veiled models looked like an eminence of kentaurides clomping down a white cotton runway in red paint dipped split-toe Tabi boots paired with pointy-shouldered slim jackets and long-line skirts ...

Later, when leather prices increased, cotton started to be used. Shojiro Ishibashi — who would go on to found Bridgestone tyres — reinvented the tabi in 1922 by reinforcing the soles with ...