Here’s a look at a pack set under the idea of “Back to School”. Included in the pack is the Air Max 90, the Dunk High and the Vandal High. The “Notebook” Dunk High features side panels similar to lined paper. The lines itself are texturized and raised. Although not visible, the “Elmers Glue” Air Max 90’s feature dried glitter glue detail on the upper. Finally, the Vandals are modeled after a Crayola box.
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The recently opened Medicom Toy Exhibition 2007 is currently taking place in Tokyo. For this event, various brands have collaborated with Medicom for a series of t-shirts. These include COMME des GARCONS shirt featuring a soccer playing Bearbrick, a Medicom Toy logo shirt stylized by Kaws and a Hysteric Glamour Bearbrick silhouette.
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CLOT celebrates it’s 3rd Anniversary this Friday June 29th. Rumor has it that DJ Just Blaze may be making an appearance at this event. Unfortunately, this event is invite only.
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Date: Friday June 29th, 2007
Time: 9:30 pm – till late
Location: Shui Ki Industrial Building, 18 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen
Edison Chen was recently seen repping his own Alienegra brand on stage. The t-shirt seen is an upcoming reflector camo shirt based on their camo design by Madsaki. There is no word on the release date so stay tuned for more details.
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For their next “Artist Project Series†sneaker DC chose to work with legendary skateboarder Natas Kaupas. Kaupas who began his career in 1984 was the first skateboarder to integrate handrails into street-skating and also developed his own move called the “Natas Spin.†Besides being famous for his skateboarding skills, Kaupas also has artistic background as evident from the design on the uppers of these kicks. They will retail for $100 so check for them in stores soon.
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Here’s a look at another model of the newly introduced Super Blazer Hi Premium. This “Indie Splattered” model features a palette of different colors splattered along the upper. The swoosh is made of terry cloth while the sole has obvious Nike Free inspiration.
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Japanese brand, GDC have lined up alongside watchmakers Casio to design their very own DW-5600 watch. The watch features a black face and band. The LCD face is inversed and as a result, numbers are viewed as white on black background. The band features GDC branding as well as the saying “a rolling stone gathers no moss”. Only 1000 of these watches will go on sale accompanied with a special graphic box.
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Juice recently received shipment on NBHD’s Spring/Summer 2007 Spades Collection. Included amongst the items received are button-ups such as the Ace (available in both black and white) which features an all-over print of Spades, the Serve TC Work as well as a variety of monotone t-shirts and graphic tees. Rounding out the releases are NBHD x Porter leather wallets such as coin purses, cardholders and wallets.
The Brilliance put together a nice video interview with Naked Communications Junior Strategist Heron Preston to chat about branding, internet-lifestyle, and more. Enjoy.
Who is Heron Preston? A blogger, a champion at self-branding, a poster-boy for using the internet to advance your personal exposure, a taste maker, a bit of a world traveler, and a like minded member of current culture. Someone doing something you should probably pay attention to if you are trying to find the pulse of ‘right now’.
VNGRD’s online shop “The Steal” is now live and running! To celebrate the launch VNGRD made an exclusive purple and yellow colorway of the Octopus hoody which is only available online. You will also find VNGRD’s full summer line with their lightweight hoodies and crewnecks as well as some sale items from past collections. You can check it out at http://store.vngrd.org/
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