« I’ve built a dystopian world where there’s a strict regime and the powers are cracking down on creativity and self-expression. The models are the resistance to that, and their symbol of defiance is how they look – particularly their shoes. » – Nicholas Kirkwood

(in Catwalk Chemist – Sep18)

For his Spring Summer 2019 show in London, entitled Interference, Nicholas Kirkwood chose to present his latest shoe collection in a high-tech bunker equipped with security screens and cameras, tele-shopping channels constantly pushing to buy, encrypted messages that appear intermittently … The decor plunges into the madness of speculative fiction, somewhere between 1984, Brave New World, orBrazil, addressing the absurdity of consumer systems and the surveillance state. It is actually here that the resistance rises up, led by Hollywood actress Rose McGowan with her sleeves rolled up and face concealed under a hood (…).