A few days ago, Japan’s so called godfather of streetwear Hiroshi Fujiwara let the cat out of the bag regarding his latest team up with British headwear makers Kangol. Here’s a better look at the cap. The cap will only be offered in black, unlike Hiroshi’s previous Kangol creations. Look for them to drop through the hnyee.Store on December 7th.
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Fragment Design and Kangol have continued their collaboration efforts to create a new beanie. The co-branded beanie comes as a follow-up to their Wool 504 cap which released not too long ago. No word yet on the availability and colors available but stay tuned for more details.
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The Bearbrick World Wide Tour 2007 started taking place this weekend on November 23rd at the Parco Factory in Japan. For this event, Medicom Toy has worked with several top streetwear brands including Bape, Stussy, Roar and Fragment Design for some collaboration event tees. The tees were only sold at the event so your only chance to get these is through a third party source.
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A further look into the extensive "Voice of a Generation" Collection from Neighborhood. Much of the collection incorporates a variety of simple and basic designs with the highlights coming via the characteristically high quality construction and attention to detail often associated with Neighborhood. Also seen within these releases are collaborative pieces created with fragment design. Look for these to hit select Neighborhood dealers in the coming weeks.
The music duo UNKLE will embark on the beginnings of their UK/European tour starting November 15th in Manchester. A series of special t-shirts were created which include collaborations with Fragment Design on the UNKLE Live Glitter tee and the black and white Surrender x UNKLE tee. Other items include a limited edition run of 100 tour posters, printed on silver stock. The artwork is based off of the War Stories Cover. The items will be available at all the venues with the exception of the UNKLE Live Glitter Tee which will also be available at DPMHI.
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High-end Japanese label Mastermind Japan has teamed up with Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Fragment Design to create a special collaborative Base Control umbrella. The need for a dual-branded umbrella may be far beyond the needs of the majority of the population but for those who need something of this caliber, then this may be a good choice. No word yet on availability.
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Japanese label CLS and Fragment Design teamed up to create a pack performance undergarments. CLS are at the root of cycling inspired designs. The performance garments include a shirt and thermal shorts and come complete in special packaging. Available now at select dealers.
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To celebrate the 8th anniversary of SOPH.’s Tokyo location, a series of special items were created in partnership with various labels which are set to release at the beginning of next month. These items include a fragment design x SOPHNET. necktie, nonnative x SOPHNET. Straight Slacks, FCRB V x SOPHNET. Traditional Jacket, and two Carhartt x SOPHNET. Cashmere Knit Caps. Look for these items to debut on Friday, November 2nd.
Here’s the newest project between Fragment Design and Resonate Goodenough on this new flat-seam tee. This simple t-shirt bares a collaboration logo design on the back right shoulder as well as a Fragment Design x Resonate patch. The tee comes in black and white and retails for ￥7,875. Available now at Figure.
After much previews and deliberation, the Fragment x Kangol caps have started to hit retailers. Among the first stores that got them was Shanghai’s ACU who recently launched the caps over Chinese long weekend. A large color palette is included with the shades of black, blue, gray, red, and cream being represented.
In conjunction with the release of honyee.mag vol.2 (a Japanese magazine curated by Hiroshi Fujiwara), several special items will be released. These limited items include two t-shirts by NEIGHBORHOOD, a wool V neck knit and a lamb wool knit cap by SOPHNET. In addition, fragment design will make a strap and HEAD PORTER will create stylist bags for honeyee.com. The items will be exclusively sold at the hnyee.Store starting October 9th, 2007 for the NEIGHBORHOOD tees. The SOPHNET. items will be available on October 16th while the fragment and HEAD PORTER items will be on sale on October 23rd.
