125 pairs of Catherine Deveuve’s shoes to be auctioned for charity

125 pairs of Catherine Deveuve’s shoes to be auctioned for charity

Footwear worn by the French fashion and big-screen icon will go on sale virtually next month.

Artcurial’s auction features pumps, ankle boots, thigh boots and sandals worn by silver-screen icon Catherine Deveuve. (Artcurial pic)
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Calling all shoe addicts! This auction is for you.

Artcurial’s fashion and luxury accessories department will be selling no fewer than 125 pairs of shoes belonging to fashion and silver-screen icon Catherine Deneuve, worn on the most prestigious red carpets as well as in the front rows of fashion’s most glamorous shows.

The online sale from Sept 7-14 will also benefit France’s Les Restos du Coeur charity, which provides food packages and free meals to the poor and homeless.

Dressed for decades by the biggest names in luxury fashion including Yves Saint Laurent, Deneuve is considered a cinema icon around the world, as well as a true fashion inspiration for women of all generations.

Artcurial’s auction features pumps, ankle boots, thigh boots and sandals worn by the “Belle de Jour” star. There are all manner of styles to choose from, with satin, patent leather, glazed leather and suede, not to mention closed- and open-toe designs, round and pointed toes, and finishes in black or all kinds of other colours.

Designers include Louboutin, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Manolo Blahnik, Prada and Roger Vivier.

The sale will feature around 20 lots by Yves Saint Laurent, including a pair of Opyum pumps and a pair of Tribute sandals, as well as about 20 pairs of Prada shoes, which include red suede sandals worn by Deneuve for the screening of the film “Bastards” (“Les Salauds”) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.

However, buyers might want to make sure they are somewhere near Deneuve’s shoe size of between EU size 37 and 39.5, if they hope to step out in the fashion icon’s stilettos.

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