The doggy mascots of France’s Colette are continuing their anniversary festivities with the creation of these Papillio (by Birkenstock) sandals. The Papillio divison of Birkenstock features the trademark Birkenstock footbed, however they maintain different types of materials and designs that may produce some unconventional designs. There are three different models featured, the Zurich, Arizona and Gizeh.
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The doggy mascots of France’s Colette are continuing their anniversary festivities with the creation of these Papillio (by Birkenstock) sandals. The Papillio divison of Birkenstock features the trademark Birkenstock footbed, however they maintain different types of materials and designs that may produce some unconventional designs. There are three different models featured, the Zurich, Arizona and Gizeh.
Although Graniph’s US release at Reed Space is still in it’s infancy, Graniph has already had a warm reception outside it’s native Japan. With an equally strong basis amongst artists of all walks of fame, look for some artists to have big breaks with Graniph. Here are pictures from the opening party. If the popularity continues, perhaps we will see Graniph stores pop up in North America.
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To celebrate the release of new Comme des Garcons perfumes, CdG have enlisted the help of a familiar friend in New York graphic artist Filip Pagowski to design some special edition tee’s. CdG and Filip have an extensive history that can be seen here. 10 select Comme des Garcons stockists will receive these tee’s in mid-May followed by others in July. The suggested retail price is 60 euros.
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Dissizit’s latest collection created by famous graffiti artist Slick is making it’s way into stores. Some of Slick’s best achievements include his role in the design of the First Round of Stussy World Tour shirts as well as his album art for Pharcyde’s 1992 album, “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde”. The “Like Virgin” shirt is pictured on the right while the “This Is Mutha Fuckn It” is seen on the left. They will be available soon at Karmaloop.
Here’s a look at an upcoming pair of 2007 Air Force 1 Premium’s part of the pack of Hiroshi Fujiwara designed AF1’s for the 25th Anniversary. Unlike the other HF AF1’s, these will not receive the premium treatment, it’s unsure which changes will be made. No release date has been set but it is estimated these will release shortly.
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Japanese brand Visvim and fellow countrymen design brand G1950 have come together again to produce this footwear collaboration. Their previous partnership involved Visvim’s Ballistic Textile K pack. The pictures reveal three different colorways of this vintage inspired Serra hiking boot. The pattern seen on the back panels of the boots are based off of patterns created by Danish designer Gunnar Aagaard Andersen.
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Japanese online retailer Zozo Town encompasses many of the world’s hottest brands. Wednesday, April 25th marked the grand opening of their newest chapter within their concept store’s with Stussy. The creation of this store with Zozo and Stussy is commemorated by the release of some special limited edition tee shirts. As well, all purchases in excess of 15 000 yen will yield a free Atoll Zozo Flower Book. The store and all it’s items can be seen here.
At the Stretch Art with Genius exhibition in Gardena California, street artist Slicks had this piece filmed. Watch the painting go down in a mere 4 minutes thanks to some time lapse editing. Aside from his time as a graffiti artist, Slicks also founded companies such as 3rd Rail, FUCT, and Shaolin Worldwide.
Rapper Big-O, also known as one of the masterminds behind the clothing labels Swagger and Phenomenon, returned to the studio with mega producer DJ Watarai to release the new upcoming album “Straight to Next Door.” The album is filled with throwback rap tracks, which Big-O considers his love letter to the hip-hop he grew up listening to in the 80’s and 90’s. The album features the likes of Lupe Fiasco, OC from D.I.T.C., Muro, and a whole lot more. And to add to the excitement, legendary graffiti artist Stash provided the artwork for the album cover. The album drops on April 25, so pick it up when you get the chance.
Image/Info: Swagger/Phenomenon
Futura is set to increase his global profile with this upcoming collaboration with MHI. This collaboration isn’t exactly new but adds to a list of previous collaborations between these two brands. With the mix of MHI’s high quality pieces, combined with Futura’s great designs, expect some very interesting pieces to come out of this line.
You can see more pieces from this line after the jump.
Hong Kong Evisu amassed the talents of 48 local Hong Kong artists to participate in their Cube Gallery. The Cube Gallery was an idea inspired by the post-modern displays of art seen in Tokyo and Osaka where unconventional locations add to the allure of art as they battle side by side with the noise of pachinko machines and the shadows cast by clubs. Each artist was given few guidelines except the following 1. Their piece must use denim 2. There must be at least one “Evisu” part 3. The art piece had to fit in a box 36cm x 36cm x 36cm. Aside from denim, the artists were given other pieces and parts used in the creation of denim which included buttons, rivets, labels and tags.
All pieces are shown in a touring exhibition through the following dates and venues:
April 11 – 17 :: EVISU Ocean Terminal Store (OT 304, Tsim Sha Tsui)
April 18 – 27 :: D-MOP Kingston St Store (Upper floor, Causeway Bay)
April 28 – May 08 :: EVISU Ocean Terminal Store (OT 304, Tsim Sha Tsui)
In the final week, each piece will be available for auction in $100 increments at starting prices listed by the artists. All proceeds will benefit the Hong Kong Children’s Cancer Foundation.
Check the list of artists and more pictures after the jump.
