Andy warhol started drawing shoes as part of his career as a commercial artist in the 1950s each shoe he drew meant money coming in in the 1980s he re visited the theme of shoes this time creating a series of silkscreens with womens shoes in a variety of colours the original silkscreens were then covered in diamond dust hence the name diamond dust shoes on these prints you can see the speckled effect of the diamond dust image credit tm the andy warhol foundation for the visual arts