I Can't Get Kirkwood!

I have mentioned Nicholas Kirkwood many many times on this blog. I can't help it, I Iove his work.

Imagine my utter despair when an email drops into the Kingdom telling us about a Nicholas Kirkwood sample sale...in London, of course. Oh woe is me, why or why don't designers venture north of the border every once in a while and let us poor Scots have a shot at their shockingly cut down prices?!

I guess I shall have to live vicariously through you lucky Londoners as you scoop some super bargainous Kirkwood. I promise not to hate you. Much.

Queen Michelle

Comments

[rachael]

oh me oh my, do you know if you need an invite to go?

[Jenny]

I love the architechural design of these shoes. Who What Wear has similar geometric shoes in the shop the closet section. Check it out at whowhatwear.com

[KD]

He's amazing! His signature cutaway platform is super! Of

[Shini]

ohhh wow, maybe you want me to pick up something for ya? :D Although, is that invite personally sent to you? let me know!

[enc]

No one ever has good sales in my town, either. It's always two hours north, in L.A. Let's cry in our soup together.

[SOS!]

I recently bought the purple pair right in the centre of your heart. I love their platforms so much, as well as the purple snakeskin heels...

xx- LJ from SOS!

[Charlie]

I know, I wish I could go so much!

[kirsty lee]

snap! just posted on this.

i actually feel really bad that you can't make it. if i can help by buying and posting you a pair then let me know. i have a day off on friday so planning to head there early afternoon.

[Kirkwood Elf]

To note, the Nicholas Kirkwood Private Stock Sale is open to the public... hope that you can all make it!

[Queen Michelle]

Aw thanks for the offer Shini and Kirsty, sadly I don't have that kind of cash immediately at hand. Oh well, maybe next year! But good luck to all those who go and I hope you scoop something amazing.

[Belle]

sigh no kirkwood in australia, sale or otherwise. i cant even find him online. have been in love with them since forever.
he's been mentioned quite a bit lately so maybe online soon, next step is online sales which we can all access. joy.

[Sal]

Doesn't it just suck to live in a metropolis that's big enough to make you deeply happy with its cultural offerings, but small enough to be omitted from the best sample sales? We Minneapolitans feel your pain.

[Shini]

funny, I went to the Swarowski lounge in Great Marlborough street and they said they didn't have a Kirkwood sale...I have a creeping suspicion that they don't want anyone snooping around up there? I thought it was public!

[Miss Glitzy]

Same frustration in Paris!!!

[Jen]

There are two pairs of Kirkwood shoes on Yoox at the moment if that helps....

[Copycat]

Kirkwood has many lovers!!!

http://stylecopycat.blogspot.com

[Natty]

I snapped up the most wicked pair of Kirkwoods at the sale for £50!! I got there quite late on Friday but they still have a fiar amount of stock. If only I have more money, I would have come away with so much!

[Queen Michelle]

Natty, I am just going to say it - I AM VERY JEALOUS!!! If I saw you in the street I'd wrestle you to the ground and the shoes off of your feet!

[Pania]

i went along friday evening but no much was left in size 6 or above the only ones in my size left were still £250.

How do you find out about these sample sales?

[Milly]

Popped along Friday lunchtime and got my hands on the only pair of fuchsia cut-out platforms there - the exact pair I went there for - that just happened to be the perfect fit!

For those buying their first pair off the net, N.K's runs a full size small.

Natty, the cheapest pair on the shop floor at 1pm were priced at £125, wonder where the £50 pair were hiding!

[Fizzipop]

The freezing rain was so bad that I almost didn't go today. I was kicking myself that I forgot to go yesterday and assumed everything nice would be gone... plus I don't have much money to spare right now (a commenter on Susie's blog said all the nice shoes were £150+ ...nuh-uh, even if made of GOLD). But of course I was too curious, and wound up making the hour-long trip at about 4pm.

Thank God I did. The shoes were helpfully arranged in order of size, and though there weren't that many left (and very few with his signature cutaway platforms/'wings'), I still found 3 wedges for £50: some very understated white peep-toe slingbacks (not the most impressive but still pretty sweet); killer blocky taupe/brown platforms; and my piece-de-resistance, a pair of 'suspension' black wedges that were much more Kirkwood-esque (the slingback elastic on one shoe needs fixing - it's barely hanging by a thread - but I still thought it was worth it. I'll just have to find a handy cobbler somewhere in London - any suggestions perchance?)

There were, of course, 'ones that got away' - the brilliant, made-for-me lilac and silver sculptures that fit ridiculously glove-like on my feet, but at £250 were just too much... and the absolument drool-worthy black leather knee-highs, which felt Cinderella-perfect on the feet but just would NOT zip up halfway up my stocky calves (dammit!)

All the same, I almost pissed my panties ('scuse my French) when they told me everything was £25 off the sale price. I bought the 3 wedges for £75 and walked on air all the way home.

[kirsty lee]

i turned up first thing on thursday and blew £200 on the pair i'd desperately wanted.... oops.

can't believe there were some going for £50 (or £25!) by the end.