Dr. Martens x Comme des Garcons Three Eye Shoes, Gold Painted Live Free With Strong Will Motto, UK 6, Unworn
Dr. Martens x Comme des Garcons Three Eye Shoes, Gold Painted Live Free With Strong Will Motto, UK 6, Unworn
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Workwear with a creed
For the wearer who wants the Aoyama motto on the most democratic of British shoes.
Best for: Wearing and archive fashion collections
Condition notes
Described as unused. Box with light shelf wear.
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The three eyelet shoe made by Dr. Martens for Comme des Garcons Comme des Garcons, hand painted in gold with Live Free With Strong Will and offered unworn with its box.
The Piece
Smooth black leather sits on the familiar air cushioned sole with yellow welt stitching. The motto is brushed in metallic gold across both shoes, so that the pair must be read together. The insole is stamped with both names and Made in England.
The size is UK 6. The maroon box, dust bag and booklet are included.
A Motto in Gold
Dr. Martens introduced its eight eyelet boot, style 1460, on 1 April 1960; the three eyelet shoe, style 1461, followed exactly a year later. The company still makes shoes at its Cobbs Lane factory in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, and this pair's insole is stamped Made in England. Rei Kawakubo started Comme des Garcons in Tokyo in 1969 and established it as a company in 1973. A menswear line followed in 1978, and in 1981 the label made its first show in Paris, where black, distressed cloth and unfinished seams unsettled the critics of the day.
Here the phrase Live Free With Strong Will is brushed in gold across the two shoes, so that the motto only reads when the pair stands together. More of the house is gathered in our Comme des Garcons edit, and other rare pairs wait in the sneaker vault.
Details
- Labels: Dr. Martens and Comme des Garcons Comme des Garcons
- Style: Three eyelet shoe
- Marked size: UK 6
- Material: Leather
- Made in: England
- Base model: Dr. Martens 1461, three eyelet, from 1961
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Condition
- Described as unused.
- Box with light shelf wear.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade N (unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
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