Y-3 doesn't know what a miss is, that much has been proven with routine precision time and time again. Even still, the Y-3 Tokyo sneaker has superseded its existing standards.

Y-3 takes the adidas Tokyo shoe's slim design and reduces it even further, swapping out the rubber outsole for an even thinner, crispier base. 

The sneaker's traditional Three Stripes are realized as folded textural demarcations, which bring a tactile touch to the sneaker's simple leather upper.

Further refined touches take shape in the form of a black leather eyestay and contrasting white laces. All of this sleek charm is stamped with a debossed Y-3 logo and printed Yohji Yamamoto signature at the heel. 

\Individually, these traits seem unspectacular. But put it all together, and you get a shoe so impossibly sleek it feels wrong to just call it a sneaker.

Y-3's approach to slenderizing the Tokyo is an approach the Three Stripes is quite fond of. Take, for example, the adidas Stan Smith Low Pro that looks like someone took a knife to the bottom half of a classic Stan Smith sneaker.

Speaking of, there's also the adidas Stan Smith Lo Pro Ballet, which is like a Stan Smith that went to dance camp. The less is more approach has been an evident strategy in the sneaker community, and the Y-3 Tokyo is probably the best-looking proof on the market.

In taking away from the adidas Tokyo sneaker, Y-3 has made it bigger than ever.

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