If Basile Lapray, co-founder of Parisian upstart Village PM, has his way, the skateboarding shoes that end up defining the 2020s could look vastly different than the pairs that came before.
Most shoes are sold as a matching pair in the same size, but Japan’s Tokutake Sangyo takes a different approach. The company, based in Sanuki City, Kagawa Prefecture, sells shoes individually, even ...