New York City label Alife have teamed up with outdoor gear staple Timberland to produce a limited edition version of the classic 6” wheat boot. This 6” wheat boot features both Alife and Timberland logos embossed on the heel and hang tags, but overall sticks to the bold and clean aesthetic Alife is known for. The boots will be available this Saturday, September 22nd at 11am, exclusively at Alife stores. An Alife t-shirt featuring the slogan “Rough Like Alife Wear” will also be available in white, black, and grey to accompany the release. The boots and t-shirts will be priced at $200 and $40 respectively.
New York City label Alife have teamed up with outdoor gear staple Timberland to produce a limited edition version of the classic 6” wheat boot. This 6” wheat boot features both Alife and Timberland logos embossed on the heel and hang tags, but overall sticks to the bold and clean aesthetic Alife is known for. The boots will be available this Saturday, September 22nd at 11am, exclusively at Alife stores. An Alife t-shirt featuring the slogan “Rough Like Alife Wear” will also be available in white, black, and grey to accompany the release. The boots and t-shirts will be priced at $200 and $40 respectively.
Comme des Garçons is set to re-open another one of their infamous Guerrilla Stores in Athens later this month. The Guerrilla Store practices a concept in which the store is open for one year, selling a range of apparel and accessories that are immune to trends of the season, but rather follow a combination of both older concepts alongside more recent ones. Together the combination of these influences create designs full of creativity and imagination. The Guerrilla Store is set to open its doors on Friday, September 21st, at 7:00 pm with a duration that will extend until September 20th, 2008.
Info
Comme des Garçons Athens Guerrilla Store
16 Patriarchou loakeim Str.
10675 Athens, Greece
Tel/Fax: +30 210 7298 980
Email: plus30210@guerrilla-store.com
A pair of Japan’s finest contemporary artists, Takashi Murakami and Mr., have collaborated withSupreme on an upcoming series of skate decks. Ironically, Mr. was previously mentored by none other then Murakami himself. Murakami’s signature “Superflat” style is a melding of both high and low art, effectively blurring the lines. Mr.’s style is perhaps best described as a manga meets sexuality style of art. Together both of these marquee artists have captivated the attention of many art lovers around the world. The series will include a set of 3 skate decks designed by each artist. The decks will be available at Supreme locations in Los Angeles, New York and Japan (4 locations) as well as select Supreme retailers.
In other important news, Supreme will launch their new online shop later this week, on Thursday, September 20th after 11:00 am EST.
Industrial designer Michael Young has linked up with the Lacoste to design a series of polos for the Holiday Collectors Series. The Holiday Collectors Series focuses on outside inspiration and brings forth designers beyond the traditional realm of fashion to reinterpret the classic Lacoste polo. Michael Young has been considered as one of the best designers of his generation. With a strong attraction to plastic, Young based his reinterpretations around combining fabric and plastic to create this futuristic polo. He created two different polo designs, the Polo and the Polo+. On the regular Plastic Polo, unlike conventional screen printing techniques, the ink was baked to cause blistering and a texturized skin. The use of plastic on the Plastic Polo+ creates a metallic leaf film crocodile skin pattern which references the well known crocodile logo of Lacoste. The end effect is a distressed, vintage styled design. 1000 of these polos were made available, packaged in part with a re-sealable metallic black plastic tray. The Plastic Polo + is currently available at colette.
Image: dezeen / colette
Vancouver store Subdivision has teamed up with the Hong Kong based label NSBQ to create a series of co-branded t-shirts. Subdivision will release the black/white version while NSBQ has designed the khaki/military green t-shirt seen here. Aside from dual logo branding, the back of the shirt features a classic Chinese board game. Only 50 of these t-shirts were created and slated to drop later this September.
Japanese MMA fighting superstar Uno Caol has collaborated with MMA related brand Grapple on a special t-shirt. Uno Caol is well known for his rise to prominence in MMA in Japan as well as his previous collaborations with Nike which included a Nike Free 5.0 and Court Force Low as well as exclusive Nike training gear. No word yet on availability.
Image: Grapple
Lots of news has recently surrounded artist Methamphibian. With his inclusion in the Mountain Dew Green Label Project, Methamphibian has created a stunning design for Mountain Dew’s new aluminum bottle design. From there, it was announced that Meth would be presenting his first ever solo exhibit. The exhibit which took place over the weekend included the promotional distribution of this 1/6 figure under the name Winter. The figures were created exclusively as give-aways for the event by Triad Toys with only 25 pieces created.
Image: Toysrevil
Some of Head Porter Plus’ latest collection for the 2007 Fall season recently hit the hnyee.store. The pieces for this release include various studded leather accessories, the Rugger T-shirt, Used Denim Pants, Argyle Shirt, Raglan T-shirt and a crewneck and hooded version of the “H”. Available now at the hnyee.store.
On the heels of the recent grand opening of a Billionaire Boys Club location in Hong Kong comes a further look into the masterfully designed 3 story shop. The architecture was left to the guidance of Japanese design firm Wonderwall whose long list of clients include the likes of A Bathing Ape, Uniqlo, and Colette. The first two floors are devoted to an ice cream parlor theme while the 3rd floor encompasses outer space. Once again, a visually stunning piece of design from the team at Wonderwall.
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Matt George has offered up a glimpse into the upcoming direction of the Ransom brand. Aside from stocking a wealth of popular labels, the Ransom shop is set to drop some in-house designed t-shirts, jackets, caps and crew necks. Seen here are the Finger Print Crew, a sneak shot of the M65 and Raglan Varsity as well as some of their latest t-shirts and Ransom Fitted Shop exclusive caps. With the exception of the Ransom caps, the other pieces will be available in Toronto (currently under renovations), Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary locations.
Image: Matt George
Halloween is still over a month away but here’s a gear up to Nike’s customary tribute to the world of ghouls and goblins. This Court Force Pack features the conventional Halloween colors black, orange and yellow. Some interesting aspects that brings flash to the shoes include the use of pebble print and snakeskin panels. Although not seen, the lining includes references to bats and skulls. Look for a drop in the near feature.
Image: Sneaker Freaker
Here’s a look at the latest Air Max Light from Nike. Nike has utilized an interesting silk screened green print to make up the toebox. Brown suede and yellow highlights bring the package together and keeps that certain “naturalistic” vibe. With a strong following behind the Air Max Light, be on the look out for these in the future.
Image: Sneaker Freaker
