IRISH SETTER 6ROUND ORO-RUSSET 95

To mark its 50th anniversary, BEAMS has worked with Red Wing on a capsule of ten pieces that goes on sale on Friday 30 October. The centrepiece is a pair of Irish Setter boots.

BEAMS is one of Japan's best-known select shops, with a flagship in Harajuku, and this collection is part of its anniversary programme. Red Wing is the American bootmaker that dates itself to 1905. Its Irish Setter line is the one reinterpreted here. Rather than a new design, the project is a return to a specific moment in that line's history, and the two boots are meant to be read as faithful reissues of it. The release says both boots restore the half-circle dog tag found on Irish Setters of the mid-1990s.

The first boot is the 6ROUND ORo-Russet 95 #9872. It aims to reproduce faithfully the deep reddish Oro-Russet leather associated with that period. The second is the Round Toe Hawthorne "Abilene" Roughout #9882, which uses a drier, rougher suede-like leather that BEAMS describes as having character.

Around the boots sit apparel and accessories. The clothing mixes vintage workwear cues with a more contemporary street feel, and the accessories are meant for everyday use. The campaign images show a Red Wing and BEAMS cap, bandanas, a mug and a winged keyring, all in the Red Wing red, navy and black.

The collection is sold in selected BEAMS stores and on the BEAMS online store, a release timed to the anniversary rather than to a season. The source gives no yen prices; BEAMS HARAJUKU, at Jingumae 3-24-7 in Tokyo, is the contact for enquiries on 03-3470-3947.