Pearl Wedding shoes

I love the fact that the heels are only 3.5 inches high, and the style is such a classic. And, don't even get me started on how much I adore the Pearl Wedding shoes -encrusted bows on these fantasy pumps!

This particular style is priced at $245, and will take 3-4 weeks to complete. Both the price and the time frame seem very reasonable to me, considering how time-consuming and difficult I imagine it would be to hand-pearl shoes to this standard.

These delicate ballerina flats are made with materials that are as true to the era as the design is, and elements like silk, multiple lace appliques, pearl embroidery, and Khabarovsk crystals make these Pearl Wedding shoes nearly as precious as your wedding day will be.

According to the Cultured beach weeding Pearl shoes for  Wedding Information Center, pearls were most likely discovered thousands of years ago by people searching for food along the seashore. And thanks to their fabulous shimmering iridescence, this organic gem has been prized ever since. In one legend, Cleopatra is said to have dissolved a pearl in a glass of wine before drinking it, simply to win a wager with Marc Antony that she could consume the wealth of an entire country in just one meal.

 But in a variation of that tale, the dissolved pearl was intended to help her seduce Antony. In ancient Rome, the pearl was the ultimate symbol of wealth and social standing, while the ancient Greeks associated the pearl with love and marriage, and unrivaled beauty. The Greeks also believed the pearl would promote marital harmony and prevent newlywed brides from crying. During the Dark Ages, knights wore pearls on the battlefield, believing they had the magic to protect them from harm. 

 

During the Renaissance, pearls were so highly regarded that several European countries passed laws forbidding anyone outside the nobility from wearing them. And during European expansion in the New World, discovery of pearls in Central American waters meant that pearls, like gold, added to the wealth of Europe. In the early 1900s, the advent of culturing pearls brought prices down to mainstream levels. But even today, beach weeding Pearl shoes are still worn by royalty, especially at weddings. Queen Elizabeth II wore them at her wedding in 1947, as did Sarah Ferguson. And here in the United States, Jacqueline Bouncier wore a strand the day she became Mrs. Kennedy.

The 30th wedding anniversary is called the 'pearl anniversary' in many cultures and it is traditional for the wife to receive gifts of pearls, usually pearl jewellery.