Nishimura Buckle Shandals® Size 5

These Shandals® are part of the Japanese Silk Collection from Ruth Emily Davey’s travels to Japan in 2016 as part of her Fellowship with The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. She collected a piece of fabric from all the Craft organisations/Workshops she visited to commemorate her travels into a collection celebrating Japanese Traditional Craft.

The uppers are made from hand woven ‘Hakata-Ori’ Japanese raw silk woven with gold paper woven by Nishimura Orimono and String suede. The uppers have rolled edges which are fully lined in soft, sumptuous Lilac suede.

The Buckle is a great design for many although they are not quite as adjustable as the Lace ups, they are a nice sophisticated cut and very flattering around the ankle too.

Shandals® are designed to strengthen your toes. We make them to fit closely around the arch of your foot while the toe thong guides the big toe straight leaving the four toes free. They are broad over the metatarsal arch with a low heel making them exceptionally comfortable and breathable. They frame your toes perfectly making them very flattering too.

• Size 5

• Width - Standard.

• Handwoven Japanese Silk

• Fully lined in soft breathable suede.

• Solid Brass Buckles.

• Double outsole stitched. Finished with matching stitching.

• Inner Soles are soft 5mm leather tanned in Britain - designed to be flexible so you're footprint embeds into the sole over time.

• Tyre tread soles - replaceable when they wear down

Shandals® were designed originally by Alan James Raddon for a client with bunions - they are now worn all over the world as comfortable, supportive yet open footwear. All our Shandals® are built to last, designed to be repairable for years to come.

“Hakata-ori is characterised by fine, supple, thick material—qualities attained by using a number of thin warps and thick wefts made by twisting multiple thin yarns together. These two layers of yarn are woven together using a reed that creates a horizontal bump in the fabric, and the pattern is woven by bringing the warps to the surface. Touching the fabric for the first time I was surprised how silk can be so very thick until Mr Nishimura explained that it was 1,500 threads woven tightly together.”