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
A breathable knit with 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.