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"    Photo: Neil Rasmus, BFAnyc.com   Last night in an Upper East Side mansion transformed by scads of neon pink lights, Jimmy Choo celebrated its collaboration with contemporary artist Rob Pruitt, known for his vivid d\u00E9grad\u00E9 colors, panda motifs, and glitter zebra patterns. &amp;quot;His use of colors is fantastic, glamour is very much in his art, and then we share this passion about glitter\u2014he uses glitter in making his art, and we do that too. So we thought, why not?&amp;quot; Jimmy Choo co-creative director Sandra Choi told ELLE.com. &amp;quot;We were able to take his art and deconstruct it and then reapply it to shoes and bags in ways that really animate the styles,&amp;quot; her co-creative director Simon Holloway added.   Pruitt, for his part, characterized the partnership\u2014his first excursion into fashion\u2014as &amp;quot;the most fun ever. Any idea that I had...I felt like a spoiled child, they never said no to anything. I wanted a whole line of sunglasses, too, like the kind that Elton John would perform in in the &amp;#039;70s, with big star shapes. So we started to work on sunglasses. But the time got away from us, so that&amp;#039;s as close as they came to saying no.&amp;quot;  The collection includes $15,000 angel and devil panda-shaped minaudier\u00E8s, each covered in over 11,000 hand-applied Swarovski crystals. Choi was wearing one, as was Hilary Rhoda. &amp;quot;I love it,&amp;quot; Rhoda enthused. Jimmy Choo CEO Pierre Denis told ELLE.com that a few had already been sold. Krysten Ritter, meanwhile, was more taken with the shoes. &amp;quot;I mean, who doesn&amp;#039;t love a Jimmy Choo? They&amp;#039;re so fabulous and amazing and make your legs look good.&amp;quot;  Likewise with stylist Kate Young, who favors a specific Jimmy Choo style. &amp;quot;My absolute number one shoe that I&amp;#039;d recommend for everyone is called the Jimmy Choo Macy. It&amp;#039;s a dyeable and it&amp;#039;s really high, but it feels like a sneaker. It&amp;#039;s the most comfortable high-heeled shoe that exists,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;They should rename it &amp;#039;The Kate Young.&amp;#039; Every one of my clients has one. I got married in one. They even made one for [Young&amp;#039;s client] Natalie Portman that&amp;#039;s vegan.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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