Here we’re showing you Crooks & Castles’ 2008 Spring Collection that have just dropped in their flagship store on Melrose. The collection includes tees, camouflage parkas, hoodies, and leather jackets that all come in a fairly darker color scheme. Many of the pieces include Medusa, the Greek mythology character who could turn anyone gazing upon her into stone. However, the folks at Crooks & Castles definitely add their own style to Medusa, with snakes covering, not only her head, but also her mouth like a bandit. All tees currently available with cut and sew expected to drop April 12th.
Here is a clash of Old vs. New. S.T. Dupont has put out a luxurious Chinese laquer ink fountain pen. This jewel has a twist, for it has with a 4GB USB hidden in it. This is the first time we’ve seen two opposing but similar mediums blended in this way. You can save your PDF and Word file to your pen, or you can also choose to write manually.
Available at Colette’s E-Store.
Bape Paper Version 8.0 has just been released. The latest issue celebrates the 15th anniversary of Bape as well as the announcement of an upcoming LA store, some upcoming releases, and exclusive items. The products showcased include a Gold Members exclusive dress shirt, that can be embroidered with initials; a few White Label tees, including the classic “Ape Shall Never Kill Ape” font design; and an upcoming collabo with renowned german luggage maker RIMOWA. Bape Paper Version 9.0 is also scheduled to be release in June.
Source: Secretbase, AnyTime, stuweezy @ BapeTalk2
Cause has released its “LAME” sneaker on the Flauge outlet of the massive zozo.jp site. The “Lame” model is based on the eternally popular Converse Chuck Taylor. Released in hi and low cuts, we see a variety of patterns on dark colors and even Polka dots and velcro straps that we’ve seen before. On the high-cut model we see some extra detailing we are used to seeing on other variants such as Visvim’s Kiefer with external heel support. The “Lame” model has a slit in the back of the high-cut, reminiscent of Visvim x Masterpiece zipper aperture, later seen on the Wings & Horns sneaker. Overall we see there is many ways to recreate a shoe that has stood the test of time, and brands continue to pay respect to. More detail pics after the jump
A Chinese-born design student in Helsinki has chosen to document the “Warrior” sneaker, a Chinese national gym shoe that came out in the 70’s but is sold to this day. Shumeng Ye returned to China and documented the folks who wore these shoes, also capturing their lifestyle at the same time. It is ironic how something that was meant to be generic, practical, and uniform, for wear by the “people”, can be considered a desirable fashion collector’s item in Paris 30 years later. Colette will be selling the photographic project in form of a book, and it will come in a package with a pair of your very own “Warriors”.
For more info, head over to www.bookofwarriors.fi.
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Clarks Desert Boots
