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Hypebeast caught up with Giggs to discuss music, fatherhood, and how he ended up collaborating with an oat milk brand.
A sneaker that ages like fine wine.
The group has announced the closure of Neiman Marcus’s historic Dallas flagship amidst the merger and mounting bills.
Brands and stores such as Recon, Staple Design, Supreme, and Stussy all have mad the arduous trek across the Pacific Ocean to set up shop in Japan. UNDFTD amongst this elite group have made a text book expansion. Seen here is a special Tokyo exclusive set of tee’s. Seen on the right is a Japanese character (Chinese as well for) which stand for correct/right.
Image: High Snobiety
Before the gentle explosion of premium raw denim resulted in the increased popularity of many Japanese (many dealing with reproductions of vintage cuts) brands, Evisu was a name synonymous with premium denim. As they continue forward into their 2007 Spring/Summer line, the Heritage line brings with them a legacy of good quality Evisu denim. Although those preferring less eccentric denim through the form of more subtle branding may look elsewhere, fans of the daicock can rest assured that this Levi’s-esque reminder of Evisu’s roots are still very much represented. Don’t forget to check the collection pictures after the jump!
The three sub-collections of the Heritage Collection shown here include:
Umi Yama, a very bright and graphic line. Here the daicock will evoke many metamorphical changes to represent the lush Japanese Ocean and Moutain Scenery. The jeans are definitely very bright, and possess a new spiral cut to created a layered, loose fit. The shirts are availabe in muted colors of cream, brown, white and blue to contrast with the bright graphics of sea and mountain imagery.
Teiban is a colorful selection of vintage cut jeans. Washes include dark blue, bright blue, and gold. The Daicock is very prolific and involves many different colors including bright pink, orange, green, cream and blue.
The Heritage Ladies collection is very elegant and feminine this season. Red being the signature color. The jacket features a fitted look that’s nipped at the waist and has kimono-style flaring. Jeans include straight leg, boot cuts as well as a 3/4 length crop.
Agnes B. have brought together Shep Fairey (Obey) and WK Interact for a visual confrontation. Based on the principals of emulation and collaboration, this art show will provide a running dialouge between Obey and WK Interact via means such as two-handed drawing, cadavre exquis and graphic ping pong.
The show will begin March 22nd at the Tokyo Wonder Art site and run for one month before it migrates to Agnes B.’s Galerie du Jour for a one and a half month tenure (May 16th-June 30th). Something people must consider of Obey and WK Interact (or any well known graffiti artist), is that fame in the urban jungle is derived from the ability to consistently relay a message throughout a stimuli-rich environment. Their works slice through numerous images and signs we are subjected to day in and day out. The foundation of their success can also be credited to characteristics and techniques exclusive to themselves that are easily identifiable. Their goals are to overshadow the almost insurmountable adverting that one simply cannot escape.
Touching on goals, the propagandist art of Obey & WK Interact are useless without elicitation of the viewer. Their art should illicit questioning and reasoning. Make the cog-wheels within our mind stop time for just that split second and think… “What? Why?…How?”.
The East/West Propaganda Project draws reference to the geographic location of Shep Fairey (West Coast) and WK Interact (East) as well as drawing parallels with the venue locations of Paris (West) and Tokyo (East).
For more info, as well as the bio’s of WK Interact and Shep Fairey, check out the official website.
For the last 10 years, Colette has maintained a strong relationship with art as shown by it’s impressive exhibit resume. Arkitip have dedicated their upcoming issue to this ongoing theme of art that Collette has maintained over the years. Colette commissioned over 90 different artists to create reflectionary pieces on the year in passing. With all proceeds going to the WWF.
For most people, a trip to Paris is realistically is out of the question, so Arkitip have instilled it upon themselves to create a world wide extension of Colette’s latest art exhibit via their magazine. However, with this great deed comes great difficulty in choosing the best works to show case to the world.
This is a one of a kind Arkitip edition, with one of a kind boutique, Colette. Enjoy…
aNYthing have just released the goods on their upcoming spring 2007 line. The first thing you probably noticed was the eyeball all-over fitted. You can’t really make out the hoody, but seems to be something going on with the hood. The picture after the jump features a dope psychedelic Arm & Hammer flip and another fitted. Look for these at your aNYthing dealers soon!
Image: Glob
Day Dream Film Works recently released a little trailer to their upcoming documentary on Air Jordans and the hardcore heads that have been driven to collect and acquire all things Jordan since first witnessing Jordan on the court. For many of us, we all stumbled upon Jordan at different time frames in his career dependent on our age and when we grew up. Some of us have been there since the start, circa’ 1985 Slam Dunk Competition and the infamous I’s, others came along later for you could always put Jordan and enchantment together the first time you watched him play.
Info: Nice Kicks
Last year, Devilock joined forces with Subcrew and Clot to produce a crazy 8-pack of trucker hats. This year, Devilock and Subcrew are at it again creating a brand new 9 panel quasi-trucker hat. The back portion isn’t all mesh like traditional trucker hats, and the mesh is reserved for the top parts of the hat. A total of 8 different colors are used for the paneling of the hats. Check the pictures after the jump for a full view of the hat. We’re unsure of the status/release date of this hat, but we’ll keep you posted!
Image: Kix-Files
Retailer D-Mop (out of Hong Kong) and Mihara Yasuhiro are in the midst of an exhibition involving a new Collectors Book by Mihara Yasuhiro. The underlying theme of this book involves the artwork of 4 famous Japanese artists who in turn inspired Mihara for this Puma collection. Also present in the collector book is a visual encyclopedia of all of Mihara’s previous 27 sneakers released with Puma. Kix-Files were fortunate enough to have a quick sit down with Mihara to discuss all the background work that goes into his creations. View the interview here.
If you haven’t seen the upcoming line, check out Puma Mihara Spring/Summer 2007
Bounty Hunter turns 12 years young May 5th this year, which is the basis of their upcoming jersey bearing the #12 in a traditional baseball style jersey. With so many big exports going to the MLB from Japan as of late, one can only assume baseball is as big as ever in the land of the rising sun. Bounty Hunter will also release a special limited edition pin available only at their Tokyo Flagship store. Check the pic after the jump!
The Hundreds were recently sent a pair of 1 of 48 adidas Equipment Basketball sneakers. These sneakers were a special collaboration between Shoe Gallery out of Miami and GTC (art group). Pretty crazy colorway with exchangeable inner bootie to customize the colorway.
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