Handcrafted heelless boots, unique pair, 2021.
Did you know that rhino horn poaching is getting serious? While owning a rhino horn can show high social status, it is also used as a raw material for medicine due to the legend that it is good for the body. Therefore, the number of poaching will not decrease. I expressed the current situation of rhinos who are losing their lives behind the scenes due to high trading prices.
So I created an eye-catching design that beautifully expresses the rhinoceros without horns. Bead embroidery represents the blood overflowing from wounds and the tears flowing from eyes. The horn of the rhinoceros is represented as the heel part of the shoe, making it a shoe without a heel.
Material: synthetic leather, tulle, beads, fake fur, EVA.
Photo by Tomomi Nagao/Hiko Mizuno.
