Day 3614: Kimono

 

    

"Resistance": acrylics, junk mail collage.

 

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Unused High-End Kimonos Up-cycled Into One-of-a-Kind Leather Shoes

Traditional Japanese silk kimonos are handmade and typically cost between $2000 – $20,000 usd. They’re reserved for special occasions like coming-of-age day and weddings. Some estimates put the total value of kimono that are stored away in closets all across Japan as high as $300 billion usd. In an attempt to extract some of that value and inject it back into society, a group of designers began the Tokyo Kimono Shoe. 

 

Tokyo Kimono Shoes buys those beautiful silk robes that are just collecting dust and they collaborate with artisanal shoemakers to turn them into one-of-a-kind footwear.

 

The team takes special care in selecting each kimono that is used, making sure that the colors and designs are aesthetically appropriate for shoe ware, cutting the fabric up into smaller pieces. 

 

The pieces then go to an Asakusa-based company that has specialized in making handmade shoes for 70 years. 

 

 

The kimono shoes, each priced at 36,500 yen (about $270 usd), are being launched on Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake, and are currently only available in Japan.

But once the initial launch has passed, the shoes are expected to become available to overseas buyers.

You can follow Tokyo Kimono Shoes on Instagram for updates.

 

Maybe not for rainy days?

 Update ...

Now that WonderWoman, Superman and my granddogs live in Nevada, there aren't as many lunches or shopping trips, but we do talk a lot. Probably more than when they lived just 12 miles away. And, we text almost daily, often about mundane things like supper. Like today ...

 

I sent her mine ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A rare 2-minute video, Petting sharks, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Green-backed Kingfisher

 

 

 

Smiles for Tuesday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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