These rags are made by tightly stitching fabric offcuts together, which makes them tough and gives each one its own multicolored pattern.
This basketball shoe concept translates that household staple into a modern performance silhouette.
The source
No two rags match, because each one is built from whatever fabric is left over. Bright, mismatched colors and dense rows of stitching are what make them recognizable, so the shoe's palette was sampled the same way.
Rag-bright panels on a charcoal base, sampled from the final render.
The build
The upper uses mixed-material, paneled construction. Each panel is treated like its own offcut and joined with prominent contrast stitching that mimics the handmade rags.
It's a nod to everyday local resourcefulness, and it gives a structured athletic form a textured, fragmented visual language.
