the shoe answered.
That shoe is the Jimmy Choo Max: a sculptural platform, a rounded toe, a wide strap across the vamp that turns it into a peep toe, a delicate ankle strap and a 5.9-inch stiletto. Mirror gold, so it caught the metallics in the dress each time she moved. The reel above recreates it with AI from an event photograph - the gown from the collarbone down, the walk, the platform in profile. No face, no press photo, just the clothes and the shoe.
The twin, and what $41.99 buys
The UBWDU gold platform sandal gets the architecture right: mirror-gold finish, a thick block platform under the toe, a slim ankle strap with a small buckle, a needle heel and an open square peep toe under a wide vamp strap. Side by side in the reel's last beat, the silhouette is the same.
It is synthetic rather than leather, and the toe is squared where hers is rounded. That is the whole difference at one twenty-seventh of the price. 4.3 stars from 115 reviews, currently 25 percent off at $41.99, in stock and shipping from Amazon with free Prime delivery.
