The Downtown Don himself Aron recently did an interview with Cliquenmove. In it he talks about the current state of street wear, the impact that New York has had on his life and future aspirations. He also offers a lot of background information regarding the New York scene detailing some of the trends that have made the NY scene amongst the strongest and varied. Interview can be seen on channel 9.
In addition to the Nike Joga Bonito Bearbrick toys, Nike and Medicom have also collaborated on these Bearbrick World Cup tees.
World Cup begins in less than 24 hours!
Image: Hirofumi Kiyonaga @ Honeyee
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
