Loomstate is an offshoot of Rogan which uses only 100% organic cotton in the production of their jeans. This Vans collaboration model features colored buttons, polka dot pattern lined pockets, orange, yellow and green stitching throughout, and of course, a Vans x Loomstate double name label.
Info/Image: KICKS/HI
Vans teamed up with the legendary punk band Descendents to create both an Old Skool and an Era. Check out the Vans micro-site here.
Info/Image: Vans via High Snobiety
For their Summer 2006 collection, LeSportsac collaborated with tokidokion a series of colorful character-printed duffles, totes, and travel bags. Each bag is available in either “Playground” or “Cammo” (in both gray and olive) and is packaged with a limited edition tokidoki qee by Toy2R.
The tokidoki for Le Sportsac collection is available at the Le Sportsac flagship store located at 1065 Madison Ave and at Soho located at 176 Spring Street in NY or online at LeSportsac’s website.
Info/Image: LeSportsac via Josh Spear
The WRG crew is now touring in Europe, and for a month. They visited a lot of places, like Bond International, Slammin Kicks, Twelve Bar, Trust Nobody and more. Check out some new pictures of the Nike SB x Mafia Pack (previously called Goodfellas Pack).
Check out their blog here.
Image/Info: Whats Really Good?
Levi’s Taiwan released this 503 jeans designed by Mad Barbarian on July 7th. Only 250 pieces were produced and comes with some postcards, stickers, pins, coin case and bag.
Image: Mad Barbarian
Info: Kookies
Edison Chen’s new movie “Dog Bite Dog” will be in theatre August 17th in Hong Kong, and they are releasing some action figures based on the movie characters. Billy Ip, one of the CLOT founders, designed the figures.
Image/Info: Edison Chen on Honeyee
These Court Force Hi are the latest from Nike. Both of them has a nice combination of materials which includes suede, nubuck, smooth leather and hemp. They also feature a two tone colorways.
Image/Info: Atmos-Tokyo
Visvim has released 3 colors of the Christo 2 Island slippers on July 8th. It is a new version of the Christo that released last season. The shoes are manufactured by Footprints, so it has the water-friendly footbed.
Image/Info: Chapter World
Final Home from Japan will release a G-Shock Mini as part of their 06-07 A/W Collection. Zozo Town is now accepting pre-orders and the watch will be released in mid August.
Image/Info: Zozo Town
There is a new girls brand called Not Bad For A Girl which was founded by Karen Jane in United Kingdom. They are now available in Bond International and in their own online shop.
The first three designs; all showcase KJ’s bespoke type; ‘Premium Pork’, uses the typeface ‘sausagefat’ designed by KJ, the font is based on bubble writing style and chipolata shapes. â€ÂIf I was a sausage I would be premium porkâ€Â; ‘Ultrafine’, a beautiful script, and of course the ‘Not Bad For A Girl’ needs no explanation.
Image/Info: Not Bad For A Girl