Atmos and Nike have teamed up to create the Nike Air Max 1 Animal Pack, which will be the shoes pictured above along with shirts and hats featuring the same pattern. The entire collection will be available online on February 13th. We have a feeling these are going to fly off the shelves real quick, so you better be on your game.
Marc Jacobs has been going collab crazy over at Louis Vuitton as of late, and this is just the latest in a great string of collaborations including another Japanese designer, Takashi Murakami. Yasoi Kusama is the next in line, and the luxury brand decided to team up with the 82 year-old artist for this special collection. The collection officially released back in July, and we decided to give you some more info about it now.
Kusama is famous for her use of dots in many designs for her fashion pieces, and this collection will incorporate that ideal to the fullest. The pieces all look fantastic, and provide a very iconic and unique twist to the legendary Louis Vuitton damier pattern.
Visit the Louis Vuitton x Kusama site for more details on the artist and the collection itself. Also peep below a video of the huge statue made for SelfRidge’s pop-up shop in London.
BBC has always had a very good relationship with Tokyo and the people over there. Seven years ago they introduced their first flagship store with their Ice Cream brand and now are opening a Billionaire Boys Club in Tokyo. The store will officially open tomorrow and will have some very exclusive designs available. Click HERE for more information.
Barneys x Billionaire Boys Club 2012 Fall/Winter Collaboration
Billionaire Boys Club x Palladium: Camo Capsule Collection
Billionaire Boys Club Varsity Jacket
Big Sean Spotted Wearing Super Sunglasses, Billionaire Boys Club Tee & Hat, and Air Jordan 4 Retros
Lebron James Opening a Retail Store In Miami
Vans and Kenzo are back at it again. The Japanese Designer teams up with Vans once again for the new fall collection, which will include these spiffy kicks up above, along with a couple other patters, including floral print, and stripes. Opening Ceremony is having a presale for these before they drop this fall, so be sure to get on before it’s all gone.
Lego just recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in a huge way by building a map of Japan out ouf 1.8 million LEGO blocks. Over 5,000 people helped out to make this possible. Crazy stuff. Click HERE for more info.
First previewed during Fashion Week Tokyo Spring/Summer 2012, the mastermind JAPAN x Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG has been released today in Japan at authorized Mercedes dealers. Limited to only 5 cars, the custom version of the G 55 AMG has been hand crafted at AMG headquarters in Germany._ SOURCE
Nicki Minaj has been on a heavy promoting run recently and this time she stopped by the far east coast and did a show in Japan. Here’s some footage from that night.
It was nearly a year ago that Japan got his with a major earthquake and tsunami causing a huge natural disaster with nuclear reactions. Well now Northern Japan has been hit with another 6.8 magnitude earthquake. Tsunami warnings have also been issued. For more information and the full story click here.
spotted on High Snobiety
Gucci celebrates the reopening of their Tokyo Shinjuku flagship store with an incredible release of a family of sneakers dedicated to the grand reopening.
The Tokyo Exclusive series is inspired by various animals, as well as current trends in footwear and design. I’m really excited about this, and I really want one of every pair.
Click the jump for more photos, and visit Hayabusa for more details(if you speak Japanese). Nippon GO!
You heard right! Naked and Famous have created the japanese denim with the special coating to make them shine at night. Just like anything else glow-in-the-dark just let them sit under a light and watch them glow after!
from Naked & Famous
The jeans work because we apply a phosphorescent coating to the fabric in Japan. This coating is baked into the fabric and will absorb light and slowly release that light with an emanating green glow, just like those Glow in the Dark stickers we had on our ceiling as a kid. Another fun aspect of the jeans is after you beat them up a bit the wear patterns will cause the coating to fade in certain parts of the jean and will create a unique piece of glowing art!
We have done 5 wash tests and the jeans still glow nicely. If you want the glow to last as long as possible, wash your jeans as little as possible, (we know you do that anyways) or just dry clean them.
Enjoy!
