The night of Nov,31 2010, the scene at MoMA wasn't described as "red hot" just because
Christian Louboutin received an award for his shoes with the…you know. The likes of
Jessica Alba,
Cash Warren,
Blake Lively, and
Adam Lippes came out to support their favorite shoe designers at the 24th Annual Footwear News Achievement Awards. Before sipping FN Red Hot Mojitos in a room filled with floating
rouge votives and flowers,
Brian Atwood stopped on the carpet for a photo op with his mom,
Yolanda Stemer. The proud parent reminisced with Th
e Daily about Atwood’s childhood before she presented him with the Designer of the Year Award. “Imagine a teenager up until 2 a.m. designing things," she said. "And a mother screaming, 'Go to bed, enough already!'" But Atwood was all smiles. “I know she won’t embarrass me,” he said. Brand of the Year went to
Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, who hit the red carpet with BFF’s Alba and Warren. The three hit it off years ago when they met at the Clinton Global Initiative. “When I was told I was getting the award, the first people I called were Jessica and Cash,” said Mycoskie. But Alba opted to wear spiky
Christian Louboutin Knotted Pump for the occasion. "We didn't really coordinate that well, but I do wear TOMS most of the time," the actress confessed. "That's more of my day-to-day shoe."
Ivanka Trump, who received Launch of the Year, sported Gucci dress with heels from her own collection. As for the other shoes in her closet? "Oh, come on---I don't talk about that anymore!" she joked. "I love my own!"
While there were plenty of newbies in the room,
Michael Kors came to support
Dawn Mello, or as he calls her, his “fashion fairy godmother,” who was inducted into FN’s Hall of Fame. Louboutin claimed to owe much of his success to the former executive at Bergdorf and Gucci, “I had a nervous attack when I first met her,” he admitted. Nordstrom’s former footwear guru
Jack Minuk and Neiman Marcus' former CEO
Burt Tansky were inducted into FN’s Hall of Fame as well. As for Tansky’s favorite shoe designer? He doesn’t discriminate. “If they sell," he declared, "I love them."
The final award went to the illustrious Louboutin who was joined by his current muse
Blake Lively. While the
Gossip Girl star isn’t the chattiest celeb on the carpet, when it comes to Louboutin, she has a lot to discuss.She is one of stars love christian louboutin so much. “Bear with me, because I have a lot to say,” she said, explaining how they met only after she began "stalking" him. The admiration is mutual. “You just have to think about woman,” said Louboutin, motioning to Lively. “I just think about her, and I get going.”
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