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Christian Dior Kitten Heels

Christian Dior J'ADIOR Denim Patchwork Slingback Kitten Heels
Christian Dior J'ADIOR Denim Patchwork Slingback Kitten Heels

Christian Dior J'ADIOR Denim Patchwork Slingback Kitten Heels

By Christian Dior

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

The Christian Dior J'ADIOR Denim Patchwork Slingback Kitten Heels are a striking blend of modern style and classic elegance.

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Low Heels

Vintage 1960's Christian Dior Gold Lurex Kitten Heels UK 4.5-5 US 6.5-7 EU 36.5
Vintage 1960's Christian Dior Gold Lurex Kitten Heels UK 4.5-5 US 6.5-7 EU 36.5

Vintage 1960's Christian Dior Gold Lurex Kitten Heels UK 4.5-5 US 6.5-7 EU 36.5

By Christian Dior

Located in Nashville, TN

The most eye catching and iconic pair of 1960's gold lurex and leather Christian Dior kitten heel sling backs, you could ever hope to set eyes upon.

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1960s Shoes

Christian Dior by Galliano Gun Metal Grey Silver pointed Crocodile Kitten Heels
Christian Dior by Galliano Gun Metal Grey Silver pointed Crocodile Kitten Heels

Christian Dior by Galliano Gun Metal Grey Silver pointed Crocodile Kitten Heels

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

Fabulous 2000’s Christian Dior by John Galliano Kitten Heels featuring riveted Dior Buckles, crocodile texture leather and 3” Kitten Heels.

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Early 2000s Italian Low Heels

2004 Christian Dior Galliano D’Trick White Leather Pointed Sporty Kitten Heels
2004 Christian Dior Galliano D’Trick White Leather Pointed Sporty Kitten Heels

2004 Christian Dior Galliano D’Trick White Leather Pointed Sporty Kitten Heels

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

2004 Christian Dior by John Galliano D’Trick Red Leather & Leopard Pointed Court Shoe Heels, named in homage to Marlene Dietrich featuring perforated leather, Chrome ‘D’ Buckles and...

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Early 2000s Italian Low Heels

2004 Christian Dior Galliano D’Trick Red Leather Leopard Pointed Kitten Heels
2004 Christian Dior Galliano D’Trick Red Leather Leopard Pointed Kitten Heels

2004 Christian Dior Galliano D’Trick Red Leather Leopard Pointed Kitten Heels

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

2004 Christian Dior by John Galliano D’Trick Red Leather & Leopard Pointed Court Shoe Heels, named in homage to Marlene Dietrich featuring perforated leather, Chrome ‘D’ Buckles and...

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Early 2000s Italian Low Heels

Lunch at the Ritz Chili Pepper Earrings
Lunch at the Ritz Chili Pepper Earrings

Lunch at the Ritz Chili Pepper Earrings

By Lunch at the Ritz

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Pair these with a Gucci dress and some Christian Dior kitten heels. Length: 6 inches Width: 2 inches

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Louis Vuitton Epi Petite Noe Shoulder Bag
Louis Vuitton Epi Petite Noe Shoulder Bag

Louis Vuitton Epi Petite Noe Shoulder Bag

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Style this with some Hermes pants, a Roberto Cavalli top and some Christian Dior kitten heels to complete the look. In excellent vintage condition, please see photos.

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Dior 62-22 X Roger Vivier Houndstooth Kitten Heel Maryjane Pumps 36.5
Dior 62-22 X Roger Vivier Houndstooth Kitten Heel Maryjane Pumps 36.5

Dior 62-22 X Roger Vivier Houndstooth Kitten Heel Maryjane Pumps 36.5

By Roger Vivier for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Mechanicsville, VA

Dior X Roger Vivier Houndstooth Pumps MD0522 Like new, small scuffs at sole Color Multi Size 36.5EU Fabric upper Leather sole Square toe Adjustable ankle strap, button pulls up to r...

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Christian Dior Pointed Toe Denim Kitten Heel - '00s
Christian Dior Pointed Toe Denim Kitten Heel - '00s

Christian Dior Pointed Toe Denim Kitten Heel - '00s

By Christian Dior

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Elevate your style with the Christian Dior Pointed Toe Denim Kitten Heel from the 2000s.

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DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5
DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5

DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5

By Christian Dior

Located in Hong Kong, NT

DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5 Reference: AAWC/A00952 Brand: Dior Model: Diorarty Material: Leather Color: Black, Clear Pattern: Sta...

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Chanel 2022 Small Single Flap Pink Handbag
Chanel 2022 Small Single Flap Pink Handbag

Chanel 2022 Small Single Flap Pink Handbag

By Chanel

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Spice up a basic outfit with this handbag with a pair of boyfriend jeans, Christian Dior kitten heels, and a Prada white tank top.

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DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5
DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5

DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5

By Christian Dior

Located in Hong Kong, NT

DIOR Diorarty silver star lucite heel black patent ballerina kitten heels EU38.5 Reference: AAWC/A00952 Brand: Dior Model: Diorarty Material: Leather Color: Black, Clear Pattern: Sta...

