King Stampede Umbrellas | Let It Come Down

Just recently we gave you a look at the upcoming King Stampede x SHUT NYC skateboard decks . Here is something new and useful. King Stampede introduces their own umbrellas under the tag line "Let It Come Down". The NYC brand offers right from the start 3 designs.

Over time we have seen many accessories from brands, but an umbrella not so far. The designs are really nice as well and who says that an umbrella does not need to be looking good. So far no word on a release date.

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A Bathing Ape Denim Bapesta

New from the Japanese brand, A Bathing Ape, comes a series of three new denim Bapesta sneakers. Utilizing denim and a stripe pattern, these new Bapestas also feature the Ape logo as well as a rope "A Bathing Ape" logo on the back of the shoe. The sneakers come in three colorways and are perfect Summer shoes. Available now at Cliffedge.

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Ludwig Summer '08 Cut & Sew Collection

We gave you a first look at Ludwig a while back when their Spring/Summer '08 collection landed in stores. Here we show you some alternative styles out of their lookbook, consisting of only cut & sew.

The brand is taking a step away from the bright flashy direction of streetwear and offering a cleaner more sophisticated option in mens clothing. With focus on fit as well as fabric, they are attempting to help you find that piece of clothing you could feel comfortable wearing everyday. Before looking at their clothing we can already support the approach. But the clothing is also on par with the philosophy behind the brand. Nothing too crazy, at the same time the details make all the difference. If you take a close look, you will find a twist in every piece, which at first might look the same as every other brand out there. It's always fun finding new interesting characteristics about clothing along the way.

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Transworld Brain Floss x Benny Gold New Era Caps

Introduced in the 90s as an extension of the “Skate And Create” theme of Transworld SKATEboarding magazine, the monthly Brain Floss feature focused on the artistic talents of skateboarders off their boards. In 2008, the Brain Floss has awoken from its five-year hibernation, and with the help of New Era Cap Company, the artists are being given their choice of hat silhouettes to do as they please—the outcome being a limited run of caps for fans of TWS, New Era, and the featured artist/skateboarder. Number one in a series of six artists is San Francisco’s Benny Gold who chose the classic 59FIFTY and actually did two versions—a black and orange San Francisco version to represent his home, and a brown and gold version to represent San Diego, the home of TWS.

Fitted Hawaii has a limited amount of both styles that Benny Gold created in stock now.

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Levi's Fenom White Deco & Cropped Pink Lame Stitched Denim

Fresh up to bat from Levi's Fenom for the 2008 summer collection are the White Deco and Cropped Pink Lame Stitch. