Rumors have been circulating regarding PPR Group’s alleged desire to buy out Puma. With a current line-up that boasts the likes of Gucci, Yves St-Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, and Stella McCartney; the acquisition of Puma would create a dynamic new roster move for PPR. Puma’s growing strength as a Sports & Lifestyle conglomerate partnered with the PPR should lead to some interesting directions being sought forth by both parties. For information regarding the financial information, check out CNN
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Rumors have been circulating regarding PPR Group’s alleged desire to buy out Puma. With a current line-up that boasts the likes of Gucci, Yves St-Laurent, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, and Stella McCartney; the acquisition of Puma would create a dynamic new roster move for PPR. Puma’s growing strength as a Sports & Lifestyle conglomerate partnered with the PPR should lead to some interesting directions being sought forth by both parties. For information regarding the financial information, check out CNN
April 20th will mark the grand opening of both Kiks Tyo’s Head Shop (Kiks Tyo is famous for their Aki Hoshino collaboration tees) as well as their very own boutique, HTML. The Head Shop located in Shibuya will serve as the main base of operations for Kiks Tyo as it serves over 40 domestic retailers. Expect to find Kiks Tyo’s extensive product range that includes apparel, accessories, and special collaboration items. G-Shock has also choosen Kiks Tyo as one of the official retailers of G-Shock’s 25th Anniversary line of watches.
Across the way in Ikebukuro, the opening of HTML will create a retail space specializing in sneakers, popular domestic brands of streetwear as well HTML’s in house brand. Much like Kiks Tyo, HTML will also factor in as a G-Shock 25th Anniversary retailer. The HTML store will be overseen extensively by Japanese Street Jack magazine contributor and Creative Director for Kiks Tyo, Hobby:Tech.
This grand opening will provide customers at both stores with collaboration tee’s as well as special G-shock watches. Check out Kiks Tyo for more info about both stores.
Tempt One is as influential of a graffiti artist as any. Unfortunately back in 2003, he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. The sheer size of the Tempt One “Represent Represent” exhibition is exactly that sort of indication that shows his importance to the street art community. This video provides a great opportunity to see exactly what sort of great friendships Tempt One has built along the way as well as a look at some of the great art work being displayed. Refer back to this post for info regarding the star studded cast of artists that did special works for this shoe.
Ubiq have recently unveiled their latest selection of Lamia sandals. The theme of this upcoming spring/summer release is tweed with three different patterns available including black, white and purple. Each sandal has an EVA footbed that insures adequate cushioning and provides molding properties to ensure the perfect fit. These are now available through Chapter World and should drop at various Ubiq dealers worldwide.
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Visvim’s latest shirt involved the use of Italian fabric producer Oltolina. The use of Oltolina fabrics can be attributed with high quality alongside technologically advanced fabrics that hold their color and softness after each washing. This outsourcing of materials reflects Visvim’s constant image regarding to detail. Although spring is almost over, Visvim have also released new over-dyed scarves in black, navy, and olive.
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Wieden + Kennedy is the world’s largest independent advertisement agency. 2007 marks their 25th Anniversary and they recently had a “Founders Day”. Among W+K’s current list of clients include Coca-Cola, Electronic Arts, ESPN, Sapporo Beer, and most notably Jordan Brand and Nike. These shoes result from a collaboration between a team from Nike and a team from W+K who worked together on this project for the last year. They celebrate the 25th anniversary of W+K and their relationship during that time with Nike. The upper is gray denim, and there are subtle details such as XXV on the forefoot strap, the story of the company on the insoles and the location of each of W+K’s offices. Each sneaker comes in a black slide box and includes a silk bag. There are actually six different colorways to represent the different W+K offices around the world. Green=Portland, Orange=Amsterdam, Yellow=NYC, Red=Shanghai, White=Tokyo and Blue=London. Less then 1000 pairs are to be created but we are unaware of how this distribution works regarding the 6 colorways.
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As summer rolls around, nothing can be more uncomfortable for people living in hot humid climates then having your pockets full. Not to mention with everybody rocking PDA’s, cellphones, and digital cameras it’s hard to comfortably carry your necessities of life in just your jean pockets. If your in the market for a remedy check out these Porter waist bags designed by G1950.
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Solebox, perpetrator of some of very dope collaborations (New Balance Purple Devil and more recently Puma Clyde’s) have just released a picture we can only assume is another notch under the proverbial sneaker belt for Solebox. There is also the possibility that these may be a Nike ID as well, only time will tell. The grey nubuck upper and the gum sole definitely keeps the infrared midsole in check. Stay tuned for more details!
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Undefeated and Vans are to release these crazy New Era caps. As companies continually modify and enhance the all-over print, these is an interesting concept. Practically the whole hat is all-over print save the one panel on the left side that features a subliminally printed ‘U’ representing UNDFTD.
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New Balance Japan have quietly been making waves. They have created some interesting concepts but unfortunately they are often rarely seen outside of Japan and Asia. Here’s a look at the upcoming A01. The upper actually is actually comprised of terry cloth material so for those fortunate to cop a pair be careful!
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Love it or hate it, the Air Force 1 still has quite a few months to go before it’s 25th birthday is up. Having said that, Nike is making the most of this situation with numerous different themed packs. Here’s a look at some upcoming AF1 samples. Those who have grown to love the clean and simple colorways of the AF1’s may not be properly represented with many bright AF1’s in the works. Keep checking back for new release info!
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