TETHER UP

Dhruv Khurana on Vikings, hairy suede, and why a shoe is never just a shoe

- ARANYAA CHOWDHURY

AImost Gods began with clothes.

Then came candles. Now, after a-year-and-a-half of obsessive development, comes Tether - a sneaker rooted in military silhouettes, Viking craft references, and the ancient practice of wrapping objects to mark them as sacred.

Tether is founder Dhruv Khurana's most ambitious object yet and we asked him to walk us through it.

Grazia: What was the starting point for Tether, and how did the idea first come to you?