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  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
  • The Body You Made Hightops - Jaded Lament
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The Body You Made Hightops

Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN Canvas Hightops

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It lurches forward, stitched together by fear, genius, and grief. The Body You Made is a visceral ode to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, wrapped in the bold, lurid artwork of a mid-century pulp paperback edition. This design captures the moment of dread before a scream, the electricity humming under the surface, and the horror of a creature waking into a world that recoils at the sight of him.

Rendered in somber grays, bruised violets, and tattered khaki tones, the monster clutches forward in classic pulp cover dramatics—panicked, angular, fully alive against the soft, blurred background of a world that never asked for him. His hands stretch across the panels and the top toe box, as if trying to break free from the very shoe that holds him.

But this is no ordinary creature. In the archives of Jaded Lament, this particular design is catalogued under Category: Surge-born, and is rumored to emit a faint electric charge under thunderclouds. (The Lament archivist assigned to these boots was last seen nervously muttering about “eyes that follow.”)

Wonders Whispered About These Wares

Powers Bestowed Upon the Possessor

Surgeforged Vitality – The relentless, crackling energy to rise again, no matter how broken the world deems you.

Monstrous Memory – The ability to carry both sorrow and fury with brutal, beautiful clarity.

Hand of the Made – A force that reshapes despair into defiance, creation into legacy.

Jaded Lament Discovery Note

The Laments found it sealed inside a warped display box at a defunct traveling horror exhibit—a sideshow-on-wheels that hadn’t been seen since the early sixties. The trailer was discovered buried beneath decades of junkyard sediment, its signage still faintly legible beneath rust and ivy: Terrors of Science and Shadow.

Inside, the exhibit mannequins had melted into one another—fused plastic limbs, slack faces, cracked glass. But on the floor, alone, lay a single boot—charred at the heel, faintly buzzing in the gloom. It was wrapped in yellowing pulp pages, their ink blurred but still legible: The Monster Lives Again!

Tucked inside, a handwritten card read:

“I named him Hope. That was my mistake.”

The Laments took it as invitation and warning both. They catalogued the relic under Category: Surge-born, and kept it far from mirrors.

Why the Laments Loved This Artifact

  • Pulpy, high-drama illustration with vintage paper grain texture
  • A color palette straight from a flickering drive-in screen
  • Features the original Frankenstein paperback typography in punchy yellow
  • Perfect for walking stormy streets in search of your creator—or yourself

Adored By (and Designed For)

  • Lovers of vintage horror and science fiction
  • Fans of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its many monstrous descendants
  • Pulp paperback collectors and those obsessed with retro cover design
  • Anyone who knows that monsters are often made, not born

Atmospheres Clinging to These Relics

  • Electrified dread
  • Misunderstood melancholy
  • Retro terror
  • Uneasy sympathy

These Vibes Shall Be the Emanation

Lurid, haunting, and a little heartbreaking. The monster’s expression is equal parts rage and anguish, and the angularity of his posture evokes the old Universal horror films with a paperback twist. These shoes walk the line between retro kitsch and literary gravitas, making them perfect for anyone who finds beauty in the grotesque and resonance in the reanimated.

Hymns to Strengthen Thy Enchanted Relic

Lend Thine Ear, Fortify Thy Powers. Invoke these chants whilst donning thy wares, that the enchantment might seep deeper into thy bones.

(1) "Bury a Friend" – Billie Eilish
Creeping, mournful, and electrically unsettling—a song that feels like waking into horror.

(2) "Evil" – Interpol
Angular and uneasy, pulsing with the haunted momentum of something that refuses to stay buried.

(3) "Wolf Like Me" – TV on the Radio
Feral transformation soundtracked in gritty, breathless beats—perfect for a creature stumbling into life.

(4) "My Name Is Human" – Highly Suspect
A grim, defiant anthem questioning the very nature of creation and identity.

(5) "Monster" – Meg Myers
Frantic, vulnerable, and thrumming with the rage and sorrow of being made wrong and loving wrong anyway.

This mix captures misunderstood monstrosity, electric dread, furious longing, and the brutal birthright of the made and the broken.

The Tedious but Necessary Bits

  • Size Sorrows Be Gone

    The Laments Shall Stitch Another Pair If Yours Don’t Fit.

    • Fits true, like fate.
    • Removable insole—should you wish to walk a softer path.
    • Crafted from premium materials, blessed and battle-ready.
    • Canvas kissed by design, grounded by a rubber sole.
    • Colors hold fast like memory—vivid, precise, unforgettable.
    • Made-to-order, conjured just for you—no two pairs walk the same world.

  • Trade Routes, Tides & Transit

    A Note from the Laments Regarding Fulfillment: Each relic is conjured upon request, hand-wrought in our faraway atelier with care befitting the Old Ways. Most emerge within 5–10 days; arrival at your threshold may span 2–3 weeks, depending on tides, tempests, or logistics beyond mortal control.

    Some parcels may arrive separately—such is the nature of enchanted logistics.

    Should you harbor questions, omens, or mere curiosities, the Laments are always listening. Reach out at will.

  • Product Details

    • Custom printed shoes
    • Amazing colors and print quality
    • Premium canvas fabric
    • Outsole and toe cap made of durable rubber
    • Memory EVA insole for maximum comfort
    • Classic timeless style
    • Lace-up closure for a snug fit