In yesterday’s post I looked at menswear tailoring from Japan, so to complete the thread I started on Saturday, let’s have a look at Japanese footwear brands and designers.
The first one for today’s post is the Chausser brand.
Chausser's footwear is made using vegetable-tanned leather intended to darken and crease with wear from the best suppliers all over the world selected by Yoichi Maeda (who learnt the shoemaking craft from his father and designs for both Chausser and YOH Number Eighty One) and the shoes are actually made in Japan with some limited-edition designs crafted in Italy.
The brand offers sleek and elegant yet practical and functional designs - including high heels, sneaker and lace-up boots - for both men and women that appeal to every taste.
The main principles behind these shoes – also the ones from the lower-priced line called Mukava – are durability and comfort, plus a special focus on draped, rugged and creased leather motifs and colour finish (as seen in the designs from the latest collection).
The brand has its flagship store - Plus by Chausser - near the Ebisu station, not far from the Margiela boutique (check out the map on Chausser's site if you’re heading to Tokyo sometime soon).
The second designer for today is avant-garde Eiichi Katsukawa from H?Katsukawa from Tokyo, who appeared a while back in a previous post on this blog.
Katsukawa gets another mention for his new collection, a blend of British and French inspirations with a surrealist twist.
The main point of the new collection is looking at avant-garde styles from a new and wearable point of view, while injecting in each pair of shoe a much-needed dose of fun.
An example? The mismatched yet perfectly matching shoes in this picture (hey that could be a trend!).
Katsukawa's focus remains on high quality materials, hand-printed techniques and attention to details (the soles of his shoes usually hide unexpected surprises...).
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