On the 19th of December a new Bape store opened its doors in Singapore, located on Orchard Road you will be able to browse through the latest A Bathing Ape products in a nicely designed 2000 sq. ft. space.
Although I think (afaik) the store is not designed by Wonderwall / Masamichi Katayama it still represents the typical vibe of a BAPE store. Check out the pictures below and make sure to check it out if you are in Singapore.
After Pepsi bottles, Bearbricks and chairs the lifestyle brand A Bathing Ape sets its foot into the computer world designing a Fujitsu FMV netbook. Having the typical BAPE camoflage on it you’ll certainly stand out in the world of netbooks, scheduled for a release in 2010 the technical specs. are not yet known, sure is though that this item is going to be for the japanese market only and will have a japanese OS.
Got this designbook recently and thought its amazing, if you have ever seen one of the bape stores in real life I’m pretty sure you will spot them in this book again. But did you ever wonder who was responsible for all this?
I think more shops / flagship stores should put more effort into their interior design and overall architecture, I have been to the Bape Stores in HK and in a few of the Tokyo Stores plus the BBC / Ice Cream stores and I must say it has always been an experience and sometimes also a bit confusing. Especially the BBC/Ice Cream (rocket) store in HK was nice.
You should also check out this interview clip with Masamichi Katayama by the BBC show “Counter-Culture”.
Everyone knows that space is limited in Tokyo even the people that have never been to Tokyo know that and I can imagine that people have seen pictures of shoebox like apartments (or just look at Andis Apt. in Tokyo).
This thing does not apply to you though if you live in Tokyo and your name is Nigo and you have a successful brand called A Bathing Ape.
And you know you’re stuntin if you park your cars inside (!) your house especially cars like that.
Lets have all that as some kind of motivation if you lack space in your own homes ;-).
So, this is my first post after we got back from New York and Boston. We had a great time, even though we only spent a couple of days in those cities. Part of it was shopping like mad krayzie (and after it getting lost in Harlem, but that’s another story…). The first thing I did after our arrival (and a night without sleep at the airport) was to put all this stuff on my bed. Maaaaan, I do like it!!! And big shout outs to German Customs, that were not present at the airport when we arrived. ;-)
I will highlight some things during the next days.
One reason I love japanese magazines is that they always come with free stuff for example the A Bathing Ape “lookbooks” always have some neat free stuff with them like a wall clock, yes a wall clock where in the world would you buy a magazine and get a free wall clock with it !?. Even better SMART magazine gives you two free pair of A Bathing Ape socks! SOCKS!?
This time I am featuring the A Bathing Ape – Bape Roadstas in the classic and nice black and white colorway. As you can see the Roadstas have the air pocket and are pretty much based on the Nike Air Max 90 model. The details are just simply stunning we have a nice sole with the Bapestar logos, the big Bapestar on the sides, small detailed bape prints on the inside of the air bubble, stitched Bapestars on the heel and stitched Bapesta logoprint on the tongue plus a detailed written message on the backside of the tongue. Its just a simple and nice design and a must have for every sneakerhead!. Check out Pondon and Pondon’s Webstorefor legit Bape stuff!
If you have ever wondered how Nigo the founder of the brand A Bathing Ape lives you have got the chance to check out this exclusive interview with the man himself. His place is a mad playground all these collectables and artworks everywhere, I love it. Watch it, this time its even in ENGLISH ! haha its a weird dubbed version but its okay at least you understand it without knowing how to speak japanese.
