Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Blakey Shell-Toe Original Sole Low Sneakers, Black Canvas, Outsole 31 cm
Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO Blakey Shell-Toe Original Sole Low Sneakers, Black Canvas, Outsole 31 cm
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- As Found
Ink Canvas, Plaster Shell
Black canvas against a scalloped white toe and a sole that seems to have slumped in the heat: the Blakey in its most graphic colourway.
Best for: Collectors of Original Sole sneakers who wear their pairs
Condition notes
Greying and soiling on the shell toes and sole sidewalls, loose thread ends at the vamp stitching, softened laces, wear across the tread. Size not marked in the photographs; outsole 31 cm.
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The Blakey low from Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO in black cotton canvas, with a ribbed white rubber shell toe, a cream heel tab and the hand-sculpted Original Sole. Outsole 31 cm.
The Piece
Blakey is the house's shell-toe silhouette, a court classic remade by hand. Here the contrast is at its sharpest: deep black canvas stitched in white, wide flat cream laces, and a scalloped rubber toe cap that sits on the front of the shoe like a cast shell. Beneath it, the Original Sole swells, dips and folds along its length as though it had been modelled in clay and left to settle.
The MMY box logo and the model name are embroidered in white on the outer quarter. Underneath, the outsole carries a brown herringbone tread with the MMY mark moulded at the arch.
Ink, plaster and a sole that refuses to sit still.
Details
- Maker: Maison MIHARA YASUHIRO
- Model: Blakey low, shell-toe sneaker
- Upper: Black cotton canvas with ribbed rubber shell toe, white contrast stitching and cream heel tab
- Sole: Original Sole in white rubber, hand-sculpted profile, brown herringbone tread
- Colour: Black with white and cream
- Size: Not marked in our photographs; please ask and we will confirm the size stamp before you buy
- Outsole length: 31 cm (12.2 in)
- Sole height: 4 cm (1.6 in)
Measured by hand; please allow a gentle margin of about 1 cm (0.4 in).
Condition
- Greying and soiling on the white shell toes and sole sidewalls, as shown.
- Loose thread ends along the vamp stitching beside the toe cap; softened laces and wear across the tread.
- Canvas sound, no holes. 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 embroidered MMY BLAKEY mark appears in the photographs. Brush the canvas dry, wipe the sole with a damp cloth and let the pair dry naturally 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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