Nicholas Kirkwood has been asked by Printemps department store, one of the largest luxury stores in France, to design a special pair of shoes for a window display to be revealed at the same time as Tim Burton-directed "Alice in Wonderland," which opens March 5. The movie will be huge in France, especially considering it stars their local favorite actor, Johnny Depp. It's an absolutely perfect pick, as Nicholas Kirkwood shoes are often bright, sometimes unusual in a chic way, but always extremely eye catching and fun.

Kirkwood is the only accessories designer invited to participate.  Printemps also invited Haider Ackermann, Charles Anastase, Manish Arora, Chloé, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Alexander McQueen, Maison Martin Margiela and Bernhard Willhelm to interpret Alice's dress. As the Kirkwood pick was perfect, so too are McQueen and MMM. I wish one of our US department stores had such a brilliant idea.