EXCLUSIVE: ALEXANDRE BIRMAN FOR ANTONIA

Over 50 high-profile guests joined Antonia Giacinti for an exclusive dinner held inside her boutique at Palazzo Cagnola to fete renowned shoe designer Alexandre Birman, showing his collection for the first time in Milan. For the occasion, the hot Brazilian designer, who is a favorite of Hollywood A-listers such as Blake Lively, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba and Alessandra Ambrosio, created mango, flame red and burgundy suede versions of his signature bow-embellished “Clarita” sandal in exclusive for Antonia. Peppered throughout the store and in the windows, alongside a more classic palette of nectarines, blush, beige and black, they all feature a customized Antonia label. Amidst an elegant table setting of towering candle sticks, grapes and foliage, besides Birman and his stunning wife Johanna Stein Birman, an ex Victoria’s Secret angel, guests soaking in the scene included brazilian supermodels Isabeli Fonata and Izabel Goulart, bloggers Olivia Palermo and Candela Novembre, digital influencer Helena Bordon, Teresa Maccapani Missoni and Giovanni Magnano, plus a host of young socialites such as Scilla Ruffo di Calabria, Valeria Galateri, Costanza della Gherardesca and Matilde Borromeo.