Foreign Family’s Mr44 and Johnny Punishment of FF Dropout will present a series of personal art next week. The showcase will go hand in hand with a preview of Foreign Family’s 2008 summer collection. Foreign Family’s illustrations have always been held in high regard over here on the shoulders of the complexity of their graphics and their reoccurring fish themes. The event will take place May 10th in Los Angeles.
FFPOPUP Gallery Opening Party
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
545 South Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Right on the heels of the Colette x Married to The Mob x Reebok Freestyle collabo, the Most Official Bitches have dropped hints of what’s to come for their Summer 2008 collection. In addition to the usual tongue in cheek slogan emblazoned across the chest of ladies from Paris to NY, from the classic “My Girls Smoke Mad Marijuana…” to the new “Let’s Talk Shit” slogan (see below), queen bee/designer Leah McSweeney takes her “most official” status a step further with a “Men are the New Women” beach blanket, fashioned after the popular tee. Details on the drop coming soon.
Source: MOB Living
After Cheap Monday caught wind of a an upcoming Cali Color Party” (scroll to the bottom), the affordable denim label stepped in to offer their own contribution to the party. Themed after the Un-Milkfed Reebok Pastelle pack, a limited run of hand-dyed denim was created in Cheap Monday’s local Swedish factory. 20 colors of each color are available with a price tag of € 44 EUR (approximately $68 USD). Although most trends have all but dismissed bright colors, Caliroots are continuing to buck the trend and embracing bright colors. The denim will release in-store later today at 7:00 pm local time and online at 9:00 pm local time at caliroots.com.
Japanese brands often strive for authenticity in the reproduction of their American inspired apparel. Such sentiments have often resulted in collaborations with relatively unknown classic American brands including Wyoming’s Rocky Mountain Feather Bed. The brand has lent their expertise in quality outerwear in a team up with Japanese brand SiFury. Items include a classic Mountain Parka as well as the popular Christy Vest. Available now at Zicue.
A new pack of colorful Puma Clydes have dropped. Despite the relatively simple nature of the Clyde, Puma has three highly contrasting colorways on this basketball classic. The uppers feature buttery monotone colored suede with a contrasting color on the sole. The colors include green/violet, orange/blue and blue/red. Available now at Ubiq.
Justice’s latest video for their track Stress has dropped. The electronica duo of of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay has put forth another strong track complete with a riveting video which follows a series of Justice thugs creating havoc in the neighborhood, ultimately culminating in the torching of a car and the crap kicking of the camera crew.
Despite HUF’s strong allegiance with Nike, skate brand DVS has always been integral part of HUF’s footwear arsenal. New more subtle colorways was created for the Huf 5 Lows and Huf 5 Runners. The 2 sneakers uses a stealthier purple/black/gray colorway with HUF’s signature earthquake pattern; the HUF 5 Lows uses extra durable suede as its primary material and the Huf 5 runners utilizes smooth leather.
Source: Crooked Tongues
Slap, one of the original skateboarding magazines, collaborated with Nike SB to commemorate its 15th anniversary. The collaboration uses Nike SB’s Abbington as the base with all 15 covers of the magazine printed. It is mainly black with blue toe and heel accents and an embroidered roman numeral, XV, on the front. These will only be available in select shops in the U.S.
Source: Miszapas
TADO, Jon Burgerman, and ilovedust are amongst some of the UK’s most famous artists. Together they have created a new three pack of 8” Dunny’s (Zulu Mong, Tea Bear, and Uncle Bucky) with a black and blue color palette. Along with the individually packaged figures come accessories like a mallet, bone-dry teacup and fishing rod. Each box will feature artwork from all three artists as well. As if this collaborative effort was not brilliant enough, ilovedust and TADO will be signing the figures in person at Kid Robot Miami and New York. Retail is $50 for each figure.
Kid Robot New York
118 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
May 22nd, 6-8pm
Kid Robot Miami
638 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
May 23rd, 6-8pm
Unity, the official retailer for the brand Subcrew, recently opened their first flagship store in Taipei, Taiwan. Now, it looks like they will be hitting the Chinese market by opening their second store in Guangzhou, China. Streetwear is still quite young in the Chinese market so this might be a perfect time for brands like Subcrew to enter the market. The Guangzhou Unity store will open on May 18th with an opening party as expected.
Source: Enzo
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