Diamond Dust Shoes by Andy Warhol - In the 1980s, Andy Warhol returned to one of his primary motifs from the 1950s with his series Diamond Dust Shoes. In Diamond Dust Shoes, Andy Warhol placed glittering, multi-colored arrangements of women’s shoes against black backgrounds. As a successful commercial artist, Andy Warhol’s acclaim escalated when he drew imaginative images of shoes for the retail store I. Miller. Andy Warhol originally intended to use a powder made from real diamond dust to create Diamond Dust Shoes, however the diamond dust was too chalky, so instead Warhol embedded the paintings with sparkling, pulverized glass.