A Bathing Ape Yanksta

by Staff, July 3, 2010

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Releasing this weekend at Bape Stores in Japan are these A Bathing Ape Yanksta sneakers. Taking a familiar silhouette from another footwear brand, Bape has applied its own touch onto the shoes with its signature camouflage pattern. Available now in four colors for 15,540 Yen.

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Categories: Style
  • Vince3k

    wahhh bape is fuking evil

  • BiG PETE

    they shouldnt be in business because they havent created one unique idea EVER.

  • soulie17

    I’m a fan of Bape’s clothes and a select few pairs of their shoes but these are terrible. Blatant knockoff of the Vans Era/Authentic

  • Richie

    SMH when is he gonna understand

  • alexb

    the vans era?

  • acro7

    black and greens look dope, but really? if you copy another brand *cough* VANS *cough*, you should at least be less obvious about it!

  • SamRyz

    these r dope n i love how know one hates on visvim for copying ideas

  • Patrick

    jockin on vans

  • Obey

    I could be the richest man in the world, and i’d still rock vans instead of these. Seriously, there’s nothing nice or unique about these at all

  • twiglet

    WANKSTA, more like

  • http://www.justnorman.blogspot.com JUSTNORMAN

    at least hypebeast is beginning to admit the design similarities.
    bape is fuckin killing me.

  • brooklyn

    another look alike. WOW

  • http://aclassblog.wordpress.com A Class

    A $250 pair of Eras…

  • marc b

    these are fire
    but i kinda wish it was vans x bape so it wouldnt run me like 200 dollars

  • sinistersh-

    overpriced vans

  • Nateveggie

    I’m a fan of Bape, but even I can tell that they stole this design from Vans.

  • Jie

    thats……………shit

  • Rodrigo BC

    Well, another wannabe sneaker made by Bape, as usual.

  • kazilla

    Here we go again another bite of a classic.

    Should have done a Bape X Vans, collabo woulda have been sick.,

  • SPACEMANE.

    ” 2 tears in a bucket fuck it…..”
    Lets take it to the stage….!!!!
    Jack move now you Style’n on Em!!!

    BAPE. is the DON….

  • O.

    i swear this guy rips off every shoes thats already made and makes it his own jacks up the prices and makes them limited pure genius because the damn american’s buy this shit not knowing that nigo wants to be american himself so people follow someone that wants to be like themselves anything marc jacobs buys he buys it lmao

    O.

  • yeks

    Ah, it was only a matter of time.

  • VanSter

    With this price tag, I can buy 5 pairs of Vans!?

  • iksnod

    damn, If you haven’t said the brand, I wouldn’t think of it as Bape.

  • Jae

    i wonder if they get into lawsuits with what they’re doing…

  • Roobz

    “good artists copy, great artists steal” amirite?

  • yurple

    how could anyone buy these for 177$, vans sells them for about 55$, take your pick.

  • the what

    “from another footwear brand” ?

    why beat around the bush about it

    BAPE’S TAKE ON THE VAN’S ERA CLASSIC SILHOUETTE.

  • Selly

    loool, first nike, now vans. fuck outta hereee with yo whack ass brand.

  • Lloyd

    Those are really nice.

  • sheldon

    tssk…

  • cee

    wow another unoriginal sillouhette that they charge way too much for. these are vans with camo accents! not that cool…

  • tk

    blatant rip offs are cool now?

  • r1pp3rs

    bape are wankstas

  • northwestscholar

    dope

  • http://www.neon-banana.com Neon4ever

    Bape need to go and sit on the naughty chair for this crap!

  • o

    yay $155 pair of vans era

  • McDeez Nutz

    would it kill them to be original just once

  • stevensams1

    jezus christ, fuck you bape.
    you made a classic shoe, that looked better without the ugly camoflage more expensive then before and simply stole the idea. Whoever buys this is an epic hypebeast who just buys it for the brand.

  • http://www.vans.com damien devil

    this is a vans copy… dammmitttt this is evil…. and vans is the source of this model…

    dumb bape.

    keep it realllll….

    and lets keep on posting this .. if you are all with me on this…

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  • dabydoff

    first nike,then adidas,now vans what brand’s next….

