Leading shoe designers Nicholas Kirkwood is amongst his generation’s globally acknowledged leading shoe designers. Noticing a gap in the market for statement shoes, Kirkwood launched his eponymous brand in 2005 and earned the Condé Nast Footwear News Vivan Infantino Award for emerging talent in 2006. He has since gone on to win accolades from the likes of the British Fashion Awards and BFC/Vogue Fund Award. Nicholas Kirkwood is known for his architectural designs that are defined by his use of unconventional materials and techniques that marry high craft and tradition with the cutting edge of technology. Over the past 4-5 years Nicholas Kirkwood has been heavily focusing on environmental impact reduction in relation to footwear, his mission is to create a brand using exclusively 100% traceable, natural and ultimately circular ingredients.