Nicholas Kirkwood Printed Satin and Patent-Leather Slingbacks: It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Sling
There is, in fact, a way to do zebra print without being totally cheesy, and it takes a radical mind like Nicholas Kirkwood’s to get it just right. This shoe isn’t just about an abstracted animal pattern – an oversized and contorted bow with ruby-red glitter peeking out from the inside is insanely genius. But … Continue reading “Nicholas Kirkwood Printed Satin and Patent-Leather Slingbacks: It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Sling”
Nicholas Kirkwood Flower-Print Pump: Who Are You Calling a Wallflower?
You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers. Well, I don’t think I can wait until May for this bouquet! Never expect stiletto visionary Nicholas Kirkwood to deliver some run-of-the-mill floral pattern. Or an old-fashioned satin pump, for that matter. While these shoes fall into all those categories, they look anything but ordinary. … Continue reading “Nicholas Kirkwood Flower-Print Pump: Who Are You Calling a Wallflower?”
Nicholas Kirkwood Keith Haring-Print Leather Stilettos: Pop Shop
I’m totally dating myself, but I had a Swatch with this same Keith Haring print! It was all black with white graphics and red hands. Yes, it was all over the place in the eighties, but what was missing was a killer pair of pumps! Leave it Nicholas Kirkwood, whose inspiring and sometimes full-on outlandish … Continue reading “Nicholas Kirkwood Keith Haring-Print Leather Stilettos: Pop Shop”
Top 5 Blue Shoes: Get the Blues for Spring
Unpredictable and uncommon, it’s all about the blue shoe for spring. Actually, it seems like the entire color palette for Miu Miu is blue this season. There isn’t a cooler color than blue – and now we’re seeing it in every shade from turquoise to sapphire, Carolina to Prussian, in textures spanning the gamut from … Continue reading “Top 5 Blue Shoes: Get the Blues for Spring”
Nicholas Kirkwood Leather and Lace Platform Pumps: The Rules of Attraction
It takes a genuinely forward-thinking designer to integrate a sense of the unique and unusual into a classic pump, without completely reconfiguring it. Nicholas Kirkwood is one of the few. While some of his shoes tread unabashedly into the avant-garde, it’s actually his takes on the traditional that really catch my eye. Like this leather … Continue reading “Nicholas Kirkwood Leather and Lace Platform Pumps: The Rules of Attraction”
Nicholas Kirkwood Aztec Crisscross Bootie: Layers of Flavor
Antique lace mixed with Aztec architecture? With a caged toe and no-nonsense straps on a rocking chair-shaped platform, no less. I don’t expect less from the ever experimental and boundary-pushing Nicholas Kirkwood. The question is: is it too much of good thing? Not if you are channeling your inner Gaga, who’s never one to shy … Continue reading “Nicholas Kirkwood Aztec Crisscross Bootie: Layers of Flavor”