A Bathing Ape x OriginalFake 3rd Year Anniversary

by Eugene Kan, April 30, 2009

bathing ape bape original fake 3rd year tee 1 A Bathing Ape x OriginalFake 3rd Year Anniversary

In commemoration of OriginalFake’s 3rd anniversary, the brand looks to one of its early collaborators in A Bathing Ape to release a t-shirt combining iconic elements of both brands. The Bape head is surrounded by a circular Chomper design with the trademark XX motif over the eyes. The white shirt is slated for a store release while the black one will be a Bapexclusive drop. Suggested release date is May 3rd, 2009.

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Source: Nigo

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20 Responses

  1. Posted by: s on May 7, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    best collabo bape has ever made!!

  2. Posted by: Al Ugly on May 4, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    and for the record,i still think Bape is fresh to death,you may not like it all, but there is something for everyone at the end of the day.

  3. Posted by: Al Ugly on May 4, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    I got the black one already……great tee’s!!!

    i wish there would be another Bape Kaws range,it was the ultimate.

  4. Posted by: dvn on May 3, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    i got meself the black T it ’s NICE

  5. Posted by: dolnenzo on May 3, 2009 at 3:47 am

    PRETTY SEXY
    i want a white
    is retail gonna be $73

  6. Posted by: 2123nto on May 3, 2009 at 12:40 am

    Boring … nothing special .. only fools would pay so much money for this crap.. Nigo is laughing and counting your money right now …

  7. Posted by: Apple man on May 1, 2009 at 9:16 am

    I want the white one

  8. Posted by: mistahcaspah on May 1, 2009 at 6:12 am

    This collab is bitch’n!

  9. Posted by: Randy on April 30, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    I need the black tee.

  10. Posted by: suf on April 30, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    wtf is up with you guys this is what bape have always done yet somehow there is a decline.
    i mean if new balance had a bad year(or a bad run completly) then you wouldnt see this kind of hatin and whining.

  11. Posted by: Fran on April 30, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Just like the good old days :)

  12. Posted by: SB.Hall on April 30, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    I don’t see why people try to hate and down APE. The tee is a collab flipping the logo with an OF design. Everytime they flip the logo into something new (pirate tee, Harajuku, angry ape, etc..), it IS original. WTF. It’s dope

  13. Posted by: Mr M. on April 30, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Nice composition of two iconic brands.

  14. Posted by: Scooba One on April 30, 2009 at 11:23 am

    I WILL HAVE!!!!

    MuAhHAhahhaHhaAA!!

  15. Posted by: hom0s on April 30, 2009 at 10:03 am

    hubdub you ignorant assclown, kaws and bape collab’d years ago before OF was even established.

  16. Posted by: matt on April 30, 2009 at 9:26 am

    HUBDUB is right, if this were 5 years ago the Bape logo would be overtaking Originalfake. The shirt speaks volumes!

  17. Posted by: Jordan on April 30, 2009 at 8:05 am

    This is shit compared to their previous Kaws calabos…

    very unoriginal…to say the least…

  18. Posted by: HUBDUB on April 30, 2009 at 7:10 am

    Ironic too see the Kaws’s claws biting into The Bape logo, reflecting Ape’s street cred decline and the constant rise of OriginalFake.

  19. Posted by: tom on April 30, 2009 at 5:37 am

    smashed it

  20. Posted by: superfluous on April 30, 2009 at 5:05 am

    nice
    simple collabo but very clean