On Tuesday April 24th, at 8:24 am PDT, All Star Vinyl (part of Upper Deck) will release the most limited NBA licensed vinyl ever when 1500 Kobe Bryant Yellow Home and 500 Bryant Purple Away Vinyls go on sale. The release of these Kobe vinyl’s is starting off right where last years wildly successful LeBron vinyl’s stopped. LeBron designer, Chris Brunner has returned to design the Kobe vinyl and has also put together some solid packaging. These vinyl’s will set you back $50 and will be available at All Star Vinyl during the release date.
On Tuesday April 24th, at 8:24 am PDT, All Star Vinyl (part of Upper Deck) will release the most limited NBA licensed vinyl ever when 1500 Kobe Bryant Yellow Home and 500 Bryant Purple Away Vinyls go on sale. The release of these Kobe vinyl’s is starting off right where last years wildly successful LeBron vinyl’s stopped. LeBron designer, Chris Brunner has returned to design the Kobe vinyl and has also put together some solid packaging. These vinyl’s will set you back $50 and will be available at All Star Vinyl during the release date.
Visvim’s line of flagship stores, F.I.L. is set to open in Hong Kong later this month. Initial reports say that it will open in Central in the On Hing Terrace by the Hei Hei Club. With the Comme Des Garcons White Box Store in close proximity, as well as Bape, F.I.L. are among good company. The store will debut with the Spring and Summer 2007 line. Stay tuned for more details.
Nike has already released the first pair of the “Kool Bob Love” Bobbito Air Force 1’s which released this month. But there’s more. Alternate Sneakers has unveiled 2 more colorways for the “Kool Bob Love” pack that will release in May and June.
Bobbito Garcia who was formerly known as “Kool Bob Love” is a well known Puerto Rican streetball player, DJ, and writer from New York City.
If you’re ever looking for some socks to wear underneath your limited edition sneakers, Staple has recently released some socks as part of their 10th Anniversary collection. They are now available now at Lions Den.
The Hong Kong based street fashion brand Subcrew will be soon releasing their Spring ‘07 Collection. There will be some interesting t-shirt designs that play on certain fast food chain restaurants. They will also release a series of denim which will feature a print on the front of the jeans.
You can view more of the collection here.
The origins of the t-shirt are sketchy at best, but regardless there aren’t many pieces of clothing that have the ability to transcend economic barriers and make themselves available to all social classes, be at the focal point of slogans and messages, and perhaps most important keep you comfortably and cool whenever you throw one on. Japanese brand for the masses, Uniqlo recognize the importance of t-shirts and have based their latest “UT Project” behind this notion. The UT Project (UT refers to Uniqlo T-shirt) will fashion itself as a new concept store that will revolutionize itself as a way to buy t-shirts for the future, and at the bottom of all this is creator Kashiwa Sato. Each t-shirt will be housed in a transparent cannister (think tennis ball cannisters) each displayed along numerous shelves. 5000 square feet over 4 floors (1 being a gallery floor) will be dedicated solely to one of the most basic of basics in everybody’s wardrobe. When you step foot into the UT Project, you are effectively stepping foot in what can only be described as a temple of t-shirts.
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Here’s an interview Boris Tellegen a.k.a. Delta gave at the end of 2006 while displaying his works at Alice Gallery in Brussels. Delta’s education in industrial design meshed well with his graffiti background to produce abstract lettering appearing to be the plans to some futuristic design. When creating, Delta feels as though he attempts to “simplify the futuristic influences” in his work which inadvertently lead to some ’50’s era influences in his work to keep things from becoming too science-fiction like. Definitely an interesting interview and worth the time to watch.
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Pictures of some new upcoming Reebok collaboration sneakers have been revealed. Included amongst the collaborations the Reebok Classic & ERS Racer with Atmos. The high-top velcro strapped Alien Stomper is a collabo with Lyden.
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Kaws’ brand Original Fake has recently put out some new designs. The duck climbing into the bomb with the KAWS signature ‘X’ is an interesting graphic.
If you’re ever in Tokyo, be sure to check the Original Fake store:
Address
Oh Building B1F
5-3-25, Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0062
TEL: +81(0)3-3349-3333
Football player and two time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho is set to have his own Air Zoom Dunkesto’s release forthcoming here. The sneakers will release in both the home (blue/red) and away (neon green/grey) kit colors of his club FC Barcelona. The outstep on the forefoot has the message ‘03-XX embroidered to indicate 2003 as the year he made his £50 million transfer from Paris St.-Germain to Barcelona and the XX to indicate an indefinite stay.
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Kookies and Hong Kong based brand BEYONDGOODNEVIL will release a special collaboration tee some time in the early part of May. The tee will feature a stack of Oreo “Kookies”. Only 50 of these hand-printed shirts will be made.
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Keith Hufangel posted up some pictures of the newest store location to the Huf family, 812 Sutter. 812 Sutter is located in close proximity to two of Huf’s existing stores. These pictures give you a good chance to check out the decor and the awesome series of decks displayed. You can see more at Keith’s blog on Honeyee.
Here are the latest pictures of an upcoming VIII LS release. Although the pictures indicate a black upper, this VIII upper is in fact a dark blue. The colorway is officially stated as Midnight Navy/Orange Blaze-Peapod. It has been mentioned that part of the inspiration for these LS releases may be due to the fact that Michael Jordan’ is a current part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. In addition to these VIII’s, there will also be various pieces of apparel included as well such as tee-shirts, polo’s, hoody’s and jackets.
The anticipated release date is September 29th only at LS account holders. Price will be $145 USD.
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