Wednesday was date night forIdris Elbaand wifeSabrina Dhowre Elba!
The couple stepped out together in New York City to attend the 36th Footwear News Achievement Awards, a.k.a. the “Shoe Oscars,” dressed to the nines.
The2018 PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivelooked dapper in a black suit with a stitched white lining, while Sabrina wowed in a long-sleeved, high-neck, sheer brown dress, finishing the show-stopping look in matching stilettos.
Thespouses of three yearsheld hands as they posed for photos on thered carpetahead of the event.
During the ceremony, Elba, 50, presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to famed shoe designerChristian Louboutin, reports theDaily Mail.
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Idris and Sabrina Dhowre Elba.Gregory Pace/Shutterstock
Elba and Sabrina, 34, began dating in early 2017, and they got engaged at an East London screening of his movieYardiein February 2018. The coupletied the knot in April 2019at Ksar Char Bagh hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Idris and Sabrina Dhowre Elba.Jamie McCarthy/Footwear News via Getty Images
TheBeastactor told PEOPLE in November 2018 that the moment he proposed, which went viral, “was the most nerve-wracking thing for me ever.”
“But in terms of wanting to make someone feel super special and feel my love, that was pretty romantic for me,” he added.
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Back in May, both Elba and his model wife chatted with PEOPLE surrounding thesecond season of their Audible podcastCoupledom, about what they have learned about love after three years of marriage.
And working together “took a little bit of finessing at the beginning,” Sabrina admitted at the time.
“It’s not 100% easy towork with someone you’re in a relationship with,” she said. “But I feel like we’ve definitely sort of found our way. Now we get to sort of build dreams together and see what that looks like.”
When it comes to any disagreements, Elba explained that “there’s no hard, fast rule how to navigate that” — “Everyday sort of squabbles, you just differ and move on.”
“I think never losing sight ofthe fact that it’s a journeyis really important,” theGolden Globewinner added to PEOPLE. “When you’re swimming, you don’t look up to count the laps, because you get tired very quickly. It’s a bit like that with marriage. I love anniversaries, but I don’t want to count the years.”
source: people.com
