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Straw zori were kept at the door of a Japanese house and stepped into on the way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sole is straw cord coiled from the centre outward and bound through, so the top shows the spiral and the edge the rows. The thong is the same cord twisted into a thicker rope, knotted under the sole at three points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear them barefoot, as photographed, with a rolled trouser, a pair of shorts or a jinbei, and let the straw show. They are for a warm day and a dry pavement, a terrace, the walk to the beach, the pair by the door for the summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe straw is stiff the first day and softens with wear, and the sole takes the shape of the foot. The rope thong is the part that rubs at first and then does not; a thin tabi sock for the first week solves it for a sensitive foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are flat and light and grip a dry surface. 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These flip flops are a flat wooden sole with a gently hollowed footbed, a rounded toe and a low base, held on by a padded fabric thong that passes between the first two toes. The strap comes in seven versions: a navy wave print as in the first photograph, a plain black with a soft pile, a plain red, a black with a pale paisley, a navy with a gold-and-cream floral, a navy with a blue print, and one more in the same family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the flat cousin of the geta in this collection, and the shape the modern flip flop was copied from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Karakoro, is the sound a wooden sandal makes on a street, the knock and the clack, and this flat pair makes a quieter version of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sole is a solid piece of wood with a stained, lightly worn finish, hollowed a little where the foot sits so it does not slide, with a thin grip layer on the base. The strap is a fabric thong padded through its length and anchored at three points, at the toe and at either side of the heel, so it holds without pinching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear them barefoot, as photographed, with a rolled trouser, a pair of shorts or a jinbei, and let the wood show; a tabi sock works too and is how they are worn in the cooler months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seven straps are on the same sole, so the choice is only the cloth: the plain black and red read as a sandal, the prints read as Japanese from across a street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe footbed is flat and the base is low, so the walk is an ordinary one, with the knock of wood on pavement that gives the sandal its name. 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These are zori in their modern form: a flat moulded sole in black with a slight lift at the heel, a footbed covered in a pale woven mat with the look of a tatami floor, and a padded thong in black cloth that rises between the first two toes and runs back to anchor at either side of the heel. They are the shape the flip flop was copied from, with the footbed the copy left out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the everyday sandal of the collection, the one that goes with a yukata in summer and with a pair of shorts the rest of the time, and the most comfortable of the three sandals here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one. Zori are the flat sandal of Japan, worn under a formal kimono and on the walk to the shop, and this black-soled version is the one at the door of a house today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sole is a moulded synthetic in black, firm and soft at once, with a low heel and a rounded toe. 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