LACELIFT

LACELIFT asks what happens when the lace stops being an accessory and becomes the shoe. One continuous cord weaves the entire upper, looping toe to heel through rows of studded anchors, cinched by a single toggle at the throat.

Tension is the structure: pull once and the whole surface tightens around the foot like a drawn net. Underneath, a leaf-veined sole carries the same organic logic to the ground.