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Sanuk Flaunts Shoe Collection With Flip-Flop-Topped Cupcakes

Alesandra Dubin
March 30, 2012
A dessert buffet at Sanuk's spa event included cupcakes topped with mini flip-flops rendered in candy.
A dessert buffet at Sanuk's spa event included cupcakes topped with mini flip-flops rendered in candy.
Photo: Alesandra Dubin/BizBash

Beachy, casual, Coachella-esque footwear line Sanuk showed off its spring and summer collections with a party at Bellacures salon on Roberstson in Beverly Hills. Guests stopped in for manicures and pedicures, slipping on Sanuk flip-flops afterward so as not to muss freshly painted toes, bien sur. And they indulged sweet tooths at a mostly monochromatic green candy buffet from Favor-It-Girl, where candy flip-flops topped cupcakes with sandy-looking icing. BWR was behind the largely girlie soiree on Wednesday.

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