NOTTE

NOTTE is the archive with the lights out. Every surface — canvas, swoosh, sole, stitching — is taken to the same black, so the only thing that reads is metal and texture. The silhouette is torn open at the seams and sewn back with raw edges left exposed.

The upper is stripped, waxed and worked with abrasive until the weave frays along the seams. Collar spikes are driven from the inside out in a double row; pyramid and dome studs are set one by one across the lace panel. Cross marks are pricked into the quarter with micro studs. The outsole is blackened and scored by hand, and a single scarlet tab is stitched at the heel.