A Bathing Ape Crape Sneaker

by Staff, September 19, 2009

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Based loosely on the Puma Clyde sneakers, Bape has released their own “Crape” sneaker over this weekend. Featuring a suede upper, these Crapes are now available in three colorways, blue, orange and black. Available now at a Bape Store near you.

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  2. Posted by:F.luxury.B » A Bathing Ape: Crape Sneaker on September 19, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    [...] Neat… Based loosely on the Puma Clyde sneakers, Bape has released their own “Crape” sneaker over this weekend. Featuring a suede upper, these Crapes are now available in three colorways, blue, orange and black. Available now at a Bape Store near you. via hypebeast [...]

  3. Posted by:Pocket Full of Paper » A Bathing Ape Crape Sneaker on September 19, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    [...] How nice are these?!?! Bape is really killin’ sh*t right now, goodness. These beauties are available now at Bape retailers and come in three colorways. Hit the jump and let me know which one you’re feelin’ the most. Spotted at the Beast. [...]

44 Responses

  1. Posted by:nwdrift on September 23, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Whoa, you guys are right!… these DO look like puma clydes!

    (note: sarcastic tone)

  2. Posted by:Salvation on September 23, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Wrong Rolex, Visvim’s lame. Never have i seen a brand so shamelessly rip others off and slap on a price tag registering 5 x the OG.

  3. Posted by:BIG JOEY on September 22, 2009 at 4:07 am

    get off nigo’s nuts please. (this should be read in a song like way)…..thank you.

  4. Posted by:rolex on September 22, 2009 at 3:48 am

    I wish you guys would give bape a break. If supreme rip something off oh that’s ok. If supreme do a god dam Mickey t- shirt that’s super cool. If visvim do elk leather pieces of shit you guys would buy it. Grow up

  5. Posted by:DkoMpoZ on September 22, 2009 at 2:33 am

    To answer your question SALVATION Bape does have an original sneaker design, the BAPESTA88 and in a real original colorway red yellow and blue. On second thought they kinda look like those AIR RONNIE’S Ronald McDonald put out a while back.

  6. Posted by:jason on September 21, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    nice shoes

  7. Posted by:jason on September 21, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    it is getting more creative in this brand, I really hope and wish them release more products,

  8. Posted by:Brad Piff on September 21, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    Like Peter said…….
    And I own hella’ pairs of Clydes.

  9. Posted by:peter on September 21, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    whats the retail on these? they are total rips of clydes but I like em.

  10. Posted by:Will Moody on September 21, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    these are dope

  11. Posted by:BAPEMUSTSTOP on September 21, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Does BAPE have one single shoe that isn’t a rip-off of someone else’s design? NIGO is nothing but an overpaid copy cat. These are bootlegs with a fancy name.

  12. Posted by:nwdrift on September 21, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    90% of the comments on this page = “Hello Captain Obvious!”

  13. Posted by:hmmmmmmmmmmm on September 21, 2009 at 11:19 am

    it looks EXACTLY like another shoe. isn’t that the whole point of BAPE? like, I could buy some Clydes for $80, but i choose to wear the same looking shoe that costs $300. you and i know that my $300 shoe looks/feels EXACTLY like your $80, but i paid $220 more for mine. Because i can. nigga.

  14. Posted by:ace on September 21, 2009 at 7:24 am

    isn’t taking someone else’s design n focusing on wotcha call it, more eyecatching materials n colours still rippin others off?

  15. Posted by:Salvation on September 21, 2009 at 7:20 am

    Has BApe got a single sneaker that isn’t a rip-off of someone else?

  16. Posted by:Nate on September 21, 2009 at 3:03 am

    Really…. if ur gonna flame the crapes or Bape in general, leave a real reason why u hate them so much.

  17. Posted by:hipoNipo on September 21, 2009 at 2:20 am

    “Based loosely on the Puma Clyde sneakers”
    Rip off and duplicate less, please.

  18. Posted by:heflys on September 21, 2009 at 1:45 am

    Sorry, Phil, I respect BAPE, and I’m not sure why folks are hating the brand now, (particularly when they were all over it a few years back), but these are clearly a Clyde ripoff.

