I haven’t written about many UK shoe designers here but I’ve been watching British shoe designer Nicolas Kirkwood with growing interest. He’s already achieved accolades such as the Conde Nast Footwear Emerging Talent award of 2005 and his shoe designs were featured on the runways for Doo.Ri and 3.1 Phillip Lim but it is his spring 2008 collection which really caught my eye.

If you liked Miu Miu’s insect inspired pumps, take a look at these Kirkwood pumps. It’s easy for me to imagine pixies and fairies from an alternate universe wearing these and any minute we’ll see the shoes start spreading their delicate silver wings. They are on sale at ShopJake for $545, down from $910.


Equally fierce and futuristic are these mirror winged pale blue platforms.  Note the strong lines and attention to detail on the pump and the tiny jewels(?) on the tip of the toe and heel.

And finally, there is also these creme Kirwood pumps.  Modern, utterly unique, and forward, no?