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‘The Beautiful Collection: Prince’s Custom Shoes’ opens at Paisley Park

By Photos by New York Times

Aug. 9, 2021

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In an undated photo from John Wagner Photography, boots worn by Prince in the “Raspberry Beret” music video in 1985. The shoes are on display at Paisley Park as part of "The Beautiful Collection: Prince's Custom Shoes."
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In an undated photo from John Wagner Photography, gem-studded heels worn by Prince at his induction ceremony into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. The shoes are on display at Paisley Park as part of "The Beautiful Collection: Prince's Custom Shoes."
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In an undated photo from Tony Sylvers, boots worn by Prince when he performed "Purple Rain" at the 1985 American Music Awards. The shoes are on display at Paisley Park as part of "The Beautiful Collection: Prince's Custom Shoes."
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In an undated photo from Tony Sylvers, gold metallic boots worn by Prince during his 2010-2011 “Welcome 2 America” tour. The shoes are on display at Paisley Park as part of "The Beautiful Collection: Prince's Custom Shoes."
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This photo provided April 19, 2018, by the Carver County Sheriff's Office as part of an investigative file into Prince's death shows a laundry room with a rack of shoes inside Prince's Paisley Park estate in Chaska, Minn.
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“Rest in Purple” is left among the messages in chalk outside First Avenue, the nightclub Prince used for many scenes in “Purple Rain,” in Minneapolis, April 22, 2016. Even in the final days before his death on Thursday, Prince was a familiar presence around Minneapolis, riding his bike, hosting a party and visiting a local record store and downtown jazz club.
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A memorial to Prince outside First Avenue, the nightclub he used for many scenes in “Purple Rain,” in Minneapolis, April 22, 2016. Even in the final days before his death on Thursday, Prince was a familiar presence around Minneapolis, riding his bike, hosting a party and visiting a local record store and downtown jazz club. (Stephen Maturen/The New York Times)
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A copy of "Purple Rain" left at the memorial to Prince outside First Avenue, the Minneapolis nightclub he used for many of the movie's scenes, April 22, 2016. Even in the final days before his death on Thursday, Prince was a familiar presence around Minneapolis, riding his bike, hosting a party and visiting a local record store and downtown jazz club.
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A couple embrace at a memorial to Prince outside First Avenue, the nightclub he used for many scenes in “Purple Rain,” in Minneapolis, April 22, 2016.

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