Oideyasu! Please take off your shoes.
UPDATE:ASICS link with confirmed price info, more background (Japanese only)
Nishijin ori ASICS sneakers. Made with real Kyoto Nishijin kinran (=woven with real gold) cloth. Nishijin cloth is kind of thick brocade style made in the Nishijin district west of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. These sneakers are not for sale, however. A limited number of promotional pairs were made by Kinran.
These were on exhibition today at Kyoto Matsuri-related design exhibition. A few more sneakers. I heard secondhand that the sneakers sold for ¥12,000 or about $100. Later I talked to the company representative, who sounded hopeful that there would be another limited run if there was enough interest.
My little sister would love to own a pair of shoes like that. I bet the price is a little out of control though. Did you happen to see the price tag?
Posted by: John Grillo on September 19, 2004 09:15 PMSorry, they are not for sale at this time. I edited the post to add more information about this.
Posted by: nils on September 20, 2004 12:50 AMI'd gladly pay 12000 yen for those! They're awesome, and 12000 yen is pretty reasonable for a sweet pair of sneakers.
Posted by: Lexy on September 21, 2004 02:49 PM$100 isn't that much;) My sister would love to have one pair like those;)
Posted by: sano on September 21, 2004 11:02 PMactually, when I think of it, a hundred bucks isn't so bad for real kinran...
Posted by: alfred on September 22, 2004 04:52 AMso pretty! i'd pay 100$ for those!
Posted by: Rahvin on September 24, 2004 11:39 AM
