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Why it's worth it
Ballroom embroidery on a sneaker sole thin enough to feel the floor.
The Edit
A cotton twill sneaker with a featherlight flat sole and cream lace-up closure — the kind of silhouette that reads ballet flat from a distance. Up close, the entire upper is smothered in dense black seed-bead and bugle-bead embroidery tracing matador and botanical motifs, the beads stitched so tightly they crowd the vamp, heel, and toe cap. The tension between the casual canvas base and the near-couture surface treatment is deliberate and completely unresolved.
The details
- Fabric
- Twill, canvas, beaded surface
- Heel
- Flat
- Closure
- Lace-up
- Pattern
- Botanical
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