Actress Cate Blanchett was dressed up from the top of her head to the tip of her shoes for the Helpmann Awards in Australia this week. It was her shoes, however, that drew the most attention.

Blanchett was wearing a pair of limited edition Roger Vivier Limelight American platform heels with sequined star detail and Swarovski crystal buckles. The fanciest thing about the shoes - the price tag. They cost an amazing $11,000.

Roger Vivier, a French brand, is known for its pricey buckled shoes, which can range anywhere from $396 for signature flats to four digits for boots.

The cost of the shoes Blanchett wore makes the cost of the rest of his shoes seem affordable.

TOILETRIES from Hollywood star Alan Cumming and shoes worn by actress Siobhan Redmond are up for grabs as part of a charity auction.

The unusual items are going under the hammer to raise money for an Edinburgh-based organisation which promotes research into the Scots language.

Scottish Language Dictionaries will also auction off items from actor Brian Cox, TV presenter Kirsty Young and Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane.

Cumming provided the organisation with a box of signed toiletries from his own cosmetics range, while Redmond donated the shoes she wore while portraying Elizabeth I in the play Mary Stuart.

The items are all being sold on internet auction site eBay, with proceeds going to help the Scottish Arts Council-supported organisation.

Scottish Language Dictionaries, which is a registered charity, carries out research into the Scots language, as well as producing a range of Scots dictionaries.

Among the other prizes being auctioned are dinner for six cooked by comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, a signed Ronnie Corbett autobiography and a rare One Foot in the Grave T-shirt signed by the show's star, Richard Wilson.

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