Here’s a look at the upcoming Hoods Hong Kong grand opening shirts which will release on Saturday, March 8th at the brand new Neighborhood flagship shop in Hong Kong. Prior to the official April 1st opening, the retail space will serve as a gallery curated by both Tets of WTAPS and Shinsuke Takizawa of NBHD.
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As a photographer, Shawn Mortensen’s talents and skills have resulted in him becoming a powerful force in the photography community. His work includes fashion and music as well as provocative and touching photo essays spanning the globe. The official opening party taking place tonight includes a series of never before available photographs for sale including personalities such as Tupac, Biggie, Snoop, James Brown, Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys among others. Other highlights include a special bound ‘zine documenting Mortensen’s work since 2001 and recently found deadstock prints of a collaborative effort with Shepard Fairey. The exhibition will take place tonight at the Max Fish Gallery in New York.
Shawn Mortensen Out of Mind Exhibition
Thursday, March 6th
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Max Fish Gallery
178 Ludlow Street {half block south of Houston St}
Lower East Side
New York City, NY 10002
Last week a party was held to debut the all new denim collection from adidas Originals & Diesel. Filled with ample amounts of Hong Kong celebrities and models, the night was marked by performances by both 24Herbs and Subcrew’s Sam Lee. The adidas Originals x Diesel collection is available in stores now.
Neighborhood looks to Hong Kong as the setting for its latest Hoods flagship store. An exhibition titled Previously Opening will commence prior to the opening on March 8th and will conclude on the 24th. For both Neighborhood and WTAPS, their existence and popularity all started on the simple t-shirt and this will represent the desired medium for both brands to introduce their concept and themes to the Hong Kong public. Previously Opening will also be the first show featured outside of Japan for both Tetsu Nishiyama (WTAPS) and Shinsuke Takizawa (Neighborhood). Look for an official NBHD x WTAPS Bombers t-shirt to be available at the exhibition. Hoods is set to open next door to BBC | Ice Cream and will officially open April 1st, 2008.
HOODS Hong Kong
No. 12 On Lan Street
Central, Hong Kong
March 3rd, 2008 – March 24th, 2008
11:00 am – 8:00 pm
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Last night marked the opening of a new show at Frank151’s Chop Shop as it presented the works by artist Steve Ellis in association with Frank151 and Shut Skateboards. The exhibition covered your favorite assortment of cutting tools from butterfly knives, to meat slicers and switchblades. A special three way collaboration deck was created for the event bearing a barber’s blade and the line “A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over”.
Frank’s Chop Shop
19 Essex Street
New York, NY
As Upper Playground endorsed artists, Saber & David Choe touched down in the UK late last month, the two are each showing their works at respective locations. David Choe’s Murderous Heart exhibition opened up at the Lazarides Gallery in Newcastle. The sketches cover some interesting and provocative material which combined some refined looks mixed with some rudimentary styles.
David Choe @ Lazarides Gallery
Number 8 Greek Street
Soho, London
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In a revolutionary form and medium of expression, the inception of the Mountain Dew Green Label Art project enabled chosen artists to present their art work on a medium with an unparalleled reach. A special party for heralded artist Haze was recently thrown to launch the MD Superstar bottle designed by Haze himself. Attended by over 300 people, the open bar along with popular music acts like Just Blaze and EPMD definitely created an awesome atmosphere from the looks of things. Fifty lucky people were also gifted with a custom pendant.
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Stussy’s concluding jewel in their trifecta of new Stussy Chapters will open up in approximately two weeks time in Toronto. Rumors are circulating that the store’s architecture is on some next level stuff, stay tuned for more details regarding the opening of this latest chapter. The opening is set for March 15th.
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Last night, Converse held a launch party for Dr. Romanelli’s new Converse (RED) shoe in Los Angeles. The new shoe was made with (PRODUCT) RED which is a program to help fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis. Inspired by the (PRODUCT) RED project, Dr. Romanelli went out to create a band-aid motif Chuck Taylor. According to Supertouch, Dr. Romanelli said:
“The 1HUND(RED) Artists project really motivated me to create something unique and I choose the band-aids as a fix for positive change.”
Aside from the unveiling of Dr. Romanelli’s sneaker, a high octane exhibition included other artist created footwear and artworks including Hiroshi Fujiwara (Japan), Jeremyville (Australia), Michael White for Dondi White (USA), Colletivo Design (Brazil), Grandpeople (Norway), Mike Schall
(USA), Supakitch (France) and UPSO (USA).
In addition, Lupe Fiasco was there at the party for some live performances. For those who missed out, you can check out the party pictures at Supertouch. The sneakers itself go on sale at the beginning of this month at the nation’s leading sneaker stores, Undefeated and Dave’s Quality Meats with 10% of net whole price going towards Geneva’s The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
With what we anticipate to be a huge masher of a party tomorrow to celebrate the Dice&Dice 20th Anniversary, the necessary creation of event t-shirts is upon us with Futura’s legendary penmanship in full force. The designs include two styles of pocket tees as well as a regular style t-shirt. Any way you slice it, the tees are dope. Available March 1st at the Futura Laboratories Shop in Fukuoka.
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Geoff McFetridge’s latest ventures takes him into the realm of wall papers with his new brand Pottok. With a name inspired by ancient cave paintings, the Pottok range of wall papers maintain a playful aesthetic sure to captivate both current fans of Geoff McFetridge and newcomers. Guests at the show were each given a small signed sample of the wallpaper as a parting gift.
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Among the world’s leading art initiatives, Upper Playground will take London by storm in the month of March. Two resident UP artist associates David Choe and Saber will each be displaying their respective works at different venues. David Choe will see his work hanging on the walls of Lazarides Gallery in London/Newcastle while Saber is set for a day of in-store painting at Upper Playground London, whilst also displaying at a local spot nearby. The list of address for each respective location can be seen after the jump.
Saber @ Upper Playground London
31 Kingly Street
London, England
Saber Exhibition
February 29-March 5
63 Broadwick
London, England
David Choe @ Lazarides Gallery
Number 8 Greek Street
Soho, London
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