Trying on Shoes with Sarah Jessica Parker and Gayle King
Sarah Jessica Parker gives fellow sole sister Gayle King (and creative director Adam Glassman) a
walking tour of her new line of fabulous footwear—and we have the gorgeous photos!
By Lisa Kogan
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Once upon a time, high-heel devotee Gayle King met an up-and-
coming shoe designer named Sarah Jessica Parker. Laughs were
shared, pastries were inhaled—and a pair of footwear
fanatics finally found their match.
Sarah Jessica: "These heels are high, but not like you're on stilts. There's nothing sexy about not being able to walk." Adam and Gayle: "Amen!"
Next: The designer recalls her first pair of Manolos
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Left: "I think it was in 1985 or '86 that I bought my first Manolos," Sarah Jessica recalls. "I had very little money but still ordered four or five pairs."
Right: "The foot wants what it wants," Gayle says with a shrug, "and mine wants heels!"
Next: See the designer's inspired designs
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Left: Made in the shade: "The Pola in this color is my kind of nude!" Gayle exclaims happily.
Right: "Shoe rules are a thing of the past. You can wear coral or jade or any shade to the office. Color is the new neutral," Sarah Jessica declares.
Next: "I feel like I've died and gone to shoe heaven" — Gayle
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Left: Gayle has a Cinderella moment as Adam and George Malkemus, Sarah Jessica's business partner, look on.
Right: "The grosgrain ribbons make SJPs easily identifiable to others and really personal to me," Sarah Jessica says.
Next: Sarah Jessica has named her shoes after people who inspire her
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
From left: 1. Debating the merits of T-straps versus ankle straps.
2. Sarah Jessica and Gayle show off the Ina.
3. The Pola, named for the great silent film actress Pola Negri.
Next: The trick to elongating your legs
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Left: A Cronut, a Brigitte, and one very happy Gayle.
Right: Sarah Jessica instructs Gayle not to buckle her ankle strap so tight. "If it hangs a little slouchy, almost like a bracelet, it will elongate your leg." Gayle is stunned: "You mean all these years I've been wearing my shoes the wrong way?"
Next: Minty green Bobbies
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Left: What color goes
with a little peach dress? According to Sarah Jessica,
everything from gray to berry to vermilion: "It only
clashes if you feel it clashes."
Right: The
confection known as Bobbie.
Next: The Carrie Bradshaw-inspired touch
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Left: "Carrie Bradshaw often wore a silk flower in her lapel, and I gave one to Etta," Sarah Jessica says of her most flirtatious design.
Right: The line also includes some fantastic bags and one perfect trenchcoat: this linen number trimmed in grosgrain. (Sarah Jessica is doing it in navy, too.)
6. The confection known as Bobbie.
Next: Mix and match
Photo: Jake Rosenberg/The Coveteur
Sweet dreams are made of these.
The collection will be available exclusively at Nordstrom starting February 28.
Next: Inside Gayle King's closet makeover
From the
February 2014 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
