“The shoes were the first solid thing that we were going with, this color,” said actress Ella Bleu Travolta of her look for the day.
She had on Tod’s Gommino loafers — naturally, as the face of the footwear. She opted for the “driving” style in brown patent leather, paired with a brown tunic-cut leather dress and trousers.
“We tried on a few things, and this was the last thing we tried on,” she went on, with her dog by her side. “I bring him everywhere.”
The Italian brand hosted a luncheon in its Rodeo Drive boutique in Beverly Hills on Wednesday in celebration of the shoe — launched at the end of the 1970s, with a sole covered in 133 rubber pebbles — and Travolta’s new campaign.
“It honestly just felt like we were all hanging out, and they were there capturing it,” she said of the campaign, shot by photographer Oliver Hadlee Pearch in Tuscany alongside four other young talents — Lennon Gallagher, Stella Banderas, Roberto Rossellini and Leo Gassmann. All have familiar last names; Travolta, who turned 25 this month, is the daughter of John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
“Everyone who was in the shoot was so sweet,” she continued. “We all became very fast friends. I felt like we were on a movie set. It was such a big production, but it also felt so intimate. It was just a lot of fun.”
Tod’s brought a taste of Italy to the store’s third-floor terrace, serving up a lunch of endive salad with shaved parmesan and pomegranates, paccheri al pomodoro and Basque cheesecake.
“I’ll need a nap after this,” guests echoed, under an overcast sky.
The event brought out a slew of rising actresses, including Fiona Palomo; Larsen Thompson; Harlow Olivia, daughter of Patricia Arquette; Olivia Holt; María Gabriela de Faría; Amiah Miller, as well as singer Claire Khodara and Art Production Fund’s Casey Fremont.
Next, Travolta will appear in a film with her father, she said: “It’s a very personal project. I can’t say too, too much about it, but it’s a project I did with my dad. It’s very personal, very beautiful. It’s something that he’s been wanting to do for a really long time, and it’s finally done. It’s actually interesting, because it’s very close to home. It has a lot to do with our family, and our family is a part of it, even my aunts and uncles. It’s really cool. I’m really excited about it. It’s coming out this year I think.”
