Here’s a sneak peek at San Francisco artist Sam Flores’ upcoming t-shirts. The designs shown here involve two t-shirts created for Upper Playground while the other three designs involves Flores’ own brand, 12 Grain. Anyone familiar with Sam Flores’ artwork will immediately identify with these latest pieces. For the past 15 years, Sam Flores has been plying his trade as an artist on the West Coast where is works has been featured in publications such as Juxtapoz, Mass Appeal, Urb and Wired.
Concluding the 2007 Spring/Summer Collection from Japanese brand Neighborhood comes this Above messenger bag created in part with Japanese luggage maker Porter. A special material was used to recreate a vintage feel while the the bag is printed with different slogans and characters. The bag is available in green and blue.
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It was as simple as “one day I just decided to try to make a hat” for Still Life’s creative director Frenel Morris. From it’s humble beginnings, Still Life’s comprehensive range is a true extension of Frenel Morris and Jesse Nicely. When you browse through Still Life’s array of hats, you may feel an intriguing relationship between the name of the hat and it’s given name. Many of the hats are influenced by New York City, friends, family, music, money, desire and love and having said that the names bestowed upon each hat reflect that. The handcrafted hats are manufactured in New York and created with versatility and functionality in mind. Given the chance, check out the Still Life boutique on 77th Orchard Street for their latest Fall 2007 Collection.
As the launch of the Neighborhood website nears, a bit of information about the contents of the website has been revealed. The layout will feature your customary information such as dealer lists, news and contacts however it appears as though a web store is also in the works. Perhaps this will enable the heavily sought after brand to reach out to a legion of worldwide buyers who are without NBHD access. The website currently has a countdown to the launch with only a few hours remaining.
Originating in San Francisco, the skate shop/brand, FTC, has been around for a while and even has a Japanese retail store. Their recently released products has an overwhelming fixed bike flavor to their graphic t-shirts, a past time that is quickly growing in both Japan and San Fran. Each shirt is available in two colors, green or purple for the Big FTC shirt, and white or heather grey for the 5C shirt. Also available is the Caddies Cargo shorts which includes a Ninjatooth lining in the pockets. Available now at
