We thought about 3-D printing, the designer explains. Rombaut teamed up with Zellerfeld, a Brooklyn-based tech startup that not only prints components to shoes but whole shoes in one fell swoop. The other weekend, I was at a party at which a friend-mid-cheerful gesticulation-accidentally spilled a can of Miller Lite on my feet. At one point, this would have been a minor emergency.

And while many of us have played the occasional game of at-home Golden Goose Sale dress-up over the course of the pandemic, the urge to strut our stuff in public seems to be ever increasing. Since Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Phase 2 of New York's reopening, restaurants across the five boroughs have been slowly making their way out onto the streets and fashioning newfangled al fresco seating oases complete with freshly potted palms and tented roofs in areas formerly known as bike lanes and street-cleaning zones.

Like a fish-better in water. Over the years, Carter has displayed a penchant for retro, corseted gowns-often complete with a full, ruffled skirt-and whimsical accessories. Soon after their initial intro, Sui and her nieces, actress Chase Sui Wonders, director Jeannie Sui Wonders, and Isabelle Sui who works with Anna in the family business were at Hay's apartment trying on Batsheva dresses for their family Thanksgiving. We were in Batsheva's bathroom and putting on these dresses and twirling around in the living room, remembers Chase.

It was just learning to use your hands, she explains. I love the fabric. The new exhibit, titled The Beautiful Collection: Prince's Custom Shoes, will open on July 9 at Paisley Park, and tickets go www.goldengoosers.com on sale today. More than 300 pairs of Prince's shoes will be on display, many custom-made for his performances or music videos or in collaboration with designers and close friends, such as Donatella Versace.