April 2nd, 2010

Cheers from London, Part 1.

Hey everybody,

Cheers from London!! I got here yesterday by the Eurostar train, that runs under the English Channel. I really wanted to experience this, but I’m glad to travel home by plane after all. I finally got to my hostel somehow and met up with Dani, who I went to school with. She has been living here for some months now alreadyyyyy. I catched the last minutes of the Champions League match between Arsenal and Barça and what can I say… After I entered the pub, Arsenal scored two goals. After that, she and her roommate took me to some nice bakeries and also to a cool pub. Dani even wore some OG Adidas sneakers, that her grandma used to rock in the 70s, but due to all the talking and laughing I unfortunately forgot to take a picture of them.

So, here’s the first pic for you: Tower Bridge & me. I have to admit, that I wasn’t feeling too well this morning, but anywayz…

london tower bridge Cheers from London, Part 1.

The first thing I bought is easily the most useful of all the things I bought today, but also the most unspectacular one.

london adapter Cheers from London, Part 1.

Anywayz, I got on the tube to Putney Bridge to check out one of Simon‘s practices with the Oxford eight. The Boat Race on Saturday between Oxford and Cambridge is why I made this trip. Here he is with the white cap.

london simon oxford Cheers from London, Part 1.

Oh, and by the way, they even have the Oxford University Boat Club seal on their rubber botts. Now, that’s style!! After the practice I made my way to Soho. First stop was the BAPE store, where the staff was so amazingly friendly. I got me this coin case, because, you know, when you get the chance to go into a BAPE store…

london bape ursus coin case Cheers from London, Part 1.

BAPE store, 4 Upper James Street, Soho, London, UK – eu.bape.com

london bape store Cheers from London, Part 1.

Not far away is Carnaby Street, where you’ll find also some nice shops. I went into the WeSC store and came out with these limited edition headphones, including a matching Be@rbrick and also some sort of bag, also in the same colours.

london wesc bearbrick 1 Cheers from London, Part 1.

london wesc bearbrick 2 Cheers from London, Part 1.

london wesc bearbrick 3 Cheers from London, Part 1.

london wesc bearbrick 4 Cheers from London, Part 1.

I was already thinking for months now about getting those, but: Dani, you’re right!! I can’t stop listening to music right now!!! So good.

WeSC store, 43 Carnaby Street, Soho, London, UK – www.wesc.com

london wesc store Cheers from London, Part 1.

I also went into size? and they really have a good variety of sneakers, but it was too crowded for my taste.

size?, 33-34 Carnaby Street, Soho, London, UK – size.co.uk

london size Cheers from London, Part 1.

In the streets nearby I also discovered this cool store dedicated to Lomo cams.

Lomography, 3, Newburgh Street, Soho, London, UK – www.lomography.com

london lomography Cheers from London, Part 1.

After some more stores, but I won’t get into it, I decided it was finally time to eat something. I remembered that crazy restaurant located in Soho, so I went there. The food was tasty, the waiters were super friendly and the whole thing was a cool experience, as you order everything by clicking on the table. I hope you’ll understand in my final video.

london inamo 1 Cheers from London, Part 1.

london inamo 2 Cheers from London, Part 1.

london inamo 3 Cheers from London, Part 1.

I also did the photo shooting for my WeSC headphones and the BAPE coin case on my table (go back and check the pics again!) as the menu and images are all projected onto the table. Oh, and Diddy, they also serve Ciroc there.

london inamo 4 ciroc Cheers from London, Part 1.

inamo Restaurant & Bar, 134-136 Wardour Street, Soho, London, UK – www.inamo-restaurant.com

I’ll go to bed now, but I’ll keep you posted. Happy Easter!

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

December 20th, 2009

Bape Store Singapore

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.

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

Source :

StreetTHING / Hypebeast

Chrishimself

December 19th, 2009

Bape x Fujitsu

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.

bapeXfujitsu Bape x Fujitsu

via. NIGO @ Honeyee.

Chrishimself

October 6th, 2009

Wonderwall : Masamichi Katayama

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?

 Wonderwall : Masamichi Katayama

Masamichi Katayama is the architect behind all these stores.

 Wonderwall : Masamichi Katayama

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.

 Wonderwall : Masamichi Katayama

You should also check out this interview  clip with Masamichi Katayama  by the BBC show “Counter-Culture”.

Chrishimself

September 17th, 2009

Space

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.

 Space

 Space

And you know you’re stuntin if you park your cars inside (!) your house especially cars like that.

 Space

Lets have all that as some kind of motivation if you lack space in your own homes ;-).

Chrishimself

August 17th, 2009

Tokyo #2

Hey,

I also arrived in Tokyo yesterday, so I thought I could share some early pics with you (after the jump). There are many things that irritate me here, but my first complete day in this city was really great.

japan tokyo 01 768x1024 Tokyo #2The first shot is from my bus trip from the airport, as the city made a great visual impact.
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July 29th, 2009

Secret Base x Ghostbusters

The Ghostbusters seem everywhere right now, a new videogame, a new movie(!?),  BAPE collabos and this recent collabo with vinyl toy giant Secret Base from Japan.

gst2 msh 01 Secret Base x Ghostbusters

gst2 msh 02 Secret Base x Ghostbusters

Availible in two different styles via Kinetics Japan.

May 29th, 2009

It went dowwwwwn…

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. ;-)

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I will highlight some things during the next days.

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March 21st, 2009

A Bathing Ape – Bape Roadstas

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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March 9th, 2009

Nigo of A Bathing Ape

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

February 13th, 2009

Hiroshi Fujiwara / honeyee.com

To some people Hiroshi Fujiwara might not be a common name but you wont even imagine how influential he is to the world of fashion and streetwear. He is somewhat the icon or godfather of the Harajuku movement, if you are wearing something by Nike or Levis chances might be that they asked Hiroshi Fujiwara for advice.

Just as an example, most of todays T-Shirts have these little tags on their sleeves. Guess who did it first?

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