ELEPHANT BOOT

KNEE HIGH BOOT IN 13OZ BLACK MEGACRUST DENIM

WIDE UPPER THAT TAPERS SLIGHTLY DOWN TO TOE CAP LEVEL ON THE FOOT. TOP SNAP TAB WITH RIVET DETAIL. 

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.

DU02F6813 BMC 09 BLACK

UPPER 100% COTTON

TOE 70% POLYURETHANE 30% VISCOSE

LINING 100% COTTON

SOLE 100% THERMOPLASTIC RUBBER

Rick Owens DRKSHDW - MADE IN ITALY