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Socialites and starlets alike have been making daily treks down to Culver City for front-row seats during L.A. Fashion Week. But tonight, they can save some gas money if they're in on a style secret: The king of stilettos is coming to Hollywood.
Saks Fifth Avenue is celebrating Christian Louboutin's West Coast arrival with an A-list soiree at S Bar. The French designer's red-soled shoes are the footwear staple of just about everyone in the Biz, from Angelina Jolie to Oprah Winfrey, so I'm pumped to see who will show up!
When I arrive at S Bar, Brent Bolthouse's newest venture, I momentarily forget about fashion because the space is so spectacular. Designer Philippe Starck turned a large square room with high ceilings into a trendy rendition of Alice and Wonderland. Photo-printed curtains of Versailles-like interiors line the room filled with mismatched club chairs and leather sofas, elaborate low-hanging chandeliers and silver candelabras. Even the bathrooms are cool. The Disney cartoon loops on a ceiling plasma!
After downing too many baked crab rolls (there's a tunnel connecting S Bar to neighboring sushi spot Katsu-Ya, which is supplying the to-die-for edibles), I get a chance to speak with the man of the hour about his work. "It is a line that is dedicated to women," Louboutin sings in his wonderful French accent. "Women who like to play women and indulge, totally."
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Tonight's indulgent women—all wearing Louboutin shoes, of course—include Molly Sims, Elisabeth Röhm, Minka Kelly and Rachel Bilson, who just arrived with a Kristen Bell look-alike. Wait! That actually is the newest Heroes star, just with a whole lotta eye makeup and full-on bangs.
"I got bangs to differentiate myself, so I don't look like Hayden and Ali's love child," Kristen says of her blond costars. "I go back and forth every week. It's a love/hate relationship." For me, it's more the latter than the former. Her Veronica Mars look was much cuter than this new blunt 'do.
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After posing for a few pics, Kristen and Rachel chat on one of the leather sofas. But their tête-à-tête is suddenly interrupted when Trina Turk-clad Hayden Panettiere arrives.
Just a foot away, another convo comes to a halt. The minute Ashley Olsen makes her entrance, Louboutin stops his exchange with Olivia Wilde to divert his full attention to his pint-size fan. The two hug, exchange words then clink wine glasses. It's a match made in heaven: One of the world's most famous shoe designers and the millionaire trendsetter wearing his fierce studded boots.
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