Doraemon is a old school Japanese manga/anime which is considered one of Japan’s top cultural icons. The manga/anime talks about a cat from the future named Doraemon that travels back in time to help a schoolboy, Nobita Nobi. The blog We Love Paris was recently at the mens fashion week in Paris. They had a chance to snap a picture of a upcoming collaboration between Comme des Garcons and Doraemon. In the picture, we see the character Nobita Nobi. Other than this t-shirt, no word yet on what items will be coming out from this project.
Vans and Schwipe will be hosting the event “Death Becomes You” which is an exhibition of Neckface’s artwork. The show will take place on January 24th till February 16th and will be held at the Don’t Come gallery in Melbourne. If you’re in town, don’t miss out on checking out some of Neckface’s artwork.
Don’t Come Gallery
Royal Arcade 314
Little Collins St.
Melbourne, Australia
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The sneaker magazine, Sneaker Freaker, has released some new pictures of several shoes from the Adidas Consortium series. These include the Adidas Oregon Ultra, the Adidas ZX Boat, the Adidas ZX500, and the Micropacer Hamper. All the shoes from this Consortium series are looking fabulous especially the Micropacer Hamper which is already on our “wants” list. They should be available at select Adidas retailers now.
For January of 2008, A Bathing Ape or Bape has released a new collection of leather “STA” items including this backpack seen here. The black and brown colorway, leather straps and a leather “STA” logo of this backpack gives it a refined feeling which is unlike most Bape products. The bag functions as well as it looks with enough pockets and storage capacity for your daily needs. The bag is available now at Bape stores or at Cliff Edge.
Nexus VII from Japan has recently opened their new flagship store in Yokohama which is called Flask. Now, here’s another project they have just released which is a collaboration with another label, Original Fake. Together they have created a pair of jeans which features KAWS’ signature cross marks on the back pockets. In addition, there are other minor details such as custom Original Fake buttons and a leather Original Fake patch. They retail for 28,350 Yen and you can get them now at Figure.
Vans has recently released two new sneakers from their Vans Vault line which include the Vans Slip-On LX and the Vans Sk8-Hi LX. Don’t quote us on this but it seems as though both shoes were inspired by Paul Smith’s signature stripe pattern. The shoes are now available at Vans Vault retailers such as Flauge.
Here’s another crazy design for the Nike Air Force 1 that has just been released at Limited Edt. This Air Force 1 is inspired by the Asian dragon. The materials used include orange scale-like leather as well as soft pony hair. The insole and heel also has a dragon logo. If you’re looking for something a little bit over the top, you can grab these at Limited Edt $479 SGD.
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The soccer video game, Winning Eleven, might be one of the most popular video games among teenagers in Asia. The soccer game is already in its 10th edition and features some of the most realistic gameplay. For the 2008 “Challenge to Christiano Ronaldo” edition of Winning Eleven, game makers Konami has teamed up with Japanese fashion label Soph. for a limited edition jacket. The jacket will be limited to 100 pieces and are available only through a contest on Youtube. Unfortunately we don’t know Japanese so we wouldn’t know how to sign up, nevertheless, a very interesting collabo indeed.
Source: Hirofumi Kiyonaga
Stickers have been a part of this culture since the beginning. People have used stickers to spread their message or just to promote whatever they’re promoting. People have collected stickers and there have even been cases where people resold stickers for a profit. The brand Original Fake, has released a new sticker set which includes six stickers all designed by KAWS. They are now available at Cruisin.
To celebrate the launch of Addict’s Star Wars “Icon Series” tees, Jeremy Bulloch, the actor who played Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi will be at Addict’s London store for the signing of Addict’s boxed tees which are illustrated by Mitch. Three t-shirts are available including Boba Fett, Sandtrooper and Biker Scout. There will also be a limited signed and numbered A4 Mitch prints with each purchase for the first 30 people. This event will take place on Saturday March 8th from 11Am to 4PM.
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