  19. Posted by:seven of seven on September 21, 2009 at 12:30 am

    They did these a long time ago, wasnt new then, isnt new now. Just overpriced sneakers that will never be classic. Bape shit is soooo disposable. Ever see anybody ever rock and old Bape shit? Never have, never will. Its over!

  20. Posted by:Randy on September 21, 2009 at 12:02 am

    I’ve worked at Puma for 1.5 years and I’ve seen these colorways on either a Clyde or a Suede.

  21. Posted by:dre on September 20, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    first off nigo stepped down on the designer aspect of bape second of all if bape is biting off of puma then all those who write that this is a knock off in these comment boxes are just biting eachother

  22. Posted by:beaster beast on September 20, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    More Colors N It Would Be Decent

  23. Posted by:Quran Smith on September 20, 2009 at 11:47 am

    There is nothing special or eye catching about these PHIL. Puma uses suede and leather and I’m pretty sure they have the same colorways and if not they have hundreds of better ones. I do enjoy some pieces of Bape’s clothing line here and there but shoe wise Bape just seems like any other japenese rip-off, just stealing the signature models from other brands and making them more expensive, thats not innovative at all.

  24. Posted by:PHIL on September 20, 2009 at 5:41 am

    Okay, look.. I’m tired of reading all this Bape-hate on these sneaker blogs. let’s face it, Bape is now, and for a while, will be one of the leading Japanese fasion designers, period. Bape isn’t “biting” off of Puma what so ever, Nigo and his design team are perfectly aware of the fact that people are gonna call these “Crapes” a bite off of Puma Clydes. However, Bape isn’t duplicating Puma, just using thier design and focusing more on eye catching colors and materials, ect. Simplicity IS fasion. Much love to Bape, the Crapes are dope.

  25. Posted by:Randy on September 20, 2009 at 3:19 am

    They called it the “Crape” which is a fancy word for CRAP

  26. Posted by:uklini on September 20, 2009 at 2:22 am

    A Bathing Ape Crap(e) Sneaker…

  27. Posted by:ccwatitis on September 20, 2009 at 1:48 am

    well you cant say they look shit….as its preety much the clyde with the bape sign on them.

  28. Posted by:JUwellNyC! Wash Hieghts on September 20, 2009 at 12:44 am

    Aint got shyt on clydes!!

  29. Posted by:KB24 on September 20, 2009 at 12:16 am

    Another Bape ripoff.
    Why buy these when you can just get the original Pumas?

  30. Posted by:brian on September 19, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    hahaha, ‘based loosely’

  31. Posted by:burykid81 on September 19, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    COME WITH SOMETHING ORIGINAL!!!!!

  32. Posted by:desi on September 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    im feelin these

  33. Posted by:myles on September 19, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    I don’t know why hypebeast endorses bape products…
    these are the ugliest piece of shit shoes i’ve seen in a while other than DC’s.
    and DC is another piece of shit brand.
    SO GET OFF BAPE’S JOCK

  34. Posted by:T on September 19, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    Crape without the e. Puma Suede wannabes.

  35. Posted by:reggie on September 19, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Those puma clydes are hot, too bad they have that hideous star from that company that biteds everyone elses hardwork,.mowait.

  36. Posted by:yeks on September 19, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    those laces are pretty big….cool sneaker though.

  37. Posted by:BIG JOEY on September 19, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    CLYDE did it better….

  38. Posted by:... on September 19, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    love bape, but not feelin this

  39. Posted by:teegs on September 19, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    lol @ “based loosely” on the clyde. More like a straight up replica

  40. Posted by:Windmere on September 19, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    in before “Crap” joke

  41. Posted by:cord4gooner on September 19, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Crape ……. lose the E and you have a word that sums of this Japanese side show

  42. Posted by:vroom on September 19, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    i’m wondering if whoever wrote that description had to stop themselves a few times from typing, “ripped off of the…”, or “the exact silhouette as..”

    i mean come ON…

    to say “based loosely” is insulting to every person who visits this site. get real. these are clyde rip-offs with the bape star in lieu of the puma stripe…. doesn’t make them bad sneakers, but still come on guys. at least be HONEST about what they are!

  43. Posted by:vroom on September 19, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    based “loosely”….

    HAHAHAHHAA

  44. Posted by:thenorthnorth.com on September 19, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    These are the best bape shoes i have seen so far. im not down for these super expensive shoes but if these were reasonable i would get em fo sho.