  • torch.

    man, bape (except ursus bape) is messing in in a big fashion.. instead of being creative and designing their own shoes – lord knows they have the resources – they steal one shoe after another and then mess them up.. big thumbs down

  • http://i2cky.blogspot.com i2

    [dmx]here we go again[dmx]

  • stephan

    WTF?

  • Qid.

    berry evil

  • bapester

    woooowwww, worst bape kicks. ever.

  • Sean

    OH BAPE! You always seem to disappoint…. SMH.
    Come up with your own ideas… a 8 year old has more creativity than you.

  • johnngflame

    yeah, it isn’t yanksta, it is wanksta

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  • killatim

    To be objective, ugly camo pattern or bad use of it. To be subjective, when will BAPE die already.

  • turbro

    its gone just about too far now

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  • D

    Fuckin dope. That blue pair is a must cop

  • Malcolm

    Black + Camo = Super DOPE!!!

  • tit0boy

    haters gonna hate

  • cacroach

    Although an obvious Vans era copy, nobody seemed to mind when Common Projects did the same this summer season. The CP ones are dope though.

  • B.Billions

    dope

  • WIGGY

    Bape is as lame as it gets.

  • Scammer on HB

    These look pretty dope, I like the slim shape on these. But I woulnt pay a cent over 130 for them.

  • http://www.vans.com john flick

    Taking a familiar silhouette from another footwear brand, Bape has applied its own touch onto the shoes with hahahahaha

    vans copy …..

    nastyyy

  • http://RIGHTEOUSLANE.tumblr.com saddest

    i would actaully buy the blk color’d yankstaz but i wouldnt keep em clean those look like there are meant to be fucked

  • fatass

    why pay a high price for a replica?

  • Sean

    HOW CAN YOU NOT HATE?!?! It’s a ripoff… SMH

  • josh

    so i guess we should hate vans for copying keds too

  • surimkim

    so dope.

    the hate just adds to bape’s fame

  • http://www.freshboss.com FreshBoss

    something finally a little diff from bape, time to step it up though.

  • cap

    Bape don’t care what you haters say because they know how the game is played.

  • lol

    this is why i fucking love bape. they dont have to work hard, just copy and over charge… best system ever

  • Acetofenomine

    100 angry fagstas talking the exact same shit about lack of originality – IRONY

  • http://www.witnesstochange.co.uk WitnessToChange

    Man! A LOT of heat against these. I can see where you’re coming from; they’re just a Vans Era with some Camo. Personally though, I think they’re a pretty damn good Vans Era.

  • BobbyJames

    u guys know that keds did this model befor vans right i dont really what the big deal this shoe design has been around for ages its like a hiphop producer using the same sample as another producer as long as u flip it diffrently and put ur style on it it dont matter

  • Ryan

    Offensive.

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  • Joe Crack.

    Adidas superstar, puma suede, nike air force 1, vans era, etc, who’s next? :)

  • BAPEstoremanager

    This is some real pathetic desperate bullshit. I honestly think BAPE is folding.

  • NervousArt

    This dude keeps raping the street wear fashion business and these young kids who follow… he’s killing it at these ridiculous price point too. Design is costing him nothing since he’s just biting everything that’s been out and classic. Production is costing him nothing as well as these molds are not unique either. Call me a hater if you want I’m just putting it out there because this extremely disrespectful to “design”. He is really caking it with other company’s shit! Will anyone ever put a stop to it, because this dude is really making a fool out all his followers. I appreciate what Hypebeast is and has been doing in general but ya’ll feeding into it too. Hope you approve and post this… my beef is not with Hypebeast at all!

  • ILLNESS

    “100 angry fagstas talking the exact same shit about lack of originality – IRONY”
    - Acetofenomine

    TRUE SHIT!

  • Matt

    Nigo pays homage to these brands by using there silhouette. I dont see vans saying anything about it, and you wont. This dosen’t hurt there business, it only helps.

  • Baby Milo

    People need to stop slating BAPE. Stop making excuses about why you don’t own a pair and saying BAPE products are crap just to make yourself feel better when the real reason is that you just simply can’t afford it. Loads of brands copy the era design, even Gucci.
    Hating on BAPE only gives them fame.

  • antman

    i can get knock off Vans for £10 from any no idea down market chain … get real bape ….

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