Sou Sou Japan

For many, the Nike Air Rift was, and remains to be, their only reference to a 'split toed' footwear design. As with many concepts in design, it's likely that the inspiration for the Rift was lifted from some traditional form of footwear with significant historical grounding in a far off exotic culture. In fact, it is quite possible that these here super dooper sweet kicks, from Sou Sou, are the true heirs to the throne of 'split toe'. They hail from Japan, and have been developed as the modern day alternative to traditional bamboo scaffold workers split toed footwear. Let's face it, they're pretty tasty!