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Needled: Tattoo Shoe by Ami Kealoha

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Needled recently found J. Shoes' leather slip-on with designs by tattoo artists that are hand-etched into the shoes and then burnished with oils and tattoo inks. Driving moccasins for the rockstar set?

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This entry posted on 10 March 2006 at 6:49 PM
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