Hong Kong based Subcrew are set to unveil some new special items upcoming here. They include two military Castro styled caps with gold or silver foil prints featuring a skull design. These caps were created exclusively for Next Episode in Taipei, Taiwan. Up next is the special Wendy’s Hamburger inspired mesh hat. This gold foil colorway was made exclusively for the shop Caramel which is also located in Taipei.
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30 years ago this year, the “King of Rock n’ Roll” passed away. Be@rbrick will commemorate the King with the release of a 100% and a 400% Be@rbrick. The Be@rbrick features some classic Elvis Presley cues such as the shades, the hair, and the wild white jump suit. Stay tuned for new pictures.
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Rounding out the Air Force 1 releases designed by Bobbito Garcia is this third “Pilgrim” installment. This sneaker features the use of four different materials in leather, suede, mesh/canvas and patent leather. The inspiration for these sneakers came from a simplistic idea of a basketball uniform he once wore featuring an Almighty Force League shirt paired with light blue Bounce Magazine shorts. These will release in mid-June during the same time as the City Series New York releases of AF1’s.
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For the upcoming release of the Japanese movie, Dai Nippon Jin (大日本人), Neighborhood have created a special limited edition package to commemorate the release of the movie. Although the details of the movie have been kept secret, the content of these packages have been revealed to include a t-shirt, bandanna and towel.
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New Balance is set to release a new artist series 574 model later this year in August. The artwork on the sneaker was designed by Sean D’Anconio, brand manager of Enjin as well as creator of the Big Puff Maki vinyls. This Canadian artist created a 574 themed after 1970’s grindhouse cinema with the use of imagery regarding the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, streets of Harlem, kung-fu and the Yakuza. Quentin Tarantino’s release of the movie Grindhouse is an example of the type of exploitation graphics that you will see on this 574.
This relationship between D’Anconio and New Balance actually began in 2006 when D’Anconio customized 20 figures for John D. Franklin of NB for the Las Vegas Pool tradeshow, and now the customization for D’Anconio has turned to shoes rather than vinyl.
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