Michael Jackson
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Michael Jackson’s shoes in “Smooth Criminal.”
Michael Jackson’s shoes in “Smooth Criminal.”
A pair of acrylic tube socks custom designed with uppers covered in rhinestone banding from Michael Jackson’s 1981 Triumph tour.
The Jackson brothers at Heathrow Airport in London in 1972.
Jackson performing in 2002 at the Apollo Theatre, NYC for a fundraiser. The star wore trademark patent black slip-ons with statement gold metal shin-guards.
Detail shot of Jackson’s gold shin-guards.
In 2004 Jackson received a Humanitarian Award in Washington, DC. He wore silver glitter, pointy-tie boots for the occasion.
Jackson’s Florsheim loafers with white elastic panel that he wore during his MTV Video Music Awards performance in 1995. Jackson’s white athletic socks with Swarovski crystals from his 1992 Dangerous tour. These are also seen on the cover of his Number Ones album.
The cover of Jackson’s Beat It single saw the star wearing classic white lace-up sneakers.
On stage with Britney Spears at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, Jackson wore his statement gold metal shin guards with patent black leather loafers.
The cover of Jackson’s vinyl single for Dirty Diana, featured a close-up shot of cow-boy style boots with metal buckle details and metal heel rand.
A still from the video clip for Smooth Criminal where Jackson wore patent black shoes with white spats. The shoes were specifically designed to enable his famous full body tilt.
On the cover of his One More Chance single, Jackson wore his trademark black Florsheim loafers and Swarovski crystal embellished athletic socks.
Another pair of Jackson’s signed stage-worn loafers from 1998 were featured in display in 2014 at The Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas.
Performing at half-time during the 1993 Super Bowl, Jackson appeared on stage in his classic black loafers paired with white socks.
For the filming of his 1995 song Scream, with sister Janet, Jackson wore patent black ankle boots to fit the space-age setting of the music video.
in 2013, these signed black loafers went up for auction.
In 2010, this pair of Michael Jackson signed and stage-worn loafers went up for auction in Las Vegas.