It’s almost that time again when Japanese “distributed” brands start releasing their seasonal catalog magazines. Almost every season, bigger brands like Neighborhood, Supreme, Sophnet., Porter would release a magazine showcasing their newest products as well as interesting interviews and features. Here is the latest Spring ‘08 catalog from Stussy. Other than the Futura x Stussy collaboration we already know about, it seems like Stussy will be also collaborating with G-Shock, Hiroshi Fujiwara and Neighborhood. Want to know what those products are going to look like? You’ll just have to pick up the catalog to find out!
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Stussy, Hectic and New Balance have had a history of working together on sneaker mainly on the New Balance MT580 model. However, this is the second time they have chosen the New Balance CM670 as the silhouette for this upcoming collaboration sneaker. The shoes are relatively simple in design but details shown in the insole. There will be two colorways available (legion blue/gold and navy/grey) will be available at the realmad Hectic stores and Stussy stores on February 23rd for 16,590 Yen.
The Stussy 2008 Spring collection has already been dropping left and right in Japan but they usually get their stuff faster for some brands anyway. As previously mentioned, Stussy has commissioned the artist Futura to create some graphics for the collection. Starting February 14th (Valentines Days), Stussy Spring ‘08 gear will be hitting Stussy USA Chapter stores including Stussy New York, Stussy Los Angeles, Stussy San Francisco and Stussy Honolulu.
You can check out some models wearing the new gear here.
This season, the graffiti artist Futura was commissioned by the OG streetwear label Stussy to produce graphics for their Spring ‘08 collection. Amongst the collection included t-shirts, long sleeve tees, hoodies as well as this Futura camo notebook. Anyone looking for a neat little notebook for school or work can check this one out. Available now at the Futura Laboratories store in Japan.
Everybody remembers that cliche term, the pen is mightier then the sword… but what about now? How does the match up of pen vs. keyboard sound as well as the thought the last time you used a pen to convey a message? In what is almost a reminder to the pre-internet era, the recent Futura x Stussy collection has yielded this pen. Futura’s trademark font and atom logo can be seen printed on the pen, with Stussy seen in Futura font. No word on availability.
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The New balance collaboration with UNDFTD, Stussy and Realmad Hectic have been talked about for quite but now, they will be finally launching in the States today. There will be three MT580 sneakers included in this launch each having the name Jimmy, Freddie or Kelley. There will also be an exclusive UNDFTD t-shirt for the launch of these sneakers.
Both the tees and sneakers will be available today at Undefeated’s e-shop. If you want to get it in stores, then you’ll have a wait a bit longer.
The Japanese label, Tilt, is rarely heard of in the States but in Japan, they’re known for their studded belts and bracelets. Recently Stussy Japan has recently teamed up with Tilt for a leather Studded belt and bracelet. Made with 100% leather, the belt will go for 19,740 Yen while the bracelet will go for 8,190 Yen. These limited items are now available at Stussy Japan stores. No word if they’re going to make it to the States though.
The artist Futura has had a long working relationship with the streetwear label Stussy. Now once again, Futura has lend a helping hand to design some new items for Stussy. These items include the Fate hoodie, the Fate Script hoodie, the Futura jacket, the Chance track jacket and the Prospecta jacket. Available now at Stussy Japan.
Japanese hip-hop group Nitro Microphone Underground hooked up with Nike and Stussy to release a Special Force Tour shirt. The front of the shirt features a picture of the group while the list of members is seen on the back. With Google translate letting me down, I think that somewhere in there it says that the front print is not visible depending on which angle you view the shirt. No word on availability but it may be a friends and family release.
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Last season saw the collaborative efforts of Futura and Maharishi come to fruition in the Futura Heavy Industries Collection. Moving on, together Futura’s efforts with heavyweight Stussy will produce a new co-branded collection of products including apparel and accessories. Look for these to land at select accounts in the coming weeks.
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According to DNR, the streetwear label that been around since the beginning will be opening several new stores in North America coming this year. Stussy has just recently opened their new Hawaii stores in Honolulu and will be opening stores in Washington DC, Las Vegas and Toronto. The Washington DC store will be a partnership with Commonwealth owner, Omar Quiambao. The Las Vegas store will be part owned by no other than Eddie Cruz, one of the founders of Undefeated. Lastly the Toronto flagship store will be done with Matt George who is responsible for Goodfoot. You can read the full article here.
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Every year companies will launch products based of the current Chinese lunar year. 2007 which was the year of the pig has just past us and 2008 is the year of the rat so for this occasion, Stussy has taken the rat as an inspiration and created a “Rat Patrol” collection. The Rat Patrol collection will include t-shirts, long sleeve tees and a coach jacket. All items in this series will come in either black or white. They are now available at Stussy Japan.