The much awaited Shanghai 2 Nike Dunk SB has now been released at Slam City Skates. Using a strange array of materials the Shanghai 2’s are sure to split minds amongst sneaker heads. Casino Skates will also have them available tomorrow along with Focus who is only releasing some in-store and mail order. As always limited stock is available, so time is of the essence.
Lions Den recently opened up shop in LA. Freshness was on the scene. Lookin’ good! I’m not exactly sure what lines they are carrying but they do have Alife/RTFT, Vans, Cr8tive Recreation, and Reebok Classics to name a few.
The Glade has some fresh gear: an exclusive ONETrueSaxon field jacket, the Untitled book which showcases the exhibitions that took place in Barcelona and Berlin this year, the complete Acronym T-Shirt collection, and most notably an Andy Warhol T-shirt by Answer and John Naar! Seriously dope. Go get it!
Some more collaboration news, this time from New Balance and Offspring. They have come together to produce 4 models of the New Balance 576 in limited quantities. Each pair uses a slight use of colour to brilliant effect with fusia pink and patent black included. Each model will be limited to only 60 pairs, and release is expected some time this week. Check out Crooked Tongues for more pictures.
Semi-Permanent is happening in NYC this weekend! Even though I won’t actually be there, I am pretty damn excited! Seriously, if you are able to go… go! And yo, there’s a huge gift bag for everyone who attends.
To get you hyped on this great event, IQMND has just posted an interview with one of the founders, Andrew Johnstone. He is also the founder of DesignisKinky, Happycorp, and Empty Magazine and is a talented artist as well!
If that’s not enough for you, Chuck Anderson of The Brilliance will be speaking at the event as well! Cool Hunting has 6 questions with him.
Apollo NYC has just picked up two new lines: Stabs and Revelator, both of which offer some pretty nice tees. The real treat however is a Retail Mafia collabo tee! That’s right J.Money, aNYthing, SSUR, alife, Frank151 and Situationormal all on one tee. It appears to have been done in connection with Boost and the custom phones we saw at MAGIC.
DSM has updated a lot of items on their website including the Nike Gentlemans Pack, GDEH, Undercover, and more on the products page. Also found out that they will be unveiling many new products in the store including SHOWstudio’s AMAZE ME, World Archive by Michael Costiff, Deryck Walker, Jan Comme des Garçons and Eye Junya Watanabe Man. They will also present some new additions including the Fall/Winter 2005 Comme des Garçons HOMME PLUS: the first in a series of the Comme des Garçons designed Rolling Stones T-shirts!
