Japan Fashion Week ended its five-day run today with some fresh and stunning designs for Spring/Summer 2009. The show features some of Japan’s most promising young designers.
For full photo coverage of the show, visit the official JFW website.
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Alife NYC presents several new designs as part of their Fall/Winter 2008 collection.
These shoes will be sold at Alife dealers worldwide, and high fashion outlets like Commonwealth, Barney and Bloomingdales.
The Adidas Gazelle was first launched in 1968 as an all-around training shoe. This Gazelle Mustang ($70) version features a leather upper with a brown, clay and blue color combination.
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In celebration of Nike’s summer sporting event, Nike has teamed up with Opening Ceremony to offer exclusive products that will only be available through Opening Ceremony New York and Los Angeles boutiques on 8.8.08.
The Air Max 1, Nike’s first sneaker to offer visible Nike Air technology in the sole and originally released in 1987, has become one of its most iconic products. It will be available in very limited quanities in two colors, gold and silver metallic, and will be stocked solely at Opening Ceremony.
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Nelly has signed on to become the first spokesmodel for Diddy’s Sean John underwear line. The St. Louis rapper will be featured in advertisements wearing the Sean John underwear.
The St. Lunatic will be featured in various advertisements wearing the Sean John undergarments from a house overlooking Los Angeles, California. The decision to hire the rapper was based on Diddy’s confidence in his image. “To me, Nelly is the quintessential definition of the Sean John man,” he said, continuing “He has the attitude, the swagger and most of all, the physique that our customers can both aspire and relate to.”
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Now, this is the kind of Exposure a guy can get used to. Appreciate casual style with the Exposure Low sneaker ($80) from Diesel. This low-profile sneaker has a stone-washed denim canvas upper that’s perfect for pairing with your everyday jeans and khakis wardrobe.
The soft, synthetic lining and EVA midsole add comfort, while the vulcanized rubber outsole delivers durability and traction. Available in white or blue.
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The Adidas Superstar II ($70) is a classic lace-up sneaker with textured rubber toe and signature stripes. The body is cut from soft tumbled leather for long-lasting wear. Padded collar and tongue lend additional comfort.
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The Harajuku, Tokyo Bape store is designed like a town within a building with an American diner flair.
However, for the top floor, a sense of playfulness was added with a colonial style resort inspired space.
Bape Harajuku
4-28-22-B1F Jingumae,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
tel: 03-5474-0204
Now you can. Download these these famous colourable sneaker templates from Pig. Then pop the shoe template of your choice into Photoshop and color away. Pig has carefully separated each section of the shoes into their own layers for easy modification!
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Started in San Francisco in July 1996, True ventured to fill a void: No stores on Haight Street were selling hip hop gear. In those days, hip hop clothing was Wu Wear, Phat Farm, and a bunch of labels that you probably never heard of and aren’t around anymore.
More than ten years later True is still on Haight Street selling hip hop gear. As the times have changed, so has “hip hop” gear. The lines between hip hop, street, skate, punk are blurring. Currently, the cool guy movement is an example of that blurring.
True has always been a big believer in not stereotyping people and that carries over into how they merchandise their stores.
True Mens
1415 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 626-2882
True Womens
1427 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 626-2331
True Sole
1429 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 626-2600
True East
1335 S. Main Street
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 280-6747
Less than a month ago (25 days to be exact), I designed a simple t-shirt with the line “There is No Charge for Awesomeness.” It’s a line I really liked from the movie Kung Fu Panda and thought it’d be great to have on a tee — I guess I wasn’t the only one who thought so! A google search for the line puts Kineda at the top of the search pile.
Since posting it for sale at RedBubble, I’ve sold 85 shirts for a grand total of $628.85. Not bad for 30 minutes of work in Photoshop eh?
Pricing is controlled by you and you decide how much you’d like to be paid. RedBubble doesn’t charge a commission, they simple charge a base price of $19.95/shirt while you set the markup. I set my earnings to 37% which comes out to $7.41 per shirt sold. It’s not as much as I could have earned had I used a local printing shop (where it’d probably only cost about $10-12 to produce), but it’s also much less work. I can live with that. A notice is sent to your e-mail every time you sell a shirt which is a nice touch.
And if t-shirts aren’t your thing, RedBubble also makes it easy to sell your art, photos, designs and illustrations as high-quality framed prints, mounted prints, greeting cards, or posters. It’s easy money in your pocket, so what are you waiting for? Design a shirt today!
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Can someone pleeease hook me up with a job at Echo Manufacturing?!! I’d even be willing to sweep the floors just to see these girls hard at work.
Marc Ecko has really given new meaning to the term “sweat shop!”
With security cameras that show the action inside the Ecko MFG facilities, the website shows the girls at work and lets you vote on your favorite employee. Learn who handles machinery the best (wink, wink) who does everything with their twin (everything!), and who handles the HEAD (sigh…) duties at the factory. It’s all a pretty elaborate way to show the steps that go into making a pair of jeans, but it fits perfectly with the their tagline, “Made With Love.”
(via Complex)
Gabriella
Devon
Jessica
Crystal
Lexis
Located in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, Villains is one of the most popular boutiques for men and women. It’s large hipster inventory provides a nice selection of the freshest names in fashion — Villains carries Diesel, Ben Sherman, Paul Frank, Stussy, Fresh Jive and a number of other large and small brands.
Villains always has the latest garb that young people love and also offers the bags, shoes, underwear and accessories to complete the look. Across the street you will find its sister store, Villains Vault, which carries a fancier brand of urban chic.
Villains San Francisco
1672 Haight St
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 626-5939
Vintage silhouette inspires this D&G Midnight Runner Sneaker ($295). The sporty lace-up features velvet insets for a touch of polish and a suede synthetic sole.
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Japanese-inspired Italian Designer Simone Legno has collaborated with Onitsuka Tiger to create a new sneaker line. Simone designed a new mischievous tiger character to promote the new collab, and I’m digging it.
Tokidoki is usually reserved for girls, but this line of sneakers are available for both men and women in various styles and sizes. Peep the Tokidoki Store for more info.
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