Kurt Geiger: SS11 Shoe Installation - Night
This week Kurt Geiger hosted their spring/summer 2011 collection with a gorgeous spectacular of shoes suspended from the ceiling. The theme stemmed around ‘Birds of Paradise’ and centre around this great quote from Yves Saint Laurent:
“I like dull by day, because I find that the light of Paris is ill-suited to bright colours, but at night I want women to be like birds of paradise.” YSL, Elle, 1977
The most perfect quote to showcases the two installations.
Kurt Geiger: All About The Bright Colours
For night there were feathers and tropical colours, real clash of techinicolour dreams. I really loved all the statement platforms wedges in colour-blocking colours, but the ones with added embellishments are simply divine. There were a lot of heels that seemed to be a nostalgic node to the seventies, with their care free attitude for dancing and fun, the colour combinations of sunset strip day-glo heels are going to be hot come summer, and stacked super high wedges will be all the rage.
I can promise you this – orange is going to be everywhere next seasons and this makes me so happy.
Kurt Geiger: Shoe Heaven - Day
Alongside the glorious bright shades and gravity-defying platforms, there are some amazing summer ‘day’ shoes. The golden desert-pale tones work perfectly in leather and canvas shoes – with espadrilles and I so excited by all the t-bar flats. I love the excitement of the night but come summer I am going to be hitting up Kurt Geiger for super comfortable flats and wedges.
Kurt Geiger also spelt out their top trends for SS11:
- Technicolour Dreams: with shades of fuschia, amethyst, magenta, coral red, emerald, cobalt blue, saffron yellow and tangerine yellow. Just think gorgeous summery colours in platform heels and sleek lines – to let the colour do all the talking.
- Sunset Strip Day-Glo: Neon worked the runway and KG are saying that everyone should have something neon next season and I agree!! I loved their nude tones teamed with neon heels – gorgeous.
- Rebel Rockers: Killer kitten heels worked in psychedelic leathers, python and leopard prints, trimmed with metal studs. I love that KG have named some of their shoes: Lethal, Elvis, Elton, and Extreme to give you the idea of what to expect.
- Le Smoking: A nod to yesterday’s glamour of Sobranie’s Black Russians with their iconic gold filter, cigarette heels and glittering metallics – worked perfectly for night and day. Just think uber-glamour!
- Flower Show: Flower accessories have been seen in many collections, but for KG think oversized flower corsages as part of the bold colour block trend. I love everything about this trend.
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale: The all-white fashion trend was huge on the SS11 runways and KG has worked various shades of white and off-whites together, mixing tones and texture – from newly whitened leopard to chalky snake.
