Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO A01FW701 Original Sole High Top Sneakers, Black Canvas, White Toe Cap, EU 40
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO A01FW701 Original Sole High Top Sneakers, Black Canvas, White Toe Cap, EU 40
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Drawn From Memory
The black canvas high top kept faithful above the foxing line, then set on a thick white sole that ripples and slumps as though shaped by hand, with a tongue label that issues wearing instructions for a way of life.
Best for: Collectors of Original Sole sneakers and Japanese designer footwear
Condition notes
Little sign of wear on canvas, toe caps or sole; tread crisp. Part of the printed logo on one insole has lifted.
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A high top from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, reference A01FW701: black cotton canvas, a white rubber toe cap and the hand-sculpted Original Sole, with the MMY Footwear tab on the outer collar. Marked EU 40.
The Piece
Above the sole this is the high top in its most familiar form: black canvas, cream contrast stitching, twelve pairs of eyelets and oversized white laces left loose at the throat. Below it the house takes over. The Original Sole is moulded in thick white rubber that slumps and ripples along its length, as if softened and pressed back by hand, so the silhouette reads like a drawing of a sneaker rather than the factory article.
A small woven MMY tab sits at the outer collar. Inside the tongue, the house label sets out its Wearing Instructions: trust yourself, wear your way of life, never bend your head. Underfoot, a diamond tread surrounds a small maker emblem.
A plain shoe, drawn by hand from memory.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Model: High-top canvas sneaker
- Reference: A01FW701
- Upper: Black cotton canvas with white rubber toe cap and contrast stitching
- Sole: Original Sole in white rubber, hand-sculpted profile
- Colour: Black with white sole, toe cap and laces
- Size: EU 40 as marked; JP 25 cm per the maker's official size guide (approximate)
- Outsole length: 30 cm (11.8 in)
- Sole height: 3 cm (1.2 in)
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- Little sign of wear on the canvas, toe caps or sole sidewalls.
- Tread crisp; part of the printed logo on one insole has lifted.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good, light wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the house labels appear in the photographs. Brush the canvas when dry and clean the sole with a damp cloth and a soft brush.
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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