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Following up on Keiichi Nitta’s cover shoot exhibition alongside Taiwanese boutique SOL and VICE Magazine earlier in the month, we get a look at a few new styles featuring Nitta’s familiar sex induced photographic style. All three graphics feature famous Japanese AV star, Rio, in some seductive poses with her raunchy attitude, not to mention the revolver in hand.

The Blazer trails with a collection scheduled to release early 2009. The kicks are featured as a replica of the original 1973 release with nylon tongue and suede uppers alongside the natural distressing that comes with years of wear and tear. Endclothing is now taking pre-orders for the vibrant red release with a slew of colors surely to follow.

XLarge got together with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami to produce a watch. The watch was built by Citizen and features artwork on the dial, as well as engraved on other parts of the watch. It’s not our type of watch, but some Murakami fans will for sure be into it.

Kanye West’s new album, 808s & Heartbreak. The album will be dropping next week on November 24th, 2008. For the iTunes release of 808s & Heartbreak, Brooklyn based artist KAWS has created a special a special album cover as well as some album art. 

Photoshop, The Making of. As real as it gets! We bow down to the team that did this! Great job guys!

Lomography’s 35mm Fisheye 2 camera gets a reworking by famous English designer Paul Smith. With its 180 degree wide-angle the camera features a stunning fisheye barrel distortion alongside the ability to fire both a hot shoe flash and the built in flash, not to mention its true fisheye view finder. The camera is topped off with a signature Paul Smith multi-striped patten and full metal jacket body. Retail is set at $150 and is available at the Paul Smithonline store.

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.

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.

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).