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\n\tGWS Auctions is set to\u00a0auction\u00a0a pair of Michael Jackson\u2019s\u00a0loafers\u00a0on May 2, a\u00a0Florsheim\u00a0Imperial pair that were worn and signed by the musician. The minimum bid is set at $7,500.<\/p>\n
Jackson was known for wearing a distinctive combination of black loafers and white socks, typically with cropped pants. His loafers are associated with his signature moonwalk and \u201cBillie Jean\u201d performances. Antoine Fuqua\u2019s Michael Jackson biopic \u201cMichael\u201d is set for release on Friday, and the film\u2019s premiere on Monday saw some guests pay sartorial homage to the late musician with the loafers and socks aesthetic.<\/p>\n
\n\tAnother pair of Jackson\u2019s Florsheim Imperial loafers was\u00a0auctioned\u00a0by GWS Auctions in 2018, the pair worn when he first moonwalked during a Motown 25 TV special rehearsal in 1983. Jackson repeatedly wore shoes from Florsheim, a men\u2019s footwear brand dating back to 1892, which has accumulated a wide range of fans over the years. For example, at the press conference for the 2025 Met Gala, cochair Colman Domingo, who plays Michael Jackson\u2019s father Joe Jackson in \u201cMichael,\u201d shared how his stepfather would dress up for special occasions, and his looks often included Florsheim shoes. The brand came up more recently when a discussion arose on the Internet around President Trump\u00a0loving the shoes and sending them as gifts.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn addition to popularizing white socks and black loafers, Jackson received a shoe-related patent, along with two of his costume men, Michael L. Bush and Dennis Tompkins, in 1993. The patent was given for creating the tech that allowed for a dance move seen in the 1988 \u201cSmooth Criminal\u201d music video in which Jackson appears to lean beyond his center of gravity without falling.<\/p>\n
\n\tShoes are not the only footwear items of Jackson\u2019s that\u00a0auction\u00a0houses have taken interest in \u2014\u00a0one embellished sock he wore during a concert in Nice, France, during the 1997 HIStory World Tour sold for more than $8,000 at a French auction in 2025. Outside of footwear, Nate D. Sanders Auctions is auctioning a white rhinestone-embellished glove that belonged to Jackson, another one of his fashion signatures. Value is still attached to Jackson\u2019s wardrobe, despite the shadow cast over his legacy due to child sexual abuse allegations; the star always claimed his innocence, and died of an overdose in 2009 at the age of 50.<\/p>\n
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