Monday, November 30, 2009

Nigel Cabourn x Yuketen | The Army Gym

Yuketen have been a force to be reckoned with for quite some time now, manufacturing some of the most coveted boots to hit the high end footwear market. To add even more merit to a company whose industry standards are already among the best, Nigel Cabourn was brought in and given leeway to experiment with one of Yuketen's most popular silhouettes. He brings with him his infatuation for luxury cloth which is one that spans many decades. Often times his designs are rife with the use of premium textiles, each time gathered and selected by Cabourn himself, with Harris Tweed somehow managing to find its way into his hands time and time again. Its long-standing history has always resonated with Cabourn who likes to incorporate it into a lot of his work; never in an excessive amount, but rather as sort of a complimentary material to something else. Such is the case here with these hunting boots, as for each of the models, a different coloured tweed fabric encompasses a significant portion of the upper which coincides nicely with the signature Yuketen crepe soles and American hand sewn leather. A Japanese release only available at The Army Gym.

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