08/06/2026
If you’re new here..! It started with a wrong turn on a bike in Japan. 🚲 I got completely lost and stumbled into a secondhand kimono shop filled with the most extraordinary fabrics I’d ever seen. That moment changed everything.
I’m Hetty. I make bespoke handmade shoes from vintage Japanese kimono fabrics and I teach others to do the same from my studio in Maidstone, Kent (an hour from London).
If you’ve ever wanted to wear something truly one of a kind, made by your own hands, from fabric with its own history — I’d love to hear from you.
Workshops and bespoke commissions are open. Link in bio. 🧵