Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO BLAKEY A08FW735 Original Sole Low Top Sneakers, Green Canvas, Size EU 43
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO BLAKEY A08FW735 Original Sole Low Top Sneakers, Green Canvas, Size EU 43
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Shell Toe, Melted Rubber
The schoolyard shell-toe court shoe rebuilt on a sole that looks softened and reshaped by hand. Grass green canvas keeps it bright and wearable.
Best for: Collectors of Original Sole sneakers and colourful low tops
Condition notes
Light marks on the white sole and shell toe, laces lightly handled, modest tread wear. Canvas colour bright and even.
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The BLAKEY low top from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, reference A08FW735: green canvas, a white rubber shell toe and the hand-sculpted Original Sole, with MMY printed across the heel. Size EU 43.
The Piece
BLAKEY takes the shell-toe court shoe, the one every schoolyard knows, and runs it through the house method. The ribbed rubber toe cap is still there, but it now sits on a sole that looks as though it has softened in the sun and been pressed back into shape by hand, thick at the toe, rippled along the sidewall and heavy at the heel.
The upper is a clear grass green canvas with white contrast stitching, white wide laces and a cream collar lining. A small woven MMY badge reading BLAKEY is stitched to the outer quarter, and the white heel tab carries MMY in serif capitals. Green against white keeps the pair bright and easy, a colour to wear with denim, khaki or plain black.
It is a familiar silhouette made strange in exactly the right place.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Reference: A08FW735, BLAKEY low top (from the inner marking)
- Upper: Green canvas, white rubber shell toe, white heel tab
- Sole: Original Sole in white rubber, sculpted by hand
- Size: EU 43 as marked; JP 27.5 cm per the maker's official size guide (approximate)
- Sole height: 4 cm (1.6 in)
- Outsole length: 32 cm (12.6 in)
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 0.5 cm (0.2 in).
Condition
- Light signs of wear: faint marks on the white sole and shell toe, laces lightly handled.
- Tread shows modest use; canvas colour remains bright and even.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (good, light marks) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch. Brush the canvas dry, and clean the white sole with a damp brush and a little mild soap rather than soaking the pair.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand 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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