In which is arguably a win for the smaller fish in the pond, hat makers Estate LA are set to open their very first flagship store. In a market largely dominated by New Era, this surely a sign of Estate LA’s development and success. An opening date has been set for Friday, June 13th with a subsequent online store opening to coincide with the shops debut.
Estate LA Flagship Store
1821 Lincoln Blvd
Venice Beach, CA
In which is arguably a win for the smaller fish in the pond, hat makers Estate LA are set to open their very first flagship store. In a market largely dominated by New Era, this surely a sign of Estate LA’s development and success. An opening date has been set for Friday, June 13th with a subsequent online store opening to coincide with the shops debut.
Estate LA Flagship Store
1821 Lincoln Blvd
Venice Beach, CA
While the Cordura bags from Visvim are the obvious flagship and front-runners from the brand, Visvim has often released some further bags which feature materials such as canvas and Hypatex. The Basic Rucksack 22 is the latest addition to Visvim’s bag family with its simple demeanor in both white or black. With the ability to hold 22 liters, the bag is a bit more cost effective then some of Visvim’s other products. Available now at Re In Force.
Utilizing a special dyeing process, Schott’s latest t-shirt releases feature a distinct print style. Each print is seen with a distinct pattern and a finish unique to each printed t-shirt. Available now at Figure Shizuoka.
Off the beaten Vans path of Half-Cabs, Chukkas, Eras, Authentics and SK8-HIs emerge these lesser seen models from the historic Vans skate brand. The whole collection of footwear seen here feature some muted colorways on some lesser seen models such as the Cojo, Half Crepe and Sea Captain. On the whole, these are a distinct step away from the classic skate shoe aesthetic into arguably a more refined look. Available now at ripe.
Aside from creating some of the most technologically advanced and respected automobiles in the world, BMW has debuted their latest innovation, the GINA Light Visionary Model. The dynamic model enables a car’s structure to shape and change and reflects an all new way of thinking and approach to the automotive world. The GINA acronym is based around geometry and N for infinite changes which has become embodied as a BMW company wide philosophy to pushing the envelope. The GINA Light Visionary Model’s concept of a skin in a non fixed/ non metal form offers numerous benefits including less energy intensive production. Definitely an interesting concept to see make its way into the general marketplace.
Thursday, June 12th marks the latest collection of exclusive The Hundreds Rosewood collection items for the summer season. The collection is restricted to The Hundreds’ two flagship stores located in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In an unexpected move between Puma and Sneaker Freaker, a part two to their Blaze of Glory collaboration was revealed in Sneaker Freaker’s Issue 12. Here’s an in-depth look at the follow-up black colorways. The Blaze of Glory features neoprene booties, Trinomic cushioning units and soles, common traits with the all too familiar Disc Blaze. Look for these to hit hanon shop in the upcoming weeks.
London based label Second Son have been around since 2005 and have steadily been gaining momentum and building their range of clean designs and British humor. They have just dropped their new collection; the theme for this collection is “Ignorance is Bliss””, and this new drop features their first foray into the world of Denim. They have produced a redline selvedge denim in Indigo and Black and only 100 pairs of each colour were produced. For the new look book they enrolled a close friend by the name of Nash Money to do the modeling, which led to some funny results. This new collection has landed at various stockists worldwide, including Ryouki, Division East and Fresh Cotton.
Lacoste has been continually celebrating its 75th anniversary with cool concepts and exclusive shoes, and now here comes another one. The Stealth Pack includes 5 different styles from the Lacoste family – Dot, Ardeur, Cabestan, Missouri, and Tennis 91. All the shoes come in black and white, and feature embossed original 1933 croc branding that’s exclusive to this pack. Hitting Lacoste retailers in July.
New York-based brand, Acapulco Gold, just released some New Eras for 2008 summer. Both caps come in black camo pattern, one with blue logo and the other with red. With AG’s simple and clean logo, these caps will be good for all summer occasions. Now available at Boundless NY.
As a mainstay in the skateboard community, Salman Agah, seems to have done it all. As a professional, he pioneered switchstance skateboarding in the early 90’s, received one of skateboarding’s highest honors as Thrasher’s Skater of the Year, and had a signature shoe with Vans. He has kept his scene alive through Skatebook.tv, a website dedicated to celebrating skateboarding’s past, present and future. Agah recently teamed up with legendary photographer Mike Ballard to create a series of coffee table books simply called, Skatebook. These epic 300-page pieces of visual excellence are filled with photos, quotes, write-ups, and tons of behind the scenes commentary on the last few decades of skateboarding.
There has been 2 editions of Skatebook that have been released so far, with the latest being the John Cardiel edition with a special split cover. The third edition will be the Lance Mountain edition and that should be out sometime in August. These books are only distributed through mom and pop skate shops and are given by those shops as a gift to say thank you for supporting; they can also be obtained during autograph signings at skate demos. Skatebook is made for those of us who eat, sleep, breathe, sweat and live for skateboarding. Companies such as New Era, Vans, LRG, Emerica, Altamont, Nike, Stereo, The Berrics, Etnies, and many, many more have contributed in MASSIVE ways to make Skatebook what it is.
So stop by your local skate shop, hit them up about Skatebook, buy a new board and get out there and be a part of this.
