MA Fashion Footwear
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO Juliane, L.A. Flaunting is yours! ABOUT The design approach developed for my body of work included two major questions; First if it was possible for me to make a contribution to the traditional canon of menâs shoe design. And secondly if my products are able to draw a new aesthetic code relevant for contemporary fashion. The collection works with and against the categorized elements of traditional shoe design, manipulating the generic expectations of its audience through subtile but decisive alterations. The L.A. theme and research as a thematic foundation underlines the collection and is meant to give cohesion on a narrative base, in which Los Angeles functions as a desirous destination not an actual place. The Collection won Dato Jimmy Choo Award 2012 ITS Accessory Collection of the Year 2013 VISUAL WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH Photos: Jeanne Büchi Styling: Samir Hecham SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS Hessische Kulturstiftung / Fine Art Grant Programme / Grant Worshipful Company of Cordwainers / Scholarship Dato Jimmy Choo Award / Bursary SPONSORS Institute For Creative Leather Technologies, Chris Barnard and Rachel Garwood, Director ICLT The University of Northampton Colorfoil Hot foiling supplyâs Formech International Limited I AM broke, open-minded, multidisciplinary, efficient, focused, intelligent and honest. CONTACT www.leonardkahlcke.com uk.linkedin.com/in/leonardkahlcke/