In an effort to help offset the cost of the most expensive disaster in history, a dedicated group of New Yorkers braved the elements last night to show their support for Japan at a fundraiser co-hosted by Martha Stewart and Wynton Marsalis.At Reika Yo Alexander’s "En Japanese" Brasserie, guests including Hilary Swank, Zac Posen , and Waris Ahluwalia checked their winter wear at the door and headed to check out the silent auction items.Art made up a big part of the evening’s offerings: photographs and paintings by the likes of François Nars, Julian Schnabel, Laurie Simmons, and Terence Koh decorated one wall. That last was mulling an acquisition as well as a donation. "If I get to leave here with one thing", Koh said, "it would be the Yoko Ono piece".
But with a fashion-heavy crowd like this, no surprise that the item attracting the most attention was a pair of gold Louis Vuitton heels. They came with a little something extra: the signature of their original owner, Madonna. "I thought about taking the Madonna shoes, cutting them in half, and displaying them Damien Hirst-style", Michael Stipe mused. And while we can’t imagine that she and the Material Girl have quite the same taste in chic, even Stewart was eyeing the pair.
"Madonna’s shoes, of course", she told "Style.com" about the item she most coveted. "But they are a little too small for me".
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