I don’t really know how to write this any other way—and believe me, I’ve tried—so I’ll just get it over with: VIBERG DID A THING WITH NEEDLES REBUILD* AND IT’S CAPSLOCK GOOD. Or, more precisely I guess, Exhibition Good.
(*For those unfamiliar with Needles Rebuild, picture Dr. Frankenstein but Japanese, much less sadistic and way more into clothes. For those unfamiliar with Viberg, welcome to Heddels, I guess?)
On display exclusively at the Nepenthes Hakata store in an environment that’s downright museum-like, the latest array builds off of the tandem’s 2018 capsule collection of Hikers and Pull-Ons. For this iteration, however, Viberg made use of an extensive stockpile of their “own vintage work boots that were beyond repair” as a canvas and got extremely Gregor Clegane with it.
For each one-of-a-kind pair, the footwear company deconstructed already-thrashed uppers, cut those uppers into new patterns and then added a cadre of new components to really drive home that mad scientist theme.
And because Viberg and Needles Rebuild take zero shortcuts ever, they’re offering these (in-store only, doubt they’re sorry, enjoy the journey and all that) on a strictly made-to-order basis. And if you can’t get yourself to Hakata for some boots, the tour will roll through Nepenthes’ Osaka and Tokyo locations too.
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