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.

Bape Store Singapore
333A Orchard Road
#02-02/03
Mandarin Gallery
Singapore 238897
+65 6838 0232

Source :

StreetTHING / Hypebeast

Chrishimself

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.

via. NIGO @ Honeyee.

Chrishimself

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?

Masamichi Katayama is the architect behind all these stores.

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”.

Chrishimself

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 ;-).

Chrishimself

Now let’s get to the second istallement from NYC Shopping.

I got this simple, but nice shirt and also some socks from the American Apparel store on Broadway…

American Apparel NYC / NOHO, 712 Broadway, New York City, NY 10003 – www.americanapparel.net

As we were in New York, of course we had to head to the BAPE Store in SoHo. I left the store with this shirt in my bag.

I picked it because it reminded me of the year we visited New York and of the juice we used to mix our refreshments on our way to Coney Island. ;-)

BAPE STORE NEW YORK, 91 Greene Street, New York City, NY 10012 – www.bape.com

And finally Chris introduced me to UNIQLO. They have a nice store, where you can also play some Pac-Man in between.

Found this shirt, the hat and also another t-shirt, inspired by a video game or something.

UNIQLO NY SOHO Store, 546 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 USA – www.uniqlo.com

“You gettin’ refreshments in my face?” – So long…

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

P.S.: More pics on my flickr profile.

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.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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!?

Well we used to have this magazine for kids here in Germany called YPS (pronounced “ueps”), it always came with free things actually they where the first ones to call  them gimmicks, they always had the weirdest “toys” like a periscope who doesnt know what that is check out the wikipedia link you could use it to spy on someone from around the corner, I remember I had a lot of fun with it looking like an idiot behind the wall. Also very famous amongst YPS readers were the URZEITKREBSE (Artemia salina) this is the german name for it basically its some kind of shrimp species… you would put them into water and watch them grow until you drain them down the toilet for a fantastic voyage in shitland, have fun growing them thinking they would really do something or grow big enough so you could enjoy a shrimp baguette LOL.

If you ask me yes I buy those magazines and yes I could always use a fresh pair of socks haha, so not bad at all next time you look for designer socks check the magazine stands in Tokyo ;-).

peace

Chrishimself

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 Webstore for legit Bape stuff!

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Chrishimself

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.

peace
Chrishimself