Flying Coffin has previewed one of their New Era 59Fifty fitted caps set to release in late spring alongside another yet to be revealed cap. The stack logo is seen on a gray body, with metallic silver, purple and black embroidery. This hat will be releasing in April.
NY Times writer Kelefa Sanneh recently documented the current downfall of hip-hop as evidenced by sluggish album sales as well as the current role of independent music labels. Despite the unconvincing numbers and the lack of multi-million album sales which proliferated itself in the earlier half of this decade, it seems as though the need to grind it out is the difference from fading out and the end of the tunnel. The full article can be seen here.
Burton has outfitted their logo with the use jewels to create this Iced Out New Era 59Fifty Fitted Cap. The entirely black cap includes a satin dice lining and a special cap carrying case as well. Available at select Burton dealers and Tactics.
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As 2007 led to the successful killing of lumberjack/plaid/buffalo check/tartan materials, it’s with good riddance that these latest Puma Suede’s kept the use of the aforementioned materials out of sight and only on the inner lining without spoiling two clean colorways. Black/red and red/black are available on this Puma Suede. Available now at Mita.
America’s contribution to the designer toy world, Kidrobot extended their team up with Burton to release some matching gear to go with their Custom Plus snowboard. Two designs, the Robot Head and Toy Pile Up are designs both seen on the snowboard as well. Available now through Kidrobot’s online store.
Visvim recently released a collection of shoes including the FBT and the Kiefer Hi under a “New Year” motif. Continuing with this New Year collection are some new accessories including a Ballistic Backpack and a Ballistic E-Cat messenger bag. Both utilizes heavy duty material and comes in two colorways – black/red and black/blue. They are now available at Figure and retails for 31,290. If you haven’t checked out the Ballistic bags from Visvim, you should definitely take a look if you have a chance.
Japanese label, Resonate Goodenough, has collaborated with Medicom Toy on a 400% Resonate Goodenough Bearbrick. This Bearbrick features Resonate Goodenough’s logo on both the front and back from the figure. A t-shirt accompanies this figure which has already been released back in October. Fans of the brand Resonate Goodenough and Bearbrick should not miss out on this one.
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Undefeated could be known as one of the first sneaker boutiques in the States that catered to the sneaker craze in recent years. They have done well starting in Los Angeles and eventually having stores in Japan. Their brand, UNDFTD, has equally done just as well releasing many hit t-shirts one after another. UNDFTD has just release two new t-shirts including the CB tee which is based of a basketball legend, Charles Barkley. The other tee released is the Fall Brawl t-shirt. Both t-shirts will be available this Saturday at Undefeated stores across Japan.
Billionaire Boys Club aka. BBC and Ice Cream which is a label under the helm of Pharrell Williams and Nigo (A Bathing Ape) will start releasing some of their 2008 Spring/Summer products starting January. The new items include a BBC Trump Jacket, a pair of BBC Neon Denim, an Ice Cream IC Smile Sweater and New Era Fitted Cap, a BBC Trump Bandanna, and an Ice Cream Parka. All items will be available at the BBC/Ice Cream stores in New York and Hong Kong as well as various dealers.
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There’s still two months till Valentines day but Nike has already released their yearly Valentines sneakers. Previously seen was a Valentines Court Force and now here is a look at the Valentines Air Max 95. This Valentines Air Max 95 is predominately white with Valentine-esque accent colors. If you look closer, the shoes feature a heart shaped pattern on the white patent leather. Even the insole has hearts on it. We’re not sure if guys could pull off this shoe but by all means, get it for your girls. Available now at atmos.