Ok, so this sure isn't breaking news or anything but to the unaware, Nicholas Kirkwood shoe designer absolute extraordinaire is opening his debut stand-alone boutique on Mount St, London on July 1st. Here he will be showing the complete collection of his one-off shoe designs inspired by the late artist & social activist Keith Haring. He showed a very edited range at Hong Kong's JOYCE late last year when launching his first exclusive retail space and I remember seeing some of those images then.
The 31 year old Kirkwood is British based but was born in Germany, and whilst he has created some incredible shoes for the catwalk shows of designers such as Erdem, Rodarte, Pollini and John Rocha a lot of his work now is focused on his self-named label started Spring 2005. I highly recommend the video below, which shows clips from interviews regarding his Keith Haring Foundation collaboration with Swarovski, and also shows him working on various pieces. Such an interesting glimpse into the world of a creative genius.
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| Sources of images: cultureshoq, sonnygroo, essence-of-entities |
so sick! i love the bottom orange pair as well as the pair at the top of the two dudes jerking each other off. i must take a photo of the keith haring piece near my house for you.
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