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NEW Dior 62-22 x Roger Vivier Mimosas Floral Kitten Heel Maryjane Pumps 36.5
NEW Dior 62-22 x Roger Vivier Mimosas Floral Kitten Heel Maryjane Pumps 36.5

NEW Dior 62-22 x Roger Vivier Mimosas Floral Kitten Heel Maryjane Pumps 36.5

By Roger Vivier for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Mechanicsville, VA

Dior X Roger Vivier Houndstooth Pumps MD0622 New, no original box Color Multi Size 36.5EU Fabric upper Leather sole Square toe Floral and leaf embroidered embellishments Adjustable...

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21st Century and Contemporary Shoes

CHRISTIAN DIOR cream leather SPECTADIOR Mules Pumps Shoes 38.5
CHRISTIAN DIOR cream leather SPECTADIOR Mules Pumps Shoes 38.5

CHRISTIAN DIOR cream leather SPECTADIOR Mules Pumps Shoes 38.5

By Christian Dior

Located in Zürich, CH

100% authentic Christian Dior Spectadior kitten heel mules in ecru and black perforated brushed calfskin featuring silver-tone hardware.

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21st Century and Contemporary Shoes

Christian Dior EU 37.5 Navy Patent Leather Kitten Heels
Christian Dior EU 37.5 Navy Patent Leather Kitten Heels

Christian Dior EU 37.5 Navy Patent Leather Kitten Heels

By Christian Dior

Located in Amman, JO

Navy patent leather Christian Dior kitten heels with buckle detail. In excellent condition Additional information: Material: Leather Size: EU 37.5 Measurments: Heel Height: 4 cm Ove...

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Christian Dior Black Suede Kitten Heels
Christian Dior Black Suede Kitten Heels

Christian Dior Black Suede Kitten Heels

By Christian Dior

Located in New York, NY

Product details: Black suede kitten heels by Christian Dior. Adjustable ankle strap.

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21st Century and Contemporary Heels

Christian Dior John Galliano SS2002 Beige Nude Pink Canvas Pointed Kitten Heels
Christian Dior John Galliano SS2002 Beige Nude Pink Canvas Pointed Kitten Heels

Christian Dior John Galliano SS2002 Beige Nude Pink Canvas Pointed Kitten Heels

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

Iconic Christian Dior by John Galliano Beige / Nudish Pink canvas pointed kitten heels with brass rivet & buckle details and decorative DIOR Dog Tag.

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Early 2000s Italian Low Heels

Christian Dior Galliano Ruby red satin jewel tone pointed buckle Kitten Heels
Christian Dior Galliano Ruby red satin jewel tone pointed buckle Kitten Heels

Christian Dior Galliano Ruby red satin jewel tone pointed buckle Kitten Heels

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

Fabulous 2000’s Christian Dior by John Galliano Ruby red satin pointed Kitten Heels featuring Swarovski encrusted Dior Buckles with gun metal rivets and 3” Heels.

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Early 2000s Italian Low Heels

Christian Dior John Galliano Y2k CD Buckle Pointed Blue Brown Mules Kitten Heels
Christian Dior John Galliano Y2k CD Buckle Pointed Blue Brown Mules Kitten Heels

Christian Dior John Galliano Y2k CD Buckle Pointed Blue Brown Mules Kitten Heels

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

Christian Dior by John Galliano 2000’s ‘C-D’ Buckle Monogram Kitten Heels in Blue Trotter jacquard canvas.

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Early 2000s Italian Low Heels

2005 Christian Dior by John Galliano Y2K CD buckle kitten mules high heels
2005 Christian Dior by John Galliano Y2K CD buckle kitten mules high heels

2005 Christian Dior by John Galliano Y2K CD buckle kitten mules high heels

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in Sheffield, GB

Fabulous 2005 Christian Dior by John Galliano Y2K era 'CD' buckle kitten mules crafted from a cotton Trotter monogram with ornate floral embroidery details !

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Early 2000s Italian High Heels

Dior Black Leather and Fabric Kitten Heel Pumps Size 39
Dior Black Leather and Fabric Kitten Heel Pumps Size 39

Dior Black Leather and Fabric Kitten Heel Pumps Size 39

By Christian Dior

Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2

Pump shoes for women are a versatile and stylish choice for any wardrobe. Featuring a classic design with perfect arches, these shoes can be dressed up or down for any occasion. Thei...

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2010s Italian Heels

S/S 2004 Christian Dior John Galliano Black Rasta Pointy Toe Kitten Heels 41
S/S 2004 Christian Dior John Galliano Black Rasta Pointy Toe Kitten Heels 41

S/S 2004 Christian Dior John Galliano Black Rasta Pointy Toe Kitten Heels 41

By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior

Located in Yukon, OK

DESIGNER: S/S 2004 Christian Dior by John Galliano Please contact us for more images or information CONDITION: Good- very light wear FABRIC: Fabric & rubber COUNTRY: Italy SIZE:...

