The shoe superstars have sold their two-bedroom condo for $2.8 million to Chelsea Vista LLC, a little under the $2.95 million ask, according to city records.

We're not sure what made the Edelmans—who run two eponymous cobbling operations—decided to discard their Chelsea pad. Yet it certainly wasn't a lack of shoe cubbies. The master bedroom occupies the entire second level and it has two "very large walk-in closets" and "a chic dressing area" with its very own entrance, according to the listing, held by Sotheby's brokers Christopher Leavitt and the aptly-named Tierney and Leslie Model.

The Edelmans paid $2.3 million to shoe-horn themselves into the sleek new development in 2010. And there was every reason to declare the place a perfect fit: floor-to-ceiling windows, a roof terrace, gas fireplace and sophisticated, glass staircase. But in the end, this wasn't a Cinderella story.

We suppose that the couple will be staying in their country-chic Connecticut home, admiring each other's fabulous riding boots until they find a new pied to share.

kvelsey@observer.com