Chloe Moretz's brogues or Brooklyn Decker's booties? A-list stars turn shoe designers for Stuart Weitzman
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For Twilight star Nikki Reed, 24, that meant goose-bump calfskin, and for Chloe Moretz, 15, it was a menswear-inspired design.
They are two of the celebrities to work with footwear designer Stuart Weitzman to craft shoes to their specs to help raise money for ovarian cancer research.
Twilight hues: Nikki Reed (left) designed a $425 black and burgundy stiletto (right) for the charity campaign
Mr Weitzman has a long history of working with stars, and he finds many of them to be 'frustrated fashion designers.'
'It doesn't surprise me when they make requests or have ideas. They have a desire to create what they wear and what they look like,' said Mr Weitzman.
'It would be surprising to me if they didn't want to have more input and try design.'
The Young Hollywood Cares collection, which starts from $375, was co-designed this year by Miss Moretz, Ms Reed, Brooklyn Decker, Julianne Hough and AnnaSophia Robb.
Memory recall : Actress Chloe Moretz (left) based her $375 oxford shoe design (right) on her father's footwear
Animal instinct: AnnaSophia Robb (left) opted for pony-hair and burgundy piping for her $425 stiletto (right)
Mr Weitzman recalled Miss Moretz's inspiration: 'She told me as a kid, she would wear her father's wingtips and oxfords... And she wanted to make a shoe like her dad's that was sexy, high and wearable.'
Other styles include Ms Decker's gold metallic cap-toe black multistrap ankle boots, and Miss Robb's black pony-hair stiletto pumps with burgundy satin piping.
This is the second round of collaborations, following last year's successful fundraising effort of $80,000, which was done without much promotion or publicity, Mr Weitzman said.
Best foot forward: Brooklyn Decker (left) fashioned a $495 gold metallic cap-toe ankle boot (right)
Well-polished: Julianne Hough (left) unveiled a $425 patent leather platform (right)
'I want to be more visible,' he said. 'I have learned it's hard to ask people for money and it's harder to get them to give it, but if you have fun and make some noise, you can rattle it. You'll buy something, even if it costs a little more, but why not for a good cause?'
Proceeds from the collection benefit research at the Folkman Institute/Vascular Biology Program at Boston's Children's Hospital.
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