Article: TOP DRAWER; THE SHOE INN WOOS LOCALS AND CELEBRITIES ALIKE WITH UPSCALE PRODUCT AND A CASUAL ATMOSPHERE.(Brief Article)

East Hampton, N.Y.,'s Shoe Inn is not your average mom-and-pop store. But then again, Melissa McCue Lawson and Billy Lawson, parents of Peter, 8, and David, 5, are not your average mom and pop.

The couple rubs elbows with high-profile designers like Steve Madden and Goffredo Fantini, and often receives visits from actresses like Kate Capshaw and Oscar-winner Kim Basinger.

Their list of celebrity clientele reads like an issue of Entertainment Weekly: Martha Stewart, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Lopez, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and soap diva Susan Lucci, whom the Lawsons say is the antithesis of her "All My Children" character.

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