There are so many different boutique stores around the world and each of them has their own style, appearance, and atmosphere. Do you ever wonder how each store starts from scratch and turns into what we see when they actually open. Well, Soph is opening their store at Hiroshima in Japan and have filmed a movie clip of the partial building process for their new store. It’s definitely interesting to see how such a raw space can turn in to a phenomenon in just a matter of months.
See the video here.
Info: Hirofumi Kiyonaga @ Honeyee
The Nike Free has come along way and has gained much popularity due to its appearance and function. Nike has taken their wonderful running shoe and sprinkled some magic on it to give this running shoe a transformation into what we call luxury running. This Nike 5.0 V2 Premium is a limited edition and has two colorways, both done in a very elegant snakeskin material featuring colors of beige on the first shoe and black on the second. These are definitely for those that want some more style in their normal day running routine. Available at Mita Sneakers.
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The New Balance CM576 model is one of New Balance’s most classic sneakers and it has been used for many different collaborations, this time New Balance teams up with Mita Sneakers and Japanese star and fashion icon, Yousuke Kubozuka, to produce a set of New Balance CM576, one titled Amazon and the other Yamato. Yousuke is a Japanese movie and TV star who has worked with people like Sam Lee from Subcrew and Edison Chen from Clot in different movies. One of his popular movie releases is called Ping Pong and this is the movie where he had worked with Sam Lee. As for the sneakers, one of the colorways is white/orange-red and the other is done in rasta looking colors of red, yellow, and green. The sneakers will be available at Mita Sneakers on February 10th.
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Every year for Black History month, Nike will release a shoe and here we take a first look at this year’s Black History Month Air Max 90. Instead of using the traditional black, red and green, they have chosen to use a different approach and played with different patterns and colors. This shoe looks very classy and the patterns give it a high fashion feel, so definitely check back for more info on this release.
Image: JtotheC @ ISS
For people that are in to luxury cars, Aston Martin cars to be exact, here is some exciting news for you. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury goods consortium has recently acquired Aston Martin. Ford, it’s previous owner had to sell this car company in order to raise much-needed capital, but will retain 15% interest in Aston Martin and the auction for this company, which has been up since august had ended last week with LVMH victorious. There will be much anticipation to see how LVMH can add their luxurious touch to these already exotic sports cars.
Info: Bare Blog