There are a pair of Willy's winkle pickers from 1983 in my wardrobe somewhere. You had to order them at a funny dark cavernous clothes shop in Fort Street, then Willy, who/where/whatever he was, would deliver them back in 6 to 8 weeks. They cost $145 - double+ any other shoes in town. They were well made and well pointy I can tell you.

Beside them, from the same era, are a pair of 16 eyelet docs - which had to be sent over by a mate in the UK cos Muldoon was restricting imports and you could not get them locally at all.