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CAROLINE GRUOSISCHEUFELE AND GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI WORKED TOGETHER TO ENSURE THEIR DREAM BECAME A GLITTERING REALITY
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ome girls have all the luck, as certainly was the case when Anja Rubik tip-toed along the red carpet at the amFAR charity gala during the Cannes Film Festival earlier this summer. Sparkling amidst a sea of designer footwear – at arguably the most glamorous evening of the week-long event – the 25-year-old Polish supermodel was chosen by Giuseppe Zanotti to wear the world’s most precious, one-of-a-kind stilettos, designed by the Italian shoe genius in conjunction with the expertise of glittering gem gurus, Chopard. The concept behind the collaboration came during an earlier meeting between the designer and the Swiss jewellery label’s co-president, Caroline GruosiScheufele, a tĂŞte-Ă -tĂŞte that sparked a plan of action, and “an inspiration to combine our respective crafts... not to mention a beautiful means for [the shoes’] future owner to support a noble cause,â€? Caroline explained. The dream became reality later that evening when an A-list audience of Kanye West, Jane Fonda, Janet Jackson and Kirsten Dunst Anja arriving at the watched the shoes be auctioned off for Hotel du Cap in Antibes, France, for the amFAR $200,000 by Eva Herzigova to support gala, before her oneamFAR’s fight against AIDS. Rather of-a-kind shoes were suitably, the lot was won by an auctioned for the charity by Eva Herzigova anonymous private bidder – a footwear fairy godmother, if you will. Now that’s the kind of happy ending we like to hear. “I’VE ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT
JEWELLERY AND BEING A COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUE PIECES. THIS PROJECT MEANS FULFILLING A DREAM: ONE OF CREATING THE MOST PRECIOUS SHOES, EVER‌� GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI
The 12.5cm-high pink satin sandals displayed a staggering 600 precious gems, comprising of 22 carats of diamonds, 199 carats of pink sapphires and 134 carats of rubellites, strung together by rose gold chains at the ankle. The shoes were set off by Anja’s sky-blue ostrich feather cocktail dress by Emilio Pucci with a matching pair of briolette-cut stone hoop earrings.
JULY 2011
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