Diet Butcher Slim Skin shoes

Diet Butcher Slim Skin 2012 Spring/Summer High Top Sneaker

Eclectic Tokyo label Diet Butcher Slim Skin presents yet another high top sneaker for Spring/Summer 2012. Retaining the brand’s chunky 1980s stylings, the style combines a clean white coarse grain premium leather with beige and black contrasts. With a high padded ankle and inner zip for easy wear, it sits sturdily atop a durable hard-wearing rubber sole. A thick ankle strap holds the shoe, characteristically completed by metal eyelets and star-studded details. These Japanese-made sneakers are available at oki-ni for £430 GBP (approximately $680 USD).

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Low Top Sneaker

 Tokyo’s Diet Butcher Slim Skin is a modern Japanese fashion label founded by Hisashi Fukatami which combines true punk sensitivities with a classic, more sophisticated appeal. The Spring/Summer 2012 Low Top Sneaker is presented here in a rich black and royal purple combination, retaining the brand’s chunky retro styling. Featuring grained premium leather, padded tongues and ankles, hard-wearing rubber soles, contrast midsoles, and thick black laces, these sneakers are made in Japan and now available at oki-ni for £305 GBP (or approximately $490 USD).

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Horse Hair High Top Sneaker

Drifting in and out of the consciousness high avant-garde sneakers, Diet Butcher Slim Skin’s High Top drops in a new horsehair version. The bulky snowboard boot-esque design is understated in its details with minimal contrasting aside from the white midsole. In a time when sneakers often take a more streamline approach, DBSS continues to buck the trend. Available now at oki-ni.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin 2011 Fall/Winter High Top Sneakers

This season Tokyo’s Diet Butcher Slim Skin have added a zip to the back of their high top, allowing them to give it a more traditional boot shape and a taller silhouette. The sneaker still retains the chunky streetwear styling, although it is presented in a clean black and white colorway. The boot is made from a soft premium leather and has the lyric/slogan “walk this way” printed on the sole below the Diet Butcher logo. Priced at $753 USD, these are now available to purchase via oki-ni.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Zebra Sneaker

The defining footwear silhouette for Japanese avant-garde brand Diet Butcher Slim Skin reemerges in its most adventurous example to date. Embodying a bulky profile not unlike that of a snowboard boot, the upper features a zebra print pattern with a contrasting gray and red sole. Available now at ZOZOVIANT.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Retro '08 Sneakers

Oki-ni takes stock of several new colorways in the Slim Skin Retro ’08 high top sneaker from Tokyo-based Diet Butcher Slim Skin. A heavy duty sneaker in a premium goat suede upper, the shoes have been aged through a unique “destroying” process, featuring a single zip fastening on the ankle and quilted detail around both the heel and ankle. A label known for its punk-influenced aesthetic, the boots come fasten with wide laces and a contrast grey vulcanized sole. Available now here.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Destroyed Goat Leather Sneaker

Japanese label’s Diet Butcher Slim Skin’s cult high-top sneaker offering reappears this season. Coming in four different colorways, the chunky sneaker meets boot profile features a goat leather upper. Previous iterations were based on deer leathers but the use of a new material affords greater durability. On the media side is a zipper for easy removal. Available as of December at GLAICE.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Hi Top Sneakers

The new silhouette from Tokyo-based Diet Butcher Slim Skin this season is a heavy duty boot in a series of premium nappa leather colorways. A label known for its punk-influenced aesthetic, these boots fasten with a chunky central Raccagni zip and are then secured with heavily quilted Velcro straps with rubberized canvas pull tags. Finished with a quilted ankle and thick tongue, oki-ni are the only European stockist of these boots. Limited in quantity, they are now available through the retailer’s online store.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Two-Tone Sneaker

A popular design amongst chunky sneaker silhouettes from designer brands, Diet Butcher Slim Skin reveals its 2010 spring/summer collection high-top sneaker. The design features a snowboard boot-like profile which combines pony hair and white leather. A vertical zipper is incorporated into the rear of the boot. The two-tone sneaker seen here releases at ISETAN on February 13th, 2010.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Hi Cut Sneakers

Steering clear of their staple patent leather joints, Japanese cult label Diet Butcher Slim Skin returns with a preview into another one of their flashy sneaker models. This time around, the company utilizes animal motifs to serve as accents, including the use of Pony hair and Leopard print, alongside premium leather uppers and a hi-cut platform. Stay tuned for further news on this release.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Sneakers

While a brief overview of Diet Butcher Slim Skin’s fashion offerings, the brand takes an active stance in creatively designed pieces including interesting draping and cuts. While their collections are often on the slimmer side of things, their footwear has consistently broken free from the streamline and fitted stylings of its apparel counterpart. The brand’s sneakers are a decidedly much more chunky and offer a textbook definition of the term high-top which seem consistent with a number of smaller Japanese footwear releases as of late. Upcoming releases include three different patent colored versions which are set to debut next year, however a pre-order over at Glaice is currently available.

Diet Butcher Slim Skin Sneakers

Armed with a rather peculiar name, Diet Butcher Slim Skin can be viewed as either genius or the complete opposite, but the craftsmanship behind this sneaker model cannot be denied. Heavily influenced with the punk movement, Diet Butcher is a Japanese brand dedicated to replicating the culture within their own roots. Featuring a familiar canvas upper, the quality lies in smaller details like the heel insert for added comfort, leather badging with a soft mesh interior and oversized platform for stability. This black colorway is available now at retailers including Blackbird.

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