4/12/09

Mystery shoes


I found this shoe on flickr about a year ago, and got so inspired by it that I started drawing these shoes on my characters, at a time i couldn't draw a shoe without adding a nose and a couple of eyes:) I assumed it was a new design, but recently I found out that its made by Tokio Kumagaï
in the 80s. I can't really find any information about either the shoes or the artist. Is it really true that he past away some years ago?



4 comments:

mette/ungt blod said...

jeg har en kopi-marc jacobs musse-sko, men wow. Dette er den fineste musse-sko jeg nogensinde har set!!

trampoline said...

Hei Mette! Ja, det var det jeg trodde også, at det var Marc Jacobs (som jo heller ikke er så dumt å ha) :) Veldig fin blog du har! Vi ses

ioanna madala said...

Tokio Kumagai, 40, Japanese Designer

Japanese designer Tokio Kumagai, 40, died Oct. 25 1987, in Paris of liver cancer, officials at the Tokyo-based Tokio Kumagai International Co. said. Funeral arrangements have not been made yet, company officials said.

Kumagai, who lived in Paris but had his designs produced by his Tokyo firm, was a member of the Tokyo Council of Fashion Designers. His subtly playful collections were sold mainly in Europe and Japan. Although most of his line was for the men's market, Kumagai began to introduce some women's wear in his fall-winter 1987 show.

"I lost a good designer,' said Nobuyuki Ota, executive director of the Tokyo …

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