Published: 28th May 2020
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Most expensive jeans. The most expensive commercially available pair of jeans weigh in at a whopping $10,000. Made by German designer Escada, clients include royalty, supermodels and famous singers. Their Couture Swarovski Crystal jeans look great (you’d hope so!) but it’ll be advised to buy a very big piggy bank before investment.
Richest supermodel. Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen is estimated to have earned $400 million in her career working for Louis Vuitton and Chanel. There’s hope for us all – not much hope, though.
Largest high-heeled shoe. Created by Dido Fashion Club, the dimensions of this gargantuan shoe are 12 feet 11 inches in length by 9 feet 3 inches in height. The feat was attained in the Tunisian city of Sfax, to highlight the skill of the city’s shoemakers and to highlight the potential of the city’s leather and shoe industry. Job done!
Highest mohican spike. Attention punk rockers! This record is currently a staggering 1.23 metres and belongs to Kazuhiro Watanabe of Japan. How many jars of hair gel did he use? That’s another question…
Longest catwalk. Prepare yourself. Constructed in a Belgian shopping centre, the length of the world’s longest catwalk is 2,292 metres (over 7,500 feet). It was used for a fashion show with 70 models. If you’re wondering how long it would take a model to walk its entire length, it’s 35 minutes!
Largest collection of hats. Roger Legried of USA has amassed 100,336 hats since 1970 – that’s more than one hat for each person in Lincoln!
Longest wedding dress train. This record was successful in the French town of Caudry, which is renowned for lace. The length of the record-breaking train was 8,095 metres – that’s just over 5 miles! Which begs the question – how long was the church? And just to put that statistic into even more perspective, it could very nearly cover Mount Everest!
Largest trainer collection. Think your wife owns a lot of shoes? Think again. Jordy Geller, based in Las Vegas, owns what he calls a “ShoeZeum”, which consists of 2,388 pairs of trainers (“sneakers” to the US crowd). The estimated value of his huge collection is over $1 million.
Most expensive shoes from a film. Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz sold at New York’s Christie’s for $666,000 (£450,920). Made by Innes Shoe Co., Los Angeles, the shoes are made from red silk faille overlaid with hand-sequined georgette and lined with white kid leather – just so you know.
…and finally, most underpants put on in 30 seconds. Starting with a “base” of one pair, Italian Silvio Sabba managed to squeeze into a further 13 pairs of underpants in just half a minute. The Italian’s tactic was both unique and exhausting; it involved laying the underwear out on a table and then leaping legs first into each pair, one at a time. What a guy.
