Rick Owens Porterville Low Fetish Boots

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DRKSHDW FW24 PORTERVILLE LOW FETISH IN BLACK BLACK 13OZ MEGACRUST DENIM

THESE LOW FETISH SNEAKS ARE ABOVE ANKLE HEIGHT. THEY HAVE A BOOT SHAPED UPPER WITH AN ADDITIONAL LAYER FALLING FROM AN ASYMMETRICAL SEAM LINE, GRAZING THE FLOOR. THEY HAVE MILK TOE CAPS AND SHARK TOOTH SOLES.

THIS MEDIUMWEIGHT MEGACRUST DENIM IS MADE ON A 13OZ BLACK AND NATURAL JAPANESE DENIM. THE READY GARMENT IS OVERDYED BLACK AND TREATED WITH A WAX FINISH, THEN SEVERAL LAYERS OF BLACK FOIL IS PRESSED ON TOP AND A FINAL WASH MAKES THE FOIL PEEL AND CRACK. 

THE NATURAL ASPECTS OF THIS TREATMENT MEANS THE FOIL HAS PEELED OFF AND CRACKED IN CERTAIN AREAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH WEAR AND ABRASION. THIS IS AN INHERENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT AND IS A DESIRED A VISUAL ASPECT WHICH ADDS TO THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH PIECE. 

THIS GARMENT IS TREATED IN AN ITALIAN WASH HOUSE BASED IN THE VENETO AREA OF ITALY, THAT PRODUCES IN SMALLER TREATMENT BATHS TO REDUCE WATER WASTE AND UTILIZE A WATER PURIFYING PROCESS THAT ENABLES THEM TO RECYCLE A PORTION OF THE WATER USED. ALL OF OUR DENIM WASHES ARE ZDHC CERTIFIED.

• COLOR: BLACK/MILK/MILK
• MATERIAL: 100% COTTON
• UPPER INSIDE 55% POLYURETHANE + 30% COTTON + 15% POLYESTER
• TOE 70%INSIDE UPPER LINING 100% POLYESTER
• INSOLE 60% POLYURETHANE + 40% POLYESTER
• SOLE 100% THERMOPLASTIC RUBBER