Comme des Garcons Homme Plus x Kids Love Gaite Black Leather Shoes With Painted Message, PR-K102, Size 7
Comme des Garcons Homme Plus x Kids Love Gaite Black Leather Shoes With Painted Message, PR-K102, Size 7
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A manifesto, laced
For the wearer who wants Kawakubo at her most outspoken.
Best for: Wearing and archive fashion collections
Condition notes
Slight soiling and rubbing to the uppers and outsole. Protective half sole fitted.
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Black leather lace up shoes made with Kids Love Gaite for Comme des Garcons Homme Plus, painted across both uppers in white with the words Wear Your Freedom and Live Free With Strong Will.
The Piece
The last is long and sharply pointed, the leather polished black, and the brushed white lettering runs from the toe over the vamp and around the heel. The model reference is PR-K102-001 and the marked size is 7.
A protective half sole has been added to the outsole. The original box lid shown in the photographs accompanies the pair.
Words to Walk In
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. Homme Plus, which Kawakubo founded in 1984, is the house's men's collection line and is shown in Paris each season.
Kids Love Gaite is the Tokyo shoe label of Shintaro Yamamoto, who trained with shoemakers in Asakusa, the city's old shoemaking district, before starting the brand in 2008. For Homme Plus he made this long, pointed black leather shoe, brushed with white lettering from toe to heel. More of the house is gathered in our Comme des Garcons edit, and other rare pairs wait in the sneaker vault.
Details
- Label: Comme des Garcons Homme Plus
- Maker: Kids Love Gaite
- Reference: PR-K102-001
- Marked size: 7
- Material: Leather
- Shoemaker: Kids Love Gaite, Tokyo, founded 2008
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Slight soiling and rubbing to the uppers and outsole.
- Protective half sole fitted.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade AB (very good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Authenticity guaranteed. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
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