Helen Kirkum
Images by: Tasha Lee
@tashalee_photography
HELEN KIRKUM presents ‘Cobbled Together’, a warm welcome into the eclectic world of HELEN KIRKUM debuting a range of bags, new footwear silhouettes and home accessories.
Taking a step back from demonstrating their signature making process, the brand highlighted the eco-system that surrounds their products by showcasing their upcoming sneakers and accessories in an immersive home environment accompanied by statement furniture and apparel made by other change-makers in their community.
With looks featuring past season and vintage pieces by friends of the brand, HELEN KIRKUM’s house featured three separate vignettes filled with vibrant textures and tactile products.
“It’s really important for me to show that our products come to life when they’re worn. Footwear and accessories don’t exist in a vacuum, so I wanted to celebrate the incredible community of designers that share our values to create an authentic wardrobe of meaningful pieces that complement the handcrafted and tactile nature of our products.”
Guests were encouraged to step inside and open the mail, welcomed with a personal letter from Creative Director Helen. The comforting, softly-lit space featured hand-painted impasto wallpaper, a three-tier chandelier made using deadstock shoelaces and models flicking through artists’ books and watering plants embellished with matching tacticle mini bags and low slip-ons, hand woven from salvaged shoelaces amongst other statement HELEN KIRKUM products.
HELEN KIRKUM spent time ensuring every detail of the house felt authentic and encompassed everything the brand stands for, culminating in an uplifting celebration of the beauty and diversity within the sustainable fashion movement. When speaking about the collection, Helen said:
“It’s a reflection on our personal relationship with our ever-transforming identities and the fragments that we keep inside. For this collection, we wanted to take a deeper look into our in-house waste streams, and work backwards to create products that have a synergy with the properties of the materials.
We’ve woven shoelaces and quilted tongue linings to create new materials that expose the unseen, utilising components we previously couldn’t use in production to expand our product range in an authentic and meaningful way.”
The London-based luxury footwear brand has taken a firm step into the world of accessories, launching a new range of bags including tote and tool bags made from their signature ‘Sneaker Collaged Leather’, Handcrafted mini bags made using woven and knotted shoelaces, as well as a crossbody made entirely from salvaged tongue linings.
In addition to the return of the Palimpsest Sneaker V2 in the core colours, the brand unveiled a new collaged mesh material way in ‘Bleached Lime’ and ‘Process Blue’ tones, accompanied by a new low slip-on silhouette crafted from their woven shoelace material. This season is also HELEN KIRKUM’s first move into the home accessories space with a collection of plant pots made using the offcuts of their sneaker production.