AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers

AKB48 Nagao Mariya’s fashion line of LED Sneakers

Shoe company Shoset collaborates with Mariyaga, who models a brand new line of really shiny sneakers with LED lights in them.  Yah.

Well.  This isn’t entirely normal.  At least, I think so.  But anyway, about the shoes themselves: they can change into seven distinct colors, and appear to be rechargeable via USB.  Behold:

AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers
Wow, colorful.
AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers
Wow, USB rechargeable! That’s convenient!
AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers
This is… interesting.

Here Nagao Mariya very tastefully models the white, colorfully glowing sneakers, in a series of photos:

AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers

AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers

AKB48,Nagao Mariya,永尾まりや,Mariyagi,まりやぎ, LED Sneakers

The shoes themselves are available for sale from Shoset’s website for 11,800 yen (about $100 USD).  As for reactions online?  Well….

  • “Is anyone who’s not a child going to wear these?”
  • “I don’t need them”
  • “Recharging via USB, that’s pretty new, lol.”
  • “I want it”
  • “That’s pretty flashy”
  • “If an adult were wearing things, it would probably be someone who’s already painful to look at”
  • “When would you wear these?”
  • “If I saw someone wearing these on the street, I’d back away”

I’m not sure about the fashionable potential of this item, but Nagao Mariya sure is cute!

Author: reika

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