While a Los Angeles store has been rumored for quite some time now, the official announcement has finally come down the pipe. The Los Angeles BAPE store will open on April 25th. Past store openings been accompanied by a commemorative t-shirt and the same should be expected for the Los Angeles Location. Additionally if you’re in the LA area, information regarding working at the Bape LA store has been posted on the official site.
Bape Los Angeles8001 Melrose AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90046
Flight Club Greene Street, the original location of Flight Club, has reopened. Located on 254 Greene Street in Manhattan (just south of 8th street, to the north east of Washington Square Park), this redesigned FCNY Greene Street now accepts both new and used footwear of the highest quality and exclusivity. The reopening of this store also represents Flight Club having four brick and mortar stores (2 in NY, 1 in LA and one in Japan) to compliment its world-famous online speciality shop.
The artist KAWS has relaunched his new online store at KAWSONE.COM which carries products by Original Fake. The new items that are available now include some previously seen goods like the Apple tee, the Chompers Pattern belt, the Gore-Tex Denim jacket, and more.
Check it out now at www.kawsone.com.
The Hawaii based boutique, Leilow, carries some of the best streetwear labels in the market including Neighborhood, Head Porter, Supreme and more. Currently they are sharing a space with KICKS/HI store but they will be moving to their own spot in the coming future. Right now, there’s no info on when the new store will open but stayed tuned for more info.
Source: Jules Gayton
Livestock are opening the doors to their newest shop this Saturday. Originally previewed back in February, the larger retail space will provide much of the same wholesome goodness you’ve come to expect with one of Vancouver’s sneaker institutions. The whole landscape for Canadian streetwear has developed extensively within the last few years and this latest store is no doubt a prime example of this movement.
Livestock
1709 west 4th ave
Vancouver, BC V6J 1M2 Canada
p: 604.568.1444
The flagship shop for brands like Sophnet., FCRB, and uniform experiment has opened their new store in Osaka on March 20th. For the opening of the new Soph. Osaka store, there will be some exclusive items available including the Soph. x Nike “6453+7674” Revaderchi as well as the Stussy “Kiyonaga” model (Hirofumi Kiyonaga is the creative director of the Soph. brands). If you’re not located in Japan, you can check out these pictures of the store’s interior.
Soph. Osaka
Minamihorie 1-20-13 Nishi-ku
Osaka
Tel : 06-6535-7674
The Hundreds first opened its first store a few years back and now they’re onto their second shop which open its doors in San Francisco today. Fans of the brand lined up early in the morning to pick up some exclusive store opening t-shirts as well as collaborations t-shirts by Benny Gold and the Hieroglyphics crew. Like the first shop in Los Angeles, the SF store has a dark atmosphere but this time with crazier decor. Heading in the store feels like going into a theme park ride.
The Hundreds San Francisco
585 Post St.
San Francisco, CA
United States
Less than half a week before the grand opening of Stussy Toronto, the fourth new launch of its kind for Stussy this year. Up until now, the store’s decor had been kept tightly under wraps. Stussy Toronto organizer and initiator of the project, Matt George has unveiled pictures of the store. The interior is marked by a series of wood flooring throughout the store against clean white walls and fixtures. Also seen here is the special t-shirt commemorating the opening of Stussy Toronto, with the slogan . The joint Stussy Toronto and Goodfoot 5th Anniversary event will go down March 18th, however Stussy Toronto will open up March 15th. For more details check here.
The all encompassing French label Kitsune recently opened the doors to their very first flagship store. Located on 52 Rue de Richelieu in Paris, the shop will be the epicenter of Kitsune products including everything from their mens and womens collections to special collaborative projects they’ve maintained including products from Pierre Hardy, Commuun, James Heeley and above all else their music.
Kitsune Store
52 Rue de Richelieu
75001 Paris, France
p: +33 (0)1 42 60 34 28
In4mation meets 5 & A Dime in a special collaborative pop-up shop project at the 5 & A Dime Gallery. To celebrate the grand opening, the space also served as an exhibition ground for metal photographer Angela Boatwright. For more information, check out our previous post regarding the space.
2008 marks a pivotal year for Stussy as they open a total of four stores in the first half of the year. Unbeknown to us was a further compliment to the store total coming via Stussy Seoul which opened up on February 29th. The Seoul retail landscape will welcome another interesting store front via 10 Corso Como Seoul, which is set to open March 21st, 2008.
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As New York’s Kidrobot flagship store undergoes renovations, a temporary pop-up shop has been formed on Greene Street. The retail space will serve as base of operations as not only as a sale outlet for collaborative items, clothing and toys until March 9th but also act as a temporary space until the original store location completes it’s renovations and is available for re-opening.
Kidrobot New York Pirate Store
70 Greene Street
New York, NY 10012
Source: Freshness