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Interview With Stuart Weitzman
Aired September 29, 2003 - 10:49 ET
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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Serena Williams and other charity- conscious athletes are stepping up to help others, not by walking a mile in their shoes but designing their own and donating them to charity. It's the third annual Stuart Weitzman Celebrity Shoe Auction. It begins October 1. The money raised will be donated to breast cancer awareness and research.
And here to tell us more about that and the special sale, the designer himself, Stuart Weitzman in New York. Stuart, good morning. A pleasure to have you with us.
STUART WEITZMAN, SHOE DESIGNER: How are you, Daryn? I think the last time I met you, you were looking at a different type of shoe of ours.
KAGAN: I think we were looking at Oscar shoes the last time.
WEITZMAN: That's right. And this is for an even better cause.
KAGAN: Absolutely. Let's -- tell us about the athletes and let's see the shoes.
WEITZMAN: Well the first one that we have up on the line, which you'll get to see in a minute, is by Herman Edwards, of course, the coach of the Jets. You'll notice he did a better job, I think, with the shoe than he did with the Jets this year.
(LAUGHTER)
KAGAN: Ouch! He had more to work with your shoes than he did on his team, though, so to be fair...
WEITZMAN: Those little footballs are actually having chocolate- covered almonds.
KAGAN: Very cute. All right, who else do you have?
WEITZMAN: And after Herman we have Yogi Berra. And you know what they said in one of the great movies of last year, you have to look past the pinstripes. And there's Yogi behind them. And of course he...
KAGAN: Yogi bleeds pinstripes.
WEITZMAN: Yes, he leads and it's a great piece of memorabilia for someone like him.
KAGAN: Now the next one's very special because it's skater Peggy Fleming and she herself is a breast cancer survivor.
WEITZMAN: Yes, she was the first one, actually, who volunteered to do a shoe for us. The skate that's on the bottom of the shoe is actually a blade, it's from her 1968 Olympic event where she won the Gold medal. And she survived that event, she survived breast cancer and she's a perfect example of why events like this raising money are only going to help the cause.
KAGAN: Absolutely. All right, let's see if we can get a couple more shoes in then I want to ask you about where people can bid on these shoes.
WEITZMAN: OK, well, Cutino Mobley, the Rockets all-star, he's done a pretty creative shoe there with a basketball and the Houston Rocket symbol.
KAGAN: Oh, very cute.
WEITZMAN: And it's nice bit -- if you like the Rockets, that's something to buy.
KAGAN: Now let's pan as we watch a few more of these.
WEITZMAN: Well, Gary Sheffield took the hatchet. I guess that's the baseball that struck him out one day. I don't know...
KAGAN: No, that's the axe because he's an Atlanta Brave and their about to -- he's their, what, top hitter. Yes.
WEITZMAN: Top hitter. That's true.
KAGAN: And he is about to go into a tough playoff series with the Chicago Cubs.
WEITZMAN: I'm sure he'll do well.
KAGAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) We've got to see what Serena did, because she and her sister Venus are very into design.
WEITZMAN: Yes, and here is a heck of a designed shoe. Rhinestone tennis balls, rhinestone tennis racket, gold chain around the throat of her shoe like she would wear on her neck in a match. She did a great job on that shoe. And I understand she put every stone on herself.
KAGAN: Real quickly, tell me where people can see more of these shoes and if they want to bid on them and contribute to the cause what they can do.
WEITZMAN: Well at StuartWeitzman.com they're all on display, 100 percent of the proceeds can go to breast cancer research, the national foundation as well as Susan G. Koman. That was Tara Lipinski's shoe. I don't know where she did silver stones, she won the gold medal.
(CROSSTALK)
WEITZMAN: I love that shoe, by the way, with the cut-up football, that Jeff Garcia did.
And at our Web site you will bid on it. Your bid price will last until the end of the month, end of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They will also be on display in our Madison Avenue store in the window in New York and on Rodeo Drive on our store there in Beverly Hills.
And we expect to raise a lot of money, 100 percent of the proceeds will be for research. Nothing is taken out for any of the activities that lead to it.
And if you just think about what if your grandfather had passed on to you a Babe Ruth shoe that he had done or an Elvis Presley shoe from someone or a Jackie Robinson shoe. It's not just a great cause, it's a heck of an investment.
KAGAN: Well absolutely. And I can tell you on personal note breast cancer touched my family for the first time this year. So a personal thanks for doing this and appreciate it and I'll go on line and bid on a shoe.
Stuart, thank you for that.
WEITZMAN: OK. Thanks for getting the message out.
KAGAN: Absolutely, Stuart Weitzman.
