Rodarte-Style Light Up Shoes

After seeing Rodarte's light-up heels, I decided to make some for myself. The task seemed simple enough. I was able to make a slipcover for the heel of my shoe with embedded light. I used the LED sequins from Aniomagic, you can find them here. The battery pack is from Switch Craft, the materials below account for this. You can use a different battery holder if you like, both  Aniomagic and Lilypad's battery holders work well.

Step 1 Materials

• * Pair of your favorite high-heeled shoes
•  2 sew-able LEDs
• Saran Wrap or lightweight sheer fabric.
• Ribbon (at least 1 yard, more if you want it to lace up your leg)
• Conductive thread/or thin conductive wire
• Main Fabric (pick one with a good translucency for the light)
• Cotton Lining Fabric
• Paper and pencil
• Needle, Thread & Fabric Pins, Scissors

FOR Switch Craft BATTERY PACK:

• 3 Hearing Aid Batteries (size 10)
• 5mm Heat Shrink Tubing
• 4 Magnetic jewelry clasps, 2 gold and 2 silver (design must be flat on both ends)

Comments

[m4l1n]

Very nice! I really want to try this! Thanks for the super idea! :)

[baken411]

I've seen the heels before and fell in love with them. Good instructable and final product =]