PRODUCTS
ARTIST COLLABORATION
VOL.01 ― MIYU KAWABATA
Miyu Kawabata and The Knit Tabi. We asked her to walk the town of Kawagoe in our tabi. On Saturday 21 November, at ISAMI Store Kawagoe, she will sit down with each visitor to find the color that suits them. Entry is by lottery; apply by 8 November.
Note: this is a paid partnership with Miyu Kawabata.
Not knitted. Tailored.
About ISAMI
STORY
Two craft regions joined hands.
The knit region of Mitsuke, Niigata and the tabi region of Gyoda, Saitama. A knit worked until it could be cut and sewn as tabi, then tailored in Gyoda by the tabi method. Behind something that looks like a sock is a completely different construction.
The Knit Tabi
A new footwear genre
Construction
The knit fabric is cut with size-specific dies and sewn by the tabi method — fundamentally different from a sock knitted into shape on a circular machine.
Regions
Knit from Mitsuke, Niigata. Sewn in Gyoda, Saitama. Two Japanese craft regions, crossed.
Wearing
The split toe of a tabi. With setta — flat Japanese sandals — or with sneakers.
SANDALS
The sandal made for these tabi.
A Tochigi leather toe strap on a Vibram® sole, made by Empire Shoes in Nara — chosen because it works with the split toe of The Knit Tabi. The leather softens and takes the shape of your foot as you wear it.