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'For Spring/Summer 2016, N.Hoolywood collaborated with Japanese calligrapher Mikitype, who contributed his Gothic font-like typography for the brand’s clothing and accessories. Taking classic Vans sneakers, Mikitype wrote the lyrics of a children’s alphabet song, hand-illustrated across the soles, top line and even laces of the shoes'
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A collaboration with Vans was marked by the typography of the Japanese calligrapher simply known as Mikitype.
His intricate hand-written print was rendered on laces and midsoles, echoing the pen and ink scrawl on individual apparel pieces. Check out more of the preview in the following pages.
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