Tia Maria! Sneaker Freaker Hits Center Court

When Maria Sharapova hits center court at Wimbledon this week she will be wearing a new pair of golden kicks:

The Championships, Wimbledon 2005 - Grand Slam Tennis: "Maria Sharapova will deploy a dazzling new weapon in her defense of the Ladies' Singles title at this year's Wimbledon Championships - tennis shoes encrusted with 18 carat gold specks. 'It shines unbelievably. Hopefully it will distract my opponents a little bit,' she joked at the traditional Champions' pre-tournament press conference."

We are distracted by Maria but not by her $700 shoes. Our style mavens, the PR Girls report that they have been wearing Hogan's golden Olympia shoes for nearly a year now but Maria's new shoes (even though they are made by Nike) will without question put them to shame. Game. Set. Match.
+Hogan 'Olympia' Shoes.
+Nu Shooz, 'I Can't Wait' Lyrics.