Here’s a sneak peek at the Upper Playground Winter 2007 footwear lineup. Pictured above are Upper Playground’s Jaws slip-on designed by Skotch, and the Forest skate low top. Other styles for Winter include The Races low top tennis shoe, the Butterflies shoe designed by Dora Drimalas, the Mug Shots shoe by DJK, and many more. The shoes will retail for $100 and will be available this winter at www.upperplayground.com
Porter has recently begun shipping it’s new Cire series. Cire translated from French is otherwise known as wax. As you can tell by the pictures, the Cire Collection possess’ a shiny gloss to the material. The bags are coated with urethane to achieve the waxy look. Seen here are the waist bag and the pouch. Available now at Helden.
The San Francisco sneaker/skate shop Huf are in the works to release an upcoming Black Satin New Era 59Fifty Cap. Huf is arguably one of the strongest in-house brands for creating New Eras caps. No word yet on a release date, but stay tuned for more details as this cap is still in it’s sample stages.
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Iconic graffiti artist turned designer Niels “Shoe” Meulman is set to take the stage September 13th in an exhibition outlining his self coined term “Calligraffiti”, or the art of writing. The exhibition held at the BG in Amsterdam will include new art by Shoe with a theme revolving around a king and a calligrapher. Also on hand is another artist, Eric Haze, who will be presenting some of his own works.
To commemorate the event, sneaker store Patta has teamed up with these two artists to create 3 exclusive t-shirts. Each color of shirt will only be available in quantities of 30 shirts per style. Available starting September 13th only at Patta. Check the intricate details of each shirt after the jump.
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This is the ACG Air Rhyolite created in conjunction between Japanese store/brand Sophnet. and Nike. The two Sophnet. colors include black/silver and brown/gold. Also included is a pink ACG x Sophnet. jacket. The tag features a tribute to Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. No word yet on availability for this collection.
Image: Hirofumi Kiyonaga