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Aired September 29, 2003 - 10:49 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Serena Williams and other charity- conscious athletes are stepping up to help others, not by walking a mile in their shoes but designing their own and donating them to charity. It's the third annual Stuart Weitzman Celebrity Shoe Auction. It begins October 1. The money raised will be donated to breast cancer awareness and research.
And here to tell us more about that and the special sale, the designer himself, Stuart Weitzman in New York. Stuart, good morning. A pleasure to have you with us.
STUART WEITZMAN, SHOE DESIGNER: How are you, Daryn? I think the last time I met you, you were looking at a different type of shoe of ours.
KAGAN: I think we were looking at Oscar shoes the last time.
WEITZMAN: That's right. And this is for an even better cause.
KAGAN: Absolutely. Let's -- tell us about the athletes and let's see the shoes.
WEITZMAN: Well the first one that we have up on the line, which you'll get to see in a minute, is by Herman Edwards, of course, the coach of the Jets. You'll notice he did a better job, I think, with the shoe than he did with the Jets this year.
(LAUGHTER)
KAGAN: Ouch! He had more to work with your shoes than he did on his team, though, so to be fair...
WEITZMAN: Those little footballs are actually having chocolate- covered almonds.
KAGAN: Very cute. All right, who else do you have?
WEITZMAN: And after Herman we have Yogi Berra. And you know what they said in one of the great movies of last year, you have to look past the pinstripes. And there's Yogi behind them. And of course he...
KAGAN: Yogi bleeds pinstripes.
WEITZMAN: Yes, he leads and it's a great piece of memorabilia for someone like him.
KAGAN: Now the next one's very special because it's skater Peggy Fleming and she herself is a breast cancer survivor.
WEITZMAN: Yes, she was the first one, actually, who volunteered to do a shoe for us. The skate that's on the bottom of the shoe is actually a blade, it's from her 1968 Olympic event where she won the Gold medal. And she survived that event, she survived breast cancer and she's a perfect example of why events like this raising money are only going to help the cause.
KAGAN: Absolutely. All right, let's see if we can get a couple more shoes in then I want to ask you about where people can bid on these shoes.
WEITZMAN: OK, well, Cutino Mobley, the Rockets all-star, he's done a pretty creative shoe there with a basketball and the Houston Rocket symbol.
KAGAN: Oh, very cute.
WEITZMAN: And it's nice bit -- if you like the Rockets, that's something to buy.
KAGAN: Now let's pan as we watch a few more of these.
WEITZMAN: Well, Gary Sheffield took the hatchet. I guess that's the baseball that struck him out one day. I don't know...
KAGAN: No, that's the axe because he's an Atlanta Brave and their about to -- he's their, what, top hitter. Yes.
WEITZMAN: Top hitter. That's true.
KAGAN: And he is about to go into a tough playoff series with the Chicago Cubs.
WEITZMAN: I'm sure he'll do well.
KAGAN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) We've got to see what Serena did, because she and her sister Venus are very into design.
WEITZMAN: Yes, and here is a heck of a designed shoe. Rhinestone tennis balls, rhinestone tennis racket, gold chain around the throat of her shoe like she would wear on her neck in a match. She did a great job on that shoe. And I understand she put every stone on herself.
KAGAN: Real quickly, tell me where people can see more of these shoes and if they want to bid on them and contribute to the cause what they can do.
WEITZMAN: Well at StuartWeitzman.com they're all on display, 100 percent of the proceeds can go to breast cancer research, the national foundation as well as Susan G. Koman. That was Tara Lipinski's shoe. I don't know where she did silver stones, she won the gold medal.
(CROSSTALK)
WEITZMAN: I love that shoe, by the way, with the cut-up football, that Jeff Garcia did.
And at our Web site you will bid on it. Your bid price will last until the end of the month, end of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They will also be on display in our Madison Avenue store in the window in New York and on Rodeo Drive on our store there in Beverly Hills.
And we expect to raise a lot of money, 100 percent of the proceeds will be for research. Nothing is taken out for any of the activities that lead to it.
And if you just think about what if your grandfather had passed on to you a Babe Ruth shoe that he had done or an Elvis Presley shoe from someone or a Jackie Robinson shoe. It's not just a great cause, it's a heck of an investment.
KAGAN: Well absolutely. And I can tell you on personal note breast cancer touched my family for the first time this year. So a personal thanks for doing this and appreciate it and I'll go on line and bid on a shoe.
Stuart, thank you for that.
WEITZMAN: OK. Thanks for getting the message out.
KAGAN: Absolutely, Stuart Weitzman.
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