Shoes and More Shoes

Auckland footwear designer Kathryn Wilson describes her 1919 apartment, formerly home to the priests of nearby St Benedict’s Church, in the latest issue of Australian bi-monthly magazine Frankie. Living alone, Wilson shares her space – “all stucco archways and wooden floors and high ceilings” – with her Cornish Rex cat, Mr Bigglesworth, who is inspiration for a wodge of “joke presents” strewn throughout the apartment: cat-themed cushions and perfume holders that sit alongside Wilson’s collection of vintage mirrors and, of course, many, many shoes. Wilson is a Massey University  graduate and AMP scholarship winner. She launched her debut range of leather footwear under designer Caroline Sills in 2003. Wilson now has stockists in Australia, Jakarta and New York.