Kat Maconie is an award winning London based footwear designer, who started her own label in 2009.
Life
Maconie was born in London and she attended the London College of Fashion.
After two years at Whistles, working on buying and product development, Kat Maconie moved into fashion recruitment and began creating her label part-time in a tiny west studio. . Kat Maconie shoes reflect bold colours, strong prints, architectural shapes and metallic details all with tongue in cheek attitude. Kat has also collaborated with high street brands like Dune and fashion designers such as Felder Felder or Fyodor Golan creating shoes for their catwalk shows at London Fashion Week Her shoes are now stocked in twenty countries and in leading online stores such as Asos and Nasty Gal. Her signature block heels with gold frames and city sandals have won her much aclaim in the industry and help her to win Drapers Shoe Designer of the Year award in 2013.
In 2013 the brand secured an investment from venture capital trust Pembroke that includes Next chief executive Lord Wolfson among its investors. Maconie plans to use the investment to expand her main collections, expand the sales and marketing team and relaunch the brands website.