There has been discussion over the name of this shoe, I'm going with what's on the box
As you can see, I got these in August 2013 at the SF Haight branch.
I think they were my first Fluevog purchase after a long hiatus - 20 years.
They were on deep discount, I think due to production issues.
The only record of them on the Fluevog site is
this post:
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| I had no idea they were inspired by Joe Strummer! |
I first sketched these in 2017:
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it says: this is mine and it eats socks*
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Here's the original repeat:
I wanted a bolder houndstooth in the background for the embroidered series and this is what I sent out for printing:
The sketch bugged me - too crude.
Time for an update!
I printed the new sketch on houndstooth again and then used that as a patch
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Deliberate frayed edges
Appliqued using the Herringbone Stitch
as found in
The Geometry of Hand Sewing, Natalie Chanin |
*I was debating whether to sell these but they're
so cool and the sock eating issue seems to have resolved itself.
Full listing of the 50|50 project
