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

January 13th, 2010

Sneaker News: Kixclusive Store & DJ AM Dunk x DJ Premier AF1 @ hhv.

Just saw this video by SneakGeekZ of the new and first Kixclusive Store in SoHo, New York. Looks really nice and contains some incredible kicks. Definitely a spot to put on my NYC to-visit-list: 288 Mulberry Street (E. Houston) NY, NY 10012.

P.S.: They even have some BAPE stuff listed in their online store.

In other sneaker related news, German mailorder and record store hhv drops the NIKE Rivalry Pack consisting of the NIKE x DJ AM Dunk High Premium and the NIKE x DJ Premier Air Force 1 Low Premium instore this Friday, Jan 15th, at noon: Revaler Straße 9, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain

At around 5pm you should check their online store for what’s still left, if you are interested.

Does anybody know of other releases of those sneakers in Germany???

(UPDATE – 17:20: Overkill Shop in Berlin will get the DJ AM Dunk “within the next days”.)

And since I began this post with SoHo, New York, I’m gonna end this post with SoHo New York. Here’s itsbongoboy‘s video from the pre sale of the pack at NIKE SB’s 21 Mercer Street store. Had to laugh out lout on two intances.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

(via: hhv selected store/pics via: SneakerNews)

 

June 16th, 2009

NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

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…

aa shirt 02 1024x768 NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

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.

bape shirt 01 1024x768 NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

bape shirt 02 1024x768 NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

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 combo 02 768x1024 NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

uniqlo shirt 02 768x1024 NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

uniqlo shirt 03 1024x768 NYC Shopping: American Apparel, BAPE, UNIQLO.

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.

 

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