Kirsty Ronnie

Kirsty Ronnie is a footwear & accessory designer, who is passionate about manufacture in the United Kingdom. She has quality at the core or all products; underpinned by a passion for supporting and championing local craftsmanship and honouring traditional techniques.

Ambitious born and bred Northamptonshire designer Kirsty Ronnie prides herself on offering product created exclusively with a British Manufacture base.
Ronnie's first collection produced labour intensive ‘Goodyear Welted’ footwear that embody longevity, the finest handmade quality and a timeless sense of nostalgia injected by the nannies and now name sakes who ignited this collection.
Notably inspired by the rich heritage and equally cult styles of traditional mens footwear; this influence has been adapted into Ronnie’s DNA with a stylistic injection of modern heroine.

The sightly un-orthodox yet all the more endearing inspiration of Ronnie’s beloved Nannie's as the collection muse, along with the stories of her friends echo’s the deep routed sentimentality of each style and an infectious lure to the shoes as the designer lights up explaining the stories which inspirit each pair. By sourcing the finest quality Italian hides locally in Northampton and bringing production back to the UK the brand consequentially salutes to values of Eco consciousness and sustainability. The collection itself embodies luxury in a very current and playful way, footwear that empowers women echoing the classic’s with a polished update that is both masculine yet alluring elegant. Robust yet feminine and diverse; an ode to true power dressing. 

Support grants from the Leather Sellers Company and Cordwainer's enabled the designer to create her impressive first capsule collection and followed by continued support generated from many other local companies with colourful heritages within the industry including John Lobb; who supported the production of the debut collection, Churchs, AA Crack and Cheaney Trickers.

Following the first collection, Ronnie has gone on to design and source UK manufacture for Trickers accessories line which is available in store and on their web store.
Working with brands such as Zadig & Voltaire, Valentine Gaultier, IRO, Pretty Green & Rag bone assisting with sourcing, sampling and bulk production in the UK.
She is available on a freelance basis to design/consult & help source manufacture of SLGS, belts and bags both here in the UK and overseas.