Design for honour

Yesterday, the Andy Warhol Museum announced that it had secured the commitments of a number of leading designers and celebrities to sketch shoes in honour of its tenth anniversary. The signed sketches, inspired by the works of Andy Warhol, are created exclusively for the museum's Spike-a-delic gala fundraiser and will be auctioned online through eBay, beginning on 1 April 2005. All proceeds from the auction will go to The Warhol's educational exhibitions and programs fund.

"Andy Warhol had a lifelong fascination with shoes and a remarkable career as an illustrator and artist. So it's fitting that in clebrating The Warhol's tenth anniversary, we'll not only pay tribute to the life and works of Warhol, but also to today's world-class designers who enable us to express and differentiate ourselves through their fashions," said The Warhol's Director, Thomas Sokolowski. Participating designers, artists and celebrities include, among others, Manolo Blahnik, Edmundo Catillo, Roberto Cavalli, Kenneth Cole, Christian Louboutin, Heidi Klum, Martha Stewart, Paloma Picasso and Narciso Rodriguez.