In an uncanny move, Louis Vuitton has chosen former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev as one of its latest spokesperson. Heralded as one of the Top 100 people of the 20th century by Time Magazine, the inclusion of Gorbachev as a marketing force is an interesting move to highlight LV’s roots as a luxury luggage maker. Gorbachev joins the likes of Pharrell Williams and Jennifer Lopez as celebrity figure heads who have featured for LV. For a little random trivia, Gorbachev’s cameo appearance in an episode of The Simpsons awhile back is a testament to his role as a pop icon.
The Futura Laboratories flagship store in Fukuoka Japan recently released some store exclusive products. Among the products featured include a pair of denim highlighted by a Futura 2000 print and signature embroidery on the back pocket. The jeans also reveal the same Futura 2000 print when cuffed. Other items include two graphic t-shirts and miscellaneous jewelry such as dog-tags and rings.
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Bounty Hunter has released some more of their latest Summer ‘07 collection. The line up for this release includes standard summer fare such as tank-tops and shorts as well as an embroidered logo t-shirt, an “Eyes” shirt and a tiger camo cap. The shorts feature a mesh lining to allow for use as swimming shorts as well.
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In commemoration of Electronic Arts’ upcoming skateboarding game, titled Skate, adidas has joined forces with the video game company and two of it’s marquee riders, Mark Gonzales and Dennis Busenitz for a pair of Mark Gonzales High Score Superstar Skate and a Dennis Busenitz High Score Gazelle Skates. In correlation with their video game theme, both sneakers feature some details that offer a bit of a flashback to your video game past. The High Score title beside the adidas stripes hole is created in a recognizable old school video game font. The insoles also feature that same font in a High Score table. The translucent soles offers a window to each posing rider.
Now onto the tricky part. There are only 500 pairs are available and supposedly the only way of getting a chance to purchase these sneakers is via unlocking special codes within the Skate game and in turn using those codes at shopadidas.com.
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Up and coming Japanese hip-hop artist Seamo recently collaborated with XLarge Japan on a t-shirt that employs XLarge’s signature gorilla logo with an overlapping Seamo mascot and name. Only three locations will offer the 4,830 Yen (approximately $41 USD) tee starting August 20th. The sites included are mu-mo, Tear Bridge and Seamo’s own site.
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