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by Andrea Uku · June 4, 2014

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InStyle's Ariel Foxman, Saks Fifth Avenue's Marigay McKee and Prosper Assouline Host a Party to Celebrate "The Shoe Book"

Where: Saks Fifth Avenue Who was there: Guests included Nancy MacDonell, Prosper Assouline, Ariel Foxman, Marigay McKee, Nicholas Kirkwood, Brian Atwood, Angelo Ruggeri, Susan Fales-Hill, Cindy Weber Cleary, John Cruz, Jean-Michael Cazabat, Tommaso Bruso, Betty Wang, Brendan Fallis, Eric Wilson, Kate Young, Alex Assouline, Laura Mueller, Leah Assouline, Cecilia Maurin, Elena Foley, Lauren Bruksch, Lily Lane, Misha Nonoo, Saloni Lodha, Taz Saunders, Christopher Suarez, Dovile Drizyte, Francesca Guillen, Graziano de Boni, Janice Wong, Kevin Levinson, Lisette Santana, Malcolm Carfrae, Nacole Snoep, Rupert Sanderson, and Vanessa von Bismarck. Other details: Last night, Prosper Assouline, Saks Fifth Avenue President Marigay McKee, and InStyle Editor Ariel Foxman hosted a party on the 8th floor of Saks to celebrate the launch of Nancy MacDonnell's new book "The Shoe Book." The book launch also coincided with Saks now offering titles from Assouline at the store. Guests arrived to the chic shoe floor where cocktails and hors d'oeuvres were passed around among the stylish crowd. MacDonnell stopped to chat and pose for pictures with notable guests including Prosper Assouline, renowned shoe designers Brian Atwood and Nicholas Kirkwood, and designer Misha Nonoo. We stopped by to talk to Brendan Fallis in the DJ booth, and naturally we had to ask him what his favorite shoes on girlfriend Hannah Bronfman were. He said, "I'm a fan of Nicholas Kirkwood and Charlotte Olympia." As Fallis played music, MacDonnell sat down to sign copies of her book, with Foxman being the first in line. The book, published by Assouline, covers the entire history of shoes right up to the present, and features a breadth of styles. We asked MacDonnell if her taste had changed after learning so much about shoes, and while she said it hadn't, she added "I certainly have a new appreciation for good shoe design." She also said she currently favors a mid-block shoe rather than a high-heel "mainly because I have a young daughter and I spend a lot of time running around with her, so heels don't always work for that." We also asked what the game-changers of shoe design are now, and she said "there's a lot of fascinating things going on, especially with the technology that allows different heel shapes. That's really what's pushing shoe design forward now."