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Early 2000s Italian High Heels

Christian Dior Pointed Metallic Silver Slingback Kitten Heel 39.5 FR
Christian Dior Pointed Metallic Silver Slingback Kitten Heel 39.5 FR

Christian Dior Pointed Metallic Silver Slingback Kitten Heel 39.5 FR

By Christian Dior

Located in DOUBLE BAY, NSW

Christian Dior De Jouy J'adior Slingback Kitten Heel Brand: Christian Dior Product: Pointed Slingback J'adior Kitten Heel With Rhinestone Details Size: 39.5 Fr Colour: Metall...

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2010s Shoes

Christian Dior De Jouy J'adior Slingback Kitten Heel 36 FR
Christian Dior De Jouy J'adior Slingback Kitten Heel 36 FR

Christian Dior De Jouy J'adior Slingback Kitten Heel 36 FR

By Christian Dior

Located in DOUBLE BAY, NSW

Christian Dior De Jouy J'adior Slingback Kitten Heel Brand: Christian Dior Product: De Jouy J'adior Slingback Kitten Heel Size: 36 Fr Colour: Blue & Ecru Heel: 7.5 Cm Mate...

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2010s Shoes

Dior Gold Velvet Crystal Embellished Kitten Heel Mules - EU 36
Dior Gold Velvet Crystal Embellished Kitten Heel Mules - EU 36

Dior Gold Velvet Crystal Embellished Kitten Heel Mules - EU 36

By Christian Dior

Located in London, GB

Dior Gold Velvet Crystal Embellished Kitten Heel Mules - Small kitten heel with an open back - Crystal embellishments on the front of the toes - Almond toe shape - Cream leather so...

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Christian Dior Kitten Heels For Sale on 1stDibs

Browse a vast assortment of christian dior kitten heels for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re looking for black christian dior kitten heels and you’re unable to find the right fit, there are plenty of variations in brown and more. Finding the perfect accessories for you may mean sifting through those that were made during different time periods — popular versions of these were made as early as the 20th Century and a newer one, made as recently as the 21st Century, can also be found on the site. Christian dior kitten heels designed by Christian Dior and John Galliano for Christian Dior — each of whom created beautiful versions of these treasured items — are worth considering.

How Much are Christian Dior Kitten Heels?

Prices for christian dior kitten heels can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these accessories begin at $269 and can go as high as $1,100, while these items, on average, fetch $494.

Christian Dior for sale on 1stDibs

When Christian Dior launched his couture house, in 1946, he wanted nothing less than to make “an elegant woman more beautiful and a beautiful woman more elegant.” He succeeded, and in doing so the visionary designer altered the landscape of 20th century fashion. Vintage Dior bags, shoes, evening dresses, shirts and other garments and accessories are known today for their feminine and sophisticated sensibility.

Dior was born in Granville, on the Normandy coast, in 1905. His prosperous haute bourgeois parents wanted him to become a diplomat despite his interest in art and architecture. However, they agreed to bankroll an art gallery, which Dior opened in 1928 in Paris with a friend.

This was the start of Dior’s rise in the city’s creative milieu, where he befriended Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. After seven years as an art dealer, Dior retrained as a fashion illustrator, eventually landing a job as a fashion designer for Robert Piguet, and in 1941, following a year of military service, he joined the house of Lucien Lelong. Just five years later, with the backing of industrialist Marcel Boussac, the ascendant Dior established his own fashion house, at 30 avenue Montaigne in Paris.

Just two years after the end of World War II, the fashion crowd and the moribund haute couture industry were yearning, comme tout Paris, for security and prosperity, desperate to discard the drab, sexless, utilitarian garb imposed by wartime deprivation. They needed to dream anew.

And Dior delivered: He designed a collection for a bright, optimistic future. “It’s quite a revolution, dear Christian!” exclaimed Carmel Snow, the prescient American editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, famously proclaiming, “Your dresses have such a new look.” The press ran with the description, christening Dior’s debut Spring/Summer haute couture collection the New Look. “God help those who bought before they saw Dior,” said Snow. “This changes everything.”

Dior’s collection definitively declared that opulence, luxury and femininity were in. His skirts could have 40-meter-circumference hems, and outfits could weigh up to 60 pounds. They were cut and shaped like architecture, on strong foundations that molded women and “freed them from nature,” Dior said. Rather than rationing, his ladies wanted reams of fabric and 19-inch waists enforced by wire corsets, and the fashion world concurred. The debut got a standing ovation.

In the subsequent decade, Paris ruled as the undisputed fashion capital of the world, and Christian Dior reigned as its king. With the luxuriously full skirts of his New Look, suits and his drop-dead gorgeous couture dresses and ball gowns worthy of any princess, Dior gave women the gift of glamour they’d lost in the miserable years of war.

On 1stDibs, find an exquisite range of vintage Christian Dior clothing, jewelry, handbags and other items.