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Maison Mihara Hank
MAISON MIHARA HANK, THE FONDED SOLE IN ITS MOST MASSIVE VERSION
A SKATE SHOE REVIEWED BY MIHARA YASUHIRO
If the Peterson looks towards the Converse, the Hank looks towards the Californian skate shoe — the low canvas, the rubber band thick, the reinforced heel of the models that Vans has made universal. Mihara Yasuhiro applies the treatment of his line Original Sole : a sole hand-sculpted in clay, whose imperfect mold gives the impression that the rubber has melted and flowed around the foot. On the Hank, it flows more. The volume is wider, the overhang is clearer, the wave is higher. It is the most assertive of the sneakers of the house, and the most recognizable.
The designer, born in Nagasaki in 1972 and worked at Tama Art University, has built his reputation on this tension between the classic and its distortion. He speaks of “sublime and ridiculous”; the Hank is the model where the second word weighs the most, and that's why we love it. As on the whole line, the branding is based on a MMY embroidered: the sole is the logo.
HANK OG SOLE CANVAS LOW : THE COLORS
The Hank OG Sole Canvas Low in black is the reference version — our best seller in the house, and the most stocked. The black canvas on ecru rubber brings out each undulation of the sole. It exists in grey, softer, and in white, more summery. The Over-Dyed Canvasvariant, mass-dyed brown, is the rarest and most expensive: the color passes through the canvas and ages with it.
SIZE AND PROPORTIONS
Full sizes only, from 36 to 46 — Mihara does not make half sizes. The fit is normal with a generous forefoot; in half size, take the entire bottom for a thin foot, the upper for a wide foot. The Hank being the bulkiest in the line, it appears large at the first try: this is intentional.
HOW TO WEAR THE HANK
It requires space. Wide pants or cargo pants that fall on the sole without covering it, long shorts with a high white sock in summer. Anything slim looks bad on him. It's aimed at those who want people to look at their feet, and it does it without a logo — that's the whole point. In our sneakers luxurydepartment, it is the most provocative of Japanese pieces; the Peterson is the more measured version, and the page Maison Mihara Yasuhiro tells the story of the designer and his collaborations with Puma.
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