Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Blakey Low A16FW729 Distressed Canvas Sneakers, Black with Grey Original Sole, EU 41
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Blakey Low A16FW729 Distressed Canvas Sneakers, Black with Grey Original Sole, EU 41
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A Court Shoe, Excavated
The Blakey takes the most familiar shell-toe outline in sneaker history and lets it decay on purpose: canvas torn to threads, a sole that looks hand-moulded from wet clay and dusted grey. It is a shoe that arrives already carrying a story, and keeps writing it.
Best for: Collectors of Original Sole sneakers and deconstructed Japanese design
Condition notes
Light marks and wear from use. Outsole tread wear consistent with careful use. Distressing and grey wash are by design.
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A Blakey low-top from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO, reference A16FW729: black canvas worked into a frayed, distressed finish, a shell toe and the hand-sculpted Original Sole washed in smoky grey. Tagged EU 41.
The Piece
The side profile leads. The Original Sole, modelled by hand so that it reads like something cast in clay, rises in uneven ridges around the whole shoe and has been brushed with a grey wash that settles into every groove. Above it, the black canvas upper has been deliberately torn and frayed, opening in small windows that show cream threads beneath.
A rubber shell toe caps the front. Thick black cotton laces run through the eyelets, the collar and heel are trimmed in black leather, and the heel tab is stamped MMY in pale capitals. Inside, the insoles carry the Maison label and the tongues wear the MMY woven tab.
The Blakey is the house's reading of the court shoe as an archaeological find: familiar in outline, melted and remade in detail.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Model: Blakey low-top, reference A16FW729 (per label)
- Upper: Black canvas with distressed, frayed finish; leather collar and heel
- Toe: Rubber shell toe, grey washed
- Sole: Hand-sculpted Original Sole, grey washed
- Colour: Black with smoky grey
- Size: EU 41 as marked; JP 25.5 cm per the maker's official size guide (approximate)
- Outsole length: 30.5 cm (12.0 in)
- Sole height: 4 cm (1.6 in)
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in). The Original Sole runs generous; we suggest your usual EU size.
Condition
- Light marks and wear from use, noted at inspection; the distressing and grey wash are part of the design.
- Outsoles show tread wear consistent with careful use.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade C (good, visible wear) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Checked and photographed in Japan before dispatch; the reference and size print appear in the photographs. Brush the canvas dry and keep the soles away from direct heat.
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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