Mr. Shoe Exhibition

Michael Lau’s Mr. Shoe exhibition is taking place at dpmhi in Soho London from now till January 3rd, 2006. Check out more pictures at Ningyoshi. Here’s more info from Maharishi.

After hugely successfull visits to Hong Kong and Japan, mr shoe has hit the UK……………….

michael laus mr shoe (sample) exhibition is currently running at the dpmhi store gallery space in Soho London and will continue there until the 3rd January. Alongside michaels 100 handpainted figures we have invited a selection of leading designers and creatives from around the world to customise their own shoes, including Ben Drury, Eley Kishimoto, Zoltar, Slam Jam, Garrards, Lupe Fiasco and many more.

For those of who who missed the opening or who havent had time to pay us a visit there is a selection of pictures attached to give you a flavour. A fully comprehensive set of exclusive pictures of the exhibition, private view party, figures and customisations will be available to view very soon at the totally updated and revamped www.dpmhi.com which will be relaunching in the next few days. We’ll let you know the second they’re up, alongside an archive of all the many other exhibitions and collabs we’ve been involved in over the last year or so.

To celebrate mr shoes UK visit mhi and michael lau have come together to release the following products:

shoework orange; a new mr shoe figure inspired by clockwork orange (which also ties in neatly with the current mhi collection, also based on the movies of Stanley Kubrick) £40

mr shoe (sample) figure maharishi sweat variant; Clad in a white maharishi bonsai forest DPM fabric sweat and cap, the clothes on this figure feature all the same level of detail you can expect from a 1:1 scale piece of maharishi clothing, including the patented snocord system, trim 6 and three eyelet branding. The shoe itself has also been completely ‘DPM-ified’ also. You can view the early prototype at the exhibition, the production version will be dropping in 2 weeks and is available for preorder now. £45

dpmhi (re)present mr shoe UK poster; 71cm x 28cm, 4 colour print on 120 gsm (slightly lightweight!) paper, comes with mr shoe sticker and is packaged in a decorated poster tube. £20

mr GPS and maharishi mr shoe headstand tees; Very limited stocks of these tees are available. £35

All of the above are exclusive to dpmhi and are available to buy directly from the exhibition or by phoning the store (contacts attached), by emailing crazysmiles@dpmhi.com and they will also be available from the relaunched www.dpmhi.com in the next few days. As we have limited stocks of these figures all pieces will be available on a strict first come first served basis.

Let us know if you need any more info (contact details below) and keep your eyes open for a mail from us letting you know when the new fully rearmoured www.dpmhi.com is ready……………..

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