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2020.3.31
Title
Curiosity by Daita Kimura Fat Shoes
Date(s)
- nd [1994-1997] (Creation)
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4 (pair of shoes and two laces)
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Name of creator
(1968-)
Biographical history
Japanese shoe designer and maker. He came to London in 1988 and was an apprentice to John Moore's assistant Ian Reid. Kimura has continued to make shoes based on original lasts from John Moore which Reid inherited after Moore died.
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Pair of dark brown leather crocodile effect lace up shoes. They have a wide rounded bump toe which is shaped with four darts with the sewn edges on the outside of the shoe creating ridges over the outer part of the toe. They have five pairs of metal eyelet holes and an exaggeratedly extended tongue which widens at the top with rounded edges. The shoe lining extends slightly beyond the edge of the tongue creating a trim of the raw side of the leather. They are double stitched, have brown cotton laces and are lined in yellow tan leather. The sole and heel are leather.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
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Label: Curiosity England
Materials: leather, metal, cotton (laces)
Materials: leather, metal, cotton (laces)
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Note
Made to order for the donor in the mid-1990s from Daita Kimura based on Ian Reid's original 'Fat Shoe' design. Old Curiosity Shop, 13-14 Portsmouth St London WC2.
Note
Made to order for the donor in the mid-1990s from Daita Kimura based on Ian Reid's original 'Fat Shoe' design. Old Curiosity Shop, 13-14 Portsmouth St London WC2.
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- The Old Curiosity Shop (Subject)