Swim wear company, Speedo, has collaborated with Comme des Garcons for a new line of swim wear and tees. Designer Kawakubo has applied his designs on swim wear made by Speedo so you can actually look good while swimming. There will also be a ladies line-up as well as swimming caps and goggles for both men and women. Information from Honeyee. Photos by Masaki Sato.
You probably all know about Shin Tanaka and his paper models by now. He has just completed a series 8 adidas T-BOY paper models by 8 different artists (including Shin). You can take a look at Shin Tanaka’s webpage.
Also, don’t forget that T-BOY show will be happening tonight at Compound Gallery. T-BOYS, prints and tees will be available on Just Be Complex Friday Morning, Feb 3rd.
Slam! has just completed an interview with the new and upcoming brand, Leroy Jenkins. Since first being introduced on The Hundreds, Leroy Jenkins have been talked about everywhere from blogs to forums and to magazines. Their unique floral pattern hoodies is what makes them different from the pack. Head over to Slam x Hype to read the interview!
This amazing pair of Nike Air Max 360 is the prize for the Airhead competition over at Sneaker Freaker. It is “a special one off pair of Air Max with a perforated lasered outer over a neon green inner sock.”
Check out more pictures of this shoe at Sneaker Freaker or click HERE to enter the contest.
Just in! adidas has released pictures for all the shoes in the Adicolor series. You can take a look at all 37 pairs of the Adicolor sneakers that will be released starting March. According to teejayess from the 5th Dimension forum, the numbers beside the color code refers to the different tiers. For example, 1 is the top tier (Sneakers going to only a few selected boutiques) and 6 is the lowest tier (sneakers going to Footlocker).
You can check out the whole line at 7inch.
Pros and Cons is about to release a collaboration with a certain rising hip-hop artist. Here is the press release photo I have just received. More info soon to come, just a sneak preview for all of you.
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Adidas released a ‘Valentine Pack’ for the upcoming Valentines Day. They come with a gift wrapping guide and kit (including wrapping paper, and a “St ‘Adidas’ Day” sticker). Via Secret Base.
Sheldon “Ronin” Smith, a fellow sneaker head and Laced Magazine, an upcoming sneaker magazine presents “Soled Out”. Soled Out is a sneaker documentary which is all about the sneaker culture, from the biggest corporations to people camping out overnight and paying ridiculous prices. It is just over 10 minutes but I suggest you watch this, it is very informative to the consumer of these sneakers, which is you. Click here to download.
On February 2nd, Smart Magazine will release a catalog magazine called ‘A Bathing Ape 2006 Spring/Summer Collection’. It will feature Bape, Apee, Baby Milo, Bapy’s latest styles, Nigo’s interview, and more. Together with the magazine, there will be a free camo tote bag and stickers. Thanks Secret Base.
Here are some better pictures of the Nike Air Force 1s which commemorates the 2006 NBA All Stars. They are coming out on February 4th in Japan, and hopefully soon in the States. From AS.
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