Some more items have dropped on the heels of our last feature on the Fall 2007 Collection from skate shop and label FTC. Seen here are the release of some t-shirts alongside items such as the OG Logo Ring and the Chino Pant Double Knee. The Chino Pant Double Knee includes features such as reflective striping and a button and strap to keep your pant leg in check while riding your bike. The FTC logo t-shirts get made over, giving Jamaicans and Filipinos something to cheer about with flag inspired designs. Available now at Zozotown.
Some more items have dropped on the heels of our last feature on the Fall 2007 Collection from skate shop and label FTC. Seen here are the release of some t-shirts alongside items such as the OG Logo Ring and the Chino Pant Double Knee. The Chino Pant Double Knee includes features such as reflective striping and a button and strap to keep your pant leg in check while riding your bike. The FTC logo t-shirts get made over, giving Jamaicans and Filipinos something to cheer about with flag inspired designs. Available now at Zozotown.
Not your typical shoe from Nike, the Air Zoom Wallaby encompasses the use of its “considered” style design to create a shoe we assure is perfect for the elements and fitting of its ACG title. Cushioning and comfort is provided via the use of an Air Zoom sockliner, a method of cushioning well received by many.
Image: Sneaker Freaker
Music group UNKLE has joined forces with Hong Kong’s SiLLY Thing to help celebrate their most recent album War Stories which released this summer. The tribute comes in the form of a mesh trucker cap which will release this Saturday, September 22nd at the SiLLY Thing store in Hong Kong. Available in three colors; black, red and purple.
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Alife Rivington Club otherwise known as A.R.C. will be working with Penfield (whose known for making quality outerwear) on a Walkabout down jacket. This coat which comes in red, purple and black can be packed into a convenient travel size bag. They will be sold exclusively at the Rivington Club this Saturday, September 22nd and will retail for $250 USD.
This fall, New York’s Acapulco Gold will be further solidifying their presence as “the OG of them all”, with their OG New Era Cap. The hat features a prominent OG logo up front with tonal floral embroidery all over the panels. The Acapulco Gold site will be relaunching soon, so stay tuned for more from the upcoming Fall collection.
In other Acapulco Gold news, the brand was featured yesterday in the NY Times Sunday Magazine. With their skate partners Luidgi Gaydu and Martin Keller in Paris and a model wearing a number of “haute couture” dresses, Ari Marcopoulos shot a series of photos and a recorded a video for a 4 page spread entitled “haute wheels”. You can see several of the photos after the jump. To view the full series of photos and the video, visit The New York Times.
Seen here is the latest look at another Clerks Pack rendition from Size? and New Balance. These brightly colored shoes were actually modeled after old school slot machines with their use of fruit referenced icons. To coincide with this release, the Carnaby St. and Covent Garden Size? locations as well as the Size? website will be outfitted with slot machines enabling lucky contestants to win 1 of 4 exclusive Jackpot pairs. 250 of each colorway will be available online at Size? and in-store.
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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.
