Fit For A Queen: Elizabeth II Loves Fancy Footwear (PHOTOS)

Who knew? WWD reports that Queen Elizabeth II was quite the Carrie Bradshaw in her day.

A little known fact about Queen Elizabeth II: she has exquisite taste in shoes. For her 1953 coronation, the monarch tapped French footwear maven Roger Vivier to construct a decadent, embroidered slipper with rubies.

So on Wednesday the company launched a collection of Elizabeth-inspired shoes and bags called A Princess to Be a Queen.

Which naturally made us curious about Her Majesty's footwear over the years. Although it's become more, shall we say, functional in her later years, here are a few of her most notable pairs. Or see a slideshow of the Queen's clothes through the years.

• • • • • Queen Elizabeth II wore these shoes, designed by Edward Rayne and made with duchesse satin and trimmed with silver and seed pearl buckles, on her wedding day in 1947.

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Comments

[organicthemepark]

09:35 AM on 09/21/2009

Auction them all off for charity as Princess Diana auctioned off her dresses.

[tel8034]

12:24 AM on 09/21/2009

Well she was talking about shoes with Michelle Obama during the much talked about mutual "hands around the waist" at Buckingham Palace, which resulted in the nonsensical MSM uproar.

[goddess1871]

09:19 AM on 09/20/2009

Loved the boots! I'd give my "kingdom" for a comfortable pair of shoes any day.

[lmvd3]

11:14 PM on 09/19/2009

Wow, who knew? Great taste in footwear, your Royal Highness.

[615gal]

07:27 PM on 09/19/2009

I think they are pretty. Was really surprised at the snazzy boots just last year, good for her. If I had her money, I'd have mine custom made too.

[maryrothchild]

07:01 PM on 09/19/2009

Despite the stockings falling, I love the show shoes the best.

[NilesCrane]

05:08 AM on 09/19/2009

the pope has flashier shoes then her...

any forget his red prada pumps?

[PlanoBlue]

06:43 PM on 09/18/2009

Yawn. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[motherofsons]

06:18 PM on 09/18/2009

Rayne shoes are quite fine. I have a pair of black patent with grosgrain bows that I bought 25 years ago at Bergdorf's and they are still in style.

[Furby]

05:32 PM on 09/18/2009

Exquisite taste in shoes? Those shoes are terrible. Sorry but even the antique shoes must have been sorry in their day.

[BlueZoo]

04:47 PM on 09/18/2009

The Queen cannot dress provocatively or display any outrageousness so it's easy to see why she carries out self-expression in shoes and hats. More power to her for doing so! I love beautifully made footwear and have been known to save for a year just to buy one pair I'm in love with. A well-made and comfortable shoe can make you feel like a Queen!

[GunneraGirl]

05:08 PM on 09/18/2009

if they can't dress outrageously, why do all the women in the royal family always look either like gigantic parakeets, or as if they just stepped off the cover of 'Sargeant Pepper's' ?

[glorialovelace]

09:30 PM on 09/18/2009

Members of the RF have to dress in bright colors so they can be seen by crowds from a distance.

[theredqueen]

04:41 PM on 09/18/2009

Lovely styles for HRH. I love shoes myself - Nordstrom has a collection of antique shoes for men women and children that date back many years. I enjoy looking at them in their show cases whenever I go there to shop. Women's feet seemed very small compared to today.

[GunneraGirl]

05:07 PM on 09/18/2009

milk. we all drink more milk in the post-world war II era, and it's made us all taller, bigger, on average than earlier generations.

[lmvd3]

11:17 PM on 09/19/2009

Hmmm...I'm taller (by far) than the rest of my entire family and I never drink milk. Not since I was a baby, anyway. Perhaps nutrition in general is a contributing factor, but certainly not milk in my case.

[TheMuckraker]

04:03 PM on 09/18/2009

OJ Simpson:
"I would NEVER wear them ugly as sed shoes"

[aurora50]

03:17 PM on 09/18/2009

Please, sometime, do a slideshow of her hats!
Since I was a little girl in the late 50's I have been aware of them. Lately they have been just super! Thanks.

[Mort]

03:00 PM on 09/18/2009

Imelda Windsor?

[NWReader]

12:07 AM on 09/21/2009

The difference being, HRM pays for them honestly.