Louis Vuitton × Yayoi Kusama LV Trainer Sneakers, White Leather with Blue Infinity Dots, UK 8.5, Unworn
Louis Vuitton × Yayoi Kusama LV Trainer Sneakers, White Leather with Blue Infinity Dots, UK 8.5, Unworn
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- Import
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Blue Dots, Court Lines
The Trainer is the best known sneaker of the house. Here Kusama's dots are laid over it in a clear blue, a cooler note than her usual red or yellow. An unworn pair is increasingly hard to find.
Best for: Collectors of the Kusama collaboration and house sneakers
Condition notes
Described as unused, graded S by its keeper.
Light marks from storage or trying on may be present.
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The LV Trainer from the Louis Vuitton × Yayoi Kusama collaboration, in white grained leather with blue Infinity Dots. UK 8.5, about 27 cm, described as unused and supplied with its cloth bag.
The Piece
The Trainer follows the lines of a vintage basketball shoe, with a low padded collar, layered side panels and a thick cupsole. Blue dots of graded size run across the white overlays, with solid blue at the heel tab, tongue patch and outsole.
Each heel tab carries the signature of Yayoi Kusama beneath the house name, and the tongue bears LV initials on a blue patch. Monogram flowers are moulded into the side of the sole, and the outsole is cast with the Vuitton name. The lining is stamped FD 0213.
Details
- Maison: Louis Vuitton
- Collaboration: Yayoi Kusama
- Model: LV Trainer
- Size: UK 8.5, about 27 cm
- Outsole length: About 30 cm (11.8 in)
- Outsole width: About 10.5 cm (4.1 in)
- Material: Leather upper, rubber sole
- Colour: White and blue
- Code: FD 0213
- Origin: Made in Italy
- Included: Cloth bag
Condition
- Described as unused, graded S by its keeper.
- Light marks from storage or trying on may be present.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as an authentic Louis Vuitton piece from the Yayoi Kusama collaboration, with its signed heel tabs and stamped lining shown in the photographs. The Desk has not handled it and relies on the description and images supplied. Wipe leather with a soft damp cloth and store with shoe trees away from heat.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with protection suited to the piece. Shipping is quoted and agreed with you before purchase, weighing EMS, then FedEx, then air cargo, all insured and tracked. Duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please 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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