Comme des Garcons’s expansion into more common goods market continues. Their relationship with Nike seams to work well. The classic Dunk silhouette have been modified to degree, when Basketball kicks look like Goth’s favorite. That was possible with help of extra leather paneling, zippers and ankle straps.
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Staying true to their roots, Supreme present yet another compilation of timeless, classic Americana garments within the 2008 fall/winter lookbook. Along with the shop/labels signature styling, the New York collective continue strong efforts in the outerwear and accessories game. Apparent is a shoe collaboration project featuring both Vans Mountain Edition and Old Skool models in a tonal color scheme, adding to the impressive sneaker collabo archive. The lookbook can be seen after the jump featuring popular Japanese actors Yosuke Kubozuka and ARATA known for their roles in Strawberry on the Shortcake and Ping Pong respectively.
Following a bit of a hiatus on the toy-front from Amos Toys, the British toy company is set for a return with a King Ken Mini Series done in conjunction with US-based STRANGEco. Based on Amos Toys’ popular King Ken figure, this scaled down figure features a blind box assortment release separated into five colors: gray (1 in 4 chance), orange (1 in 4 chance), purple (1 in 6 chance), blue (1 in 6 chance), green (1 in 8 chance) and the “Chase” figure (1 in 24 chance). The shirts will release starting next month. For more information checkSTRANGEco.com.
CLOT x OriginalFake
Coming on the heels of a recent collaboration with Union, CLOT has paired with Kaws’OriginalFake on an upcoming t-shirt release. The two have previously worked together on a t-shirt for the CLOT Fantasy collection featuring a series of celebrities. Four colorways are available and will release on Friday, October 31st with a suggested retail price of $630 HKD (approximately $81 USD).
Much like the efforts we’ve seen on both the Vandal and Dunk model recently, two pairs of Nike Terminator lows get the vintage treatment look. The pack comes in a Chicago Bulls like black and red leather colorway with the second pair looking much like those old school Georgetown Hoya joints that heads are still drooling over. Both instant classics are now available at atmos Japan.
If you ever thought about running from the 5-O then Lamborghini might make you think twice. The legendary Italian sports car-maker delivered a special 560hp 5.2-liter V10 Gallardo recently to the Italian State Police. Adding to the sweet paint job is a fully decked out interior with everything from a GPS to real time wireless video recorder and even a compartment used to transport separated body parts to the E.R. Better hope these don’t hit the states.
Providing yet another reason to empty out those pockets, Japanese label mastermind JAPAN drop a skull ring reminiscent of the crystal skull seen in the recent Jones flick…well sorta. The luxurious silver piece features a skull motif along with a special wooden box. Cliffedge has a limited supply in stock.
Mini E
BMW has unveiled the new Mini E, a Mini with an electric engine. The all-electric Mini only has two seats, as the rear seats are taken by the batteries. Nevertheless BMW presents a great design on the new car, which comes in a nice anthracite colorway with yellow accents and a special Mini E logo on the front grill, inside and roof.
The Mini E will not be released in a big way yet. For now only 500 units will be produced and given out to a selected few, who will test the car for a while. The Mini E has 95mph max speed will run for 2.5 hours on a full charge.
KIROIC 2008
Taking some sort of relative architectural aesthetic for each one of their 2008 fall/winter models, Shanghai based footwear label KIROIC construct a visually appealing lineup while still incorporating technical features amongst high quality materials and outstanding design. For the upcoming release KIROIC offers three different silhouettes including the Deconstructionism based Gehry, Ancient Roman inspired Warren and Gaudi which represents an organic styled approach. Information regarding stockists and release dates can be found at their official website.

































