Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Blakey Low A16FW729 Ripped Canvas Sneakers, Black over Leopard, EU 41
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Blakey Low A16FW729 Ripped Canvas Sneakers, Black over Leopard, EU 41
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A Shoe Wearing Its Second Skin
Mihara Yasuhiro builds the Blakey to look lived in from the first day, and here he goes further: the black canvas is torn back to reveal a leopard layer, so every tear becomes a small window. The Original Sole carries the rest of the argument.
Best for: Collectors of Original Sole sneakers and expressive Japanese footwear
Condition notes
Light marks and wear from use. Even tread wear. Ripped canvas and soiled sole finish are by design.
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The Blakey Low from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, reference A16FW729: a black canvas upper torn open at its seams to show a leopard layer beneath, set on the house's hand-sculpted Original Sole. Size EU 41, with the original box.
The Piece
The outer profile tells the story. The black canvas has been ripped and frayed along the eyestay, vamp and quarter, and through each tear a tan leopard print shows, as if the shoe had been made twice and the second skin were wearing away. Loose threads are left as they fell.
Below sits the Original Sole, the melted, hand-shaped midsole that defines the Blakey: thick cream rubber with a moulded shell toe, deliberately uneven, washed with a dirty finish at the edges. Oversized cream laces run through black eyelets, the heel counter is cream, and woven MMY tabs mark the tongue.
Few Japanese designers have turned a single sole into a signature the way Mihara Yasuhiro has; this pair shows it at its most expressive.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Reference: A16FW729 (printed inside)
- Model: Blakey Low, lace up
- Upper: Black canvas over leopard print canvas, ripped and frayed
- Sole: Original Sole in cream rubber with shell toe
- Size: EU 41 as marked; JP 25.5 cm per the maker's official size guide (approximate)
- Outsole length: 30 cm (11.8 in)
- Sole height: 4 cm (1.6 in)
- Includes: Original Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO box
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- Light marks and wear from use, noted at inspection.
- Tread shows even wear; the ripped canvas and soiled sole finish are part of the design.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (good, visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the inside reference print and the house box appear in the photographs. Spot clean the canvas by hand and keep away from direct heat.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in the original box and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Japanese shoe sizes are given in centimetres of foot length, checked here by hand, and makers differ by half a size or more. Compare with a pair you already wear from the same maker and allow a little margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our shoe size conversion chart sets Japan beside US, UK, EU and Korean sizes, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.
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