June 13th is a collaboration project between Hiroki Nakamura of Visvim, Jose Parla, and Dr. Romanelli, of which we’ve spoken on previously.
This is the latest photo of the June 13th Visvim FBT, with the colored leather patchwork skirt by Dr. Romanelli complete. Jose Parla will now be hand painting the skirts one-by-one, out in LA. The attention to detail on these shoes is unparalled – check out that “XIII” hole pattern on the toebed!
The June 13th exhibition will open on June 13th at 181 Martel in Los Angeles.
Image: Hiroki Nakamura @ Honeyee
Following up on the success of his Smorkin Labbit and Smorkin Dunny characters, Frank Kozik has released 17 new vinyl figures packaged in a blind box collection. As Kid Robot says: “In the world of Frank Kozik, everything “smorks.”
Smorkin’ Mongers Series 1 by Frank Kozik is available now at Kid Robot.
Image: Kid Robot via Freshness
In addition to their Fall 2006 collection, Freshjive will also be releasing several “special edition” allover printed fleece zip ups and New Era caps. These pieces will be available Fall 2006 for both men and women. Check out Shut up! at The Hundreds for more.
New Era photo after the jump.
Image: The Hundreds
For their 3rd artist collaboration of 2006, Mekanism invited German artist Katharina Grosse to create not one, but 100 limited-edition skateboards. The decks are individually painted with a spray gun, making each skateboard a unique, original piece of art.
Several of the boards are now available at Je Reve Que Je Dors.
Image: Mekanism
Here is something I found that is very interesting. It is a comic by Felipe Smith about camping outside the Undefeated store for the CLOT x Nike Air Max 1.
Download the comic here (right click and save as).
Info: Chris Buford
Bounty Hunter has just released a really hot shirt dubbed “Sliru Kun”. BXH is the vinyl figure master that developed into fashion/toy icon in Japan. They have been releasing very cool designs for the past few years. Check out more from BXH on their site Bounty Hunter.
You can also try to purchase some of the BXH clothes that is available on Ace-Web.
Image: Ace-Web
In addition to the Nike Joga Bonito Bearbrick toys, Nike and Medicom have also collaborated on these Bearbrick World Cup tees. 
