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TABI

One toe apart.

An everyday split-toe shoe. A separate big-toe pocket, a slim sole and carefully placed panels give Project T its distinctive silhouette.

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The original pair / Proportion, construction and the divided toe.
The original pair / Proportion, construction and the divided toe.
The green colourway in a lounge chair.
The green colourway in a lounge chair.
TABI / Original split-toe footwear design.
TABI / Original split-toe footwear design.

Project T.

Project T reworks the split-toe shoe as an everyday product. A separate big-toe pocket, a slim sole and carefully placed panels define the silhouette. The collection extends into colour and patterned uppers.

The split toe and panel construction.
The split toe and panel construction.
The outsole follows the divided toe.
The outsole follows the divided toe.
A low profile. A continuous line from heel to toe.
A low profile. A continuous line from heel to toe.

The colourways.

Product renders of the colourways, including the tabi sock.

Green on a gum sole.
Green on a gum sole.
Bold herringbone tweed.
Bold herringbone tweed.
All-white on a gum sole.
All-white on a gum sole.
Tabi socks — mustard knit with red-striped cuff.
Tabi socks — mustard knit with red-striped cuff.

In use.

The green and herringbone colourways photographed in use.

The herringbone colourway with corduroy and tweed.
The herringbone colourway with corduroy and tweed.
The herringbone colourway in a Womb chair.
The herringbone colourway in a Womb chair.
The TABI in motion.
The TABI walking.
About Project T

Original photographs from our 2010 Project T presentation. The experimental colourways follow combinations from Wada Sanzo’s Dictionary of Color Combinations (Haishoku Soukan, 1910).

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