story

"Hi my name is Jupiter Desphy. I'm a Senior footwear designer for Catalyst. G-Dragon, he doesn't really represent male or female. Even though it's stemming from him, it can be just represented … "

"… and worn by anyone really. He's very much a fashion icon and he goes high and low with his styles. He's a global phenomenon. When it came to do the second shoe, the Kwondo1, we wanted to do something a bit more original. He was really leaning towards running, vintage running and then ..."

"… he started pointing out golf shoes and bowling shoes. He was wanting to push the edges and do things that were really just kind of unexpected. So as far as a wide release, this wingtip-style shoe is fairly new".

"When we were looking to do the Kwondo1, he even came here to the archives wearing a dress shoe. We chose the last of the Janoski
because it's pretty narrow and it's got a nice toe shape. To me, it seemed more of like what a dress shoe looks like. This shoe is tonal triple … "

"… white right now using premium leather. It even has that wingtip style on the overlay here and then we also added this football-inspired flap. So we wanted to give its dress shoe appearance and then through here, there's a couple of daisies which … "

"… is missing one petal, and that's his PEACEMINUSONE logo. And they're set in reverse so that when you step in sand, the imprint would be the daisy logo, which is embroidered here on the heel. He was always passionate and had a clear vision of what … "

"… he wanted. I think he approaches it like the musical process. You can record a song and if you don't like it, you're going to be back in the booth and do it again. He was pushing a vision that, you could be of any orientation and wear it. It's for anyone".

Behind the Design

Kwondo1