Today a good pair of Italian made shoes at 3-500 is a modest price. The typical price point of these higher end brands, which are no better than the middle brand stuff and made in the same factories in China and Taiwan, or sometimes in Italy by Chinese workers, typically 1599. or in that range or higher for pair of Lubitons and some other higher end brands. Most are not worth it and, they cut higher end shoes far to narrow. Real people are a width C, not an A or B. ALL high end shoes are cut extremely narrow. It's modern foot binding. Only one brand cuts a C width and it's by order only.