BRAND NEW ONITSUKA TIGER VINTAGE CANVAS ATHLETIC SHOES - WHITE AND BURGUNDY, SIZE 11

A PAIR OF VINTAGE ONITSUKA TIGER ATHLETIC SHOES IN THE CLASSIC WHITE CANVAS AND BURGUNDY SYNTHETIC FIBRE COLOURWAY, REPRESENTING THE GOLDEN ERA OF JAPANESE ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR DESIGN. THESE SHOES EXEMPLIFY THE MINIMALIST AESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTRUCTION THAT DEFINED ONITSUKA TIGER'S APPROACH TO SPORTS SHOE MANUFACTURING DURING THIS PERIOD.

IDENTIFICATION AND MAKER:
- MAKER: ONITSUKA TIGER (NOW ASICS CORPORATION)
- MODEL: D013N
- ORIGIN: JAPANESE MANUFACTURE
- PERIOD: CIRCA 1970S-1980S BASED ON CONSTRUCTION AND BRANDING STYLE

CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS:
- UPPER: WHITE CANVAS WITH BURGUNDY SYNTHETIC FIBRE SIDE PANELS AND HEEL COUNTER
- SOLE: RUBBER WITH ORIGINAL TREAD PATTERN
- LACING: ORIGINAL BURGUNDY COTTON LACES
- LINING: COTTON AND SYNTHETIC FIBRE BLEND
- FASTENING: TRADITIONAL LACE-UP CLOSURE WITH BURGUNDY CORD

DIMENSIONS:
- SIZE: EU 45, US 11, CM 28.5

CONDITION: GOOD CONDITION.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THESE SHOES REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR HISTORY, PRIOR TO THE MODERN ERA OF CUSHIONING TECHNOLOGY AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS DOMINANCE.

NOTE: VINTAGE ATHLETIC SHOES OF THIS CALIBRE AND PERIOD ARE INCREASINGLY SOUGHT BY COLLECTORS OF JAPANESE DESIGN, VINTAGE SPORTSWEAR ENTHUSIASTS, AND THOSE INTERESTED IN THE EVOLUTION OF ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR. THE ONITSUKA TIGER BRAND HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT COLLECTOR INTEREST IN RECENT YEARS, WITH VINTAGE EXAMPLES COMMANDING PREMIUM PRICES AT SPECIALIST AUCTIONS.

Item Size: Height: 12cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 1Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 4-10 Keon Parade, Thomastown, VIC, Australia