That's one high heel! Today show's Jill ツバメ breaks the Guinness 記録，記録的な／記録する for the world's largest shoe ? with a little help from Kenneth Cole

  • The shoe is a copy of the designer's popular $225 'Otto' bootie
  • It is 73 インチs tall and 77 インチs long

By Charlie Lankston for MailOnline

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Fashion designer Kenneth Cole has broken the Guinness 記録，記録的な／記録する for the World's Largest Replica High Heel shoe after creating a 73 インチ model of his brand's popular $225 Otto heel.?

The 60-year-old fashion 退役軍人 was enlisted by Today show 特派員 Jill ツバメ, who earlier this year 自白するd that breaking a world 記録，記録的な／記録する was on her bucket 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.?

'After I 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 'I want to break a world 記録，記録的な／記録する' on my bucket 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, I search the Guinness World 記録，記録的な／記録する 場所／位置, to see what 記録，記録的な／記録する I could かもしれない break,' Jill, 38, said on the show.?

'You know, I'm not the tallest person, I'm not the shortest person, I don't have the longest finger nails - but I do know shoes.?

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We did it! Kenneth Cole (R) and Jill Martin (L) celebrate their World Record achievement alongside the official Guinness Record Adjudicator?

We di d it! Kenneth Cole (R) and Jill ツバメ (L) celebrate their World 記録，記録的な／記録する 業績／成就 と一緒に the 公式の／役人 Guinness 記録，記録的な／記録する Adjudicator?

'So I needed to find a shoe to replicate and I thought "who is quirky and 冷静な／正味の enough to want this 肩書を与える?"'

Kenneth and Jill called on the services of?Izquierdo Studio, a?custom 衣装s and 支え（る）s company, who 申し込む／申し出d to help them turn their lofty shoe dreams into a reality.?

'Footwear in and of itself might be one of the most difficult 製品s to bring to market because it's not just about designing,' Kenneth told the?New York 地位，任命する.?

'It's about 工学 and it's about sculpting, and 最終的に it has to be a perfect 割合 in order for it to fit and 持つ／拘留する the 負わせる of its inhabiter. And then to take it and change its 規模 is an even greater feat.'

Kenneth and Jill's mammoth Otto replica, which was v erified by an 公式の／役人 Guinness 記録，記録的な／記録する Adjudicator on Thursday, trampled all over the former 記録，記録的な／記録する, which was 始める，決める in 1996 by Edmund Kryza of Poland with a replica pump 手段ing 44 インチs high and 72 インチs long.

But it wasn't an 平易な feat finding enough 構成要素s to create the statuesque Otto statue; the bootie is made from 6,000 sq ft of calfskin and 手渡す-削減（する） 泡，激怒すること, while the buckle was created with a 3-D printer, and the design even comes 完全にする with a fully 機能の zipper.?

Little and large: The replica shoe weighs almost 150 times the original Otto design

Little and large: The replica shoe 重さを計るs almost 150 times the 初めの Otto design

'I’ve never had kids, but I feel like I just had one,' Jill 認める. 'It was stressful, exhilarating, 無作為の. It was a real labor of love.'

The whole shoe 重さを計るs a whopping 150 続けざまに猛撃するs, nearly 150 times the 初めの wearable 見解／翻訳／版 現在／一般に on sale on the Kenneth Cole website.

'We met with ten different shoe 建設業者s because it is not 平易な to find somebody to build [this],' Jill said.

'There are lots of shoe 製造者s, but there are not many shoe 建設業者s,' Kenneth 追加するd.?

The shoe is 現在／一般に on 陳列する，発揮する at department 蓄える／店 Lord & Taylor’s 旗艦 on Fifth Avenue in New York.?

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