The Italian designer celebrated two decades of his namesake collection during Milan Fashion Week.

Gianvito Rossi has one wish for all the women who have worn his luxury footwear creations during the past two decades.

“I want to ask them how they feel. It’s very important that my shoes represent good memories,” the designer said at his packed 20th anniversary celebration on Thursday night at Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan.

The evening was a fitting toast to the shoe maestro, who celebrated his past, present and future alongside an adoring Milan Fashion Week crowd and influential actresses and models, including Naomi Watts. “She’s feminine, but with a very strong personality,” Rossi said of Watts. “And I think that’s maybe how my shoes are.”

Paloma Elsesser, Luisa Ranieri and Mariacarla Boscono, were also in the house, as well as top retail names from Exemplar Luxury Group, Nordstrom and Level Shoes.

In an ever-changing luxury climate, Rossi has been one of the industry’s biggest success stories — and during his anniversary year, the designer finally paused to reflect on his achievements. “We are always in a rush, and it’s not easy to look back. But this time we took the moment and put it all in a book,” he said of his new Rizzoli tome, which celebrates his most memorable designs through the years.

Before he struck out in his own in 2006, Rossi spent many years learning the intricacies of the shoe business from his late legendary father, Sergio Rossi. “I wish he was here,” the designer lamented.

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