Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO BAKER A02FW704 Original Sole Low-Top Canvas Sneakers, White, Size EU 44
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO BAKER A02FW704 Original Sole Low-Top Canvas Sneakers, White, Size EU 44
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A Line Drawn in Ink
A plain white deck shoe set on a sole that slumps like a cooling cake, its edge traced by a wavering black line drawn by hand.
Best for: Collectors of the Original Sole and clean white sneakers
Condition notes
Worn, with light marks and signs of use. Irregular painted line and rippled sole are by design.
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The BAKER low-top from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, reference A02FW704: white cotton canvas set on a white sculpted Original Sole, its join traced by a hand-painted black line, with wide white flat laces. Marked EU 44.
The Piece
The BAKER takes the plainest of shapes, the low canvas deck shoe, and makes it strange by what happens underneath. The white upper keeps a clean, almost architectural outline, while the Original Sole below is cast from a hand-carved model, so its walls swell, dip and ripple like a cake that slumped as it cooled.
A loose black line is painted where canvas meets rubber, wavering with the sole rather than following a ruler, and it gives the whole pair a drawn quality, as if sketched in ink. Woven MMY labels sit at the tongues and a small MMY tab is set on each outer side. The outsole carries a deep diamond tread.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Reference: A02FW704 (BAKER low)
- Style: Low-top lace-up sneakers on the Original Sole
- Upper: White cotton canvas, white flat laces
- Sole: Sculpted white rubber Original Sole with painted black line
- Size: EU 44 as marked; JP 28 cm per the maker's official size guide (approximate)
- Outsole length: 31.5 cm (12.4 in)
- Sole height: 4.5 cm (1.8 in)
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 0.5 cm (0.2 in).
Condition
- A pair in good order, with light marks and signs of use consistent with wear.
- The irregular black line and rippled sole walls are made that way by hand.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the inner reference print A02FW704 with size 44 is shown. Brush the canvas dry, wipe the white rubber gently with a damp cloth and a little mild soap, and keep the pair out of strong sunlight so the sole stays bright.
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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