Camper and Issey Miyake have made a shoe that goes on like a sock. Anna takes a precision-knit upper up over the foot and the lower leg, close as a second skin, then sets all that softness on a streamlined pointed base with a low heel.
A common urge to try something other than the obvious put Satoshi Kondo and Camper's shoemakers in the same room. What they describe as the theme, physical and sensuous, shows up in the way the upper traces the leg and flatters the shape underneath.
The fabric is a TENCEL blend, soft and breathable, and it moves with the foot as it wraps. Underneath, the outsole goes the other way, firm and structured, holding the shape the knit gives up. That contrast, give above and support below, is what lets Anna read as high fashion one moment and a sock you can do errands in the next.
Anna lands in two builds for fall. The low-heeled version comes in classic black and beige; the boot stands taller, in black, blue and dark navy.
Both styles arrive July 15, on Camper's and Issey Miyake's sites.
