It was a good cause but a bad party on Tuesday night, as "GQ" magazine joined forces with menswear line NSF and the Humane Society to shine the spotlight on the cruelty perpetrated in puppy mills across the country. Held at a white-on-white private home high above Sunset Boulevard, the party drew some concerned citizens, including new celebrity couple Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom.

 

It was a night that delineated the difference between the haves and the have-nots, as VIPs like Ginnifer Goodwin, Brittny and Lisa Gastineau, Charlotte Ross, and Corey Feldman were whisked up to the house and allowed to keep their shoes on. The rest of the hoi polloi jostled for position in a crammed parking lot down on Sunset, desperately trying to snag a seat on the shuttle buses that ran sporadically up the hill. And once they arrived, it was off with the footwear, following the rules of the white-carpeted modern home.

 

"But it ruins my outfit!" one Christian Louboutin-shod VIP-wannabe cried, but to no avail. It eerily reminded us of that "Sex and the City" episode where Carrie agrees to take off her Jimmy Choos at a house event, only to find them stolen when she returns to fetch them.

 

No word as to whether any Manolos disappeared, but "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Mya, who turned up late after performing well in the premiere of the women's segment of the popular show, kept her strappy heels in place, and showed no sign of the hand injury that made headlines as part of the "Dancing" curse. There wasn't much to get her moving, however, since most of the party went on sans music, which added to the party's dullness.

 

There were tasteless vegan sushi bites and truly terrible wines served, which was hands down the oddest part of the night, as bartenders blithely handed out plastic cups filled with very red Shiraz and Merlot. No shoes, but it's okay to slosh through the house with red wine in hand? Go figure.

 

Also making the scene, which included stark images of puppy mills shown on a massive big-screen TV, were Hal Sparks, Shoshana Bush, Vanessa Branch, Tricia Helfer, and "CSI" favorites Jorja Fox and Eric Szmanda. For those disturbed by the images of those poor pups, the Humane Society was on hand, selling dog collars and bracelets to help the cause of closing them down.

 

And finally, as the crammed van dropped off a passel of people back down at the Sunset parking lot, the gals who had spent the night barefoot apparently didn't like being back in those silly sky-high heels that are all the rage right now. "Will you drive us to our car?" one of them begged.


No dice, honey, those shoes are made for walkin'.