Partnering with another fashion-forward celebrity for a good cause, ShoeDazzle is segueing from Kristen to Kristin - Bell to Chenoweth that is - in offering limited-edition, celebrity-designed shoes exclusively to its well-heeled members, with 100% of the profits donated to the star's charity of choice.
Putting her best foot forward this month is Kristin Chenoweth, who has designed a grey, suede-like bootie that she has affectionately named "Little Diva." The Tony and Emmy-winning actress found inspiration for its curvy, voluptuous design in the demure sexiness of vintage styles, a tribute to the early 1960s timeframe of her current Broadway play, Promises, Promises. The musical comedy revival, also starring Sean Hayes, Molly Shannon, Tony Goldwyn and Dick Latessa, is based on the Academy Award-winning Billy Wilder film The Apartment.
Sales of Chenoweth's "Little Diva" will benefit the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a national not-for-profit organization devoted to improving the lives of children and families through development of better adoption-related policies and practices (www.AdoptionInstitute.org). An adoptee herself, Chenoweth serves on the Honorary Board of the Adoption Institute and recently received a congressional Angels in Adoption award for her commitment to the cause.
"We are thrilled that Kristen is continuing her support of our work through this partnership with ShoeDazzle," said Adam Pertman, the Executive Director of the Adoption Institute. "Our work to help kids who need loving homes is unique and important, but we simply couldn't do it without people like her. So, thank you Kristin and thank you ShoeDazzle!"
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is the pre-eminent research, policy and education organization in its field. Its mission is to provide leadership designed to improve the lives of the millions of people for whom adoption and foster care are daily realities; to enable every child to grow up in a loving, permanent home; and to help their families succeed. The Institute's award-winning website is
www.adoptioninstitute.org.
ShoeDazzle partnered with
Kristen Bell on its first celebrity-designed shoe, an elegant nude heel whose proceeds benefited the Art of Elysium, a non-profit focused on easing the suffering of children with serious medical conditions. The website launched its first cause-marketing campaign in October 2009, offering a pink pump benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and continues to be an e-commerce leader in cause-related marketing.
ShoeDazzle.com is the leading online styling service delivering personalized monthly shoe, handbag and jewelry recommendations to members from its team of top celebrity stylists. Each recommendation speaks to au courant fashion trends and is selected based on each member's own distinctive sense of style. The company was founded by Robert Shapiro and Brian Lee and launched in March 2009 with Co-Founder
Kim Kardashian, who serves as the site's Chief Fashion Stylist and now boasts over 400,000 Facebook fans. ShoeDazzle, the first and most successful online styling service, allows members to experience the personalized service of shopping on Rodeo Drive at an affordable cost. ShoeDazzle's no-obligation monthly membership cost of $39.95 includes
The Stylists' selection service, and your choice of a pair of shoes, a handbag or a jewelry set, as well as shipping both ways and easy returns. Visit
http://shoedazzle.com for more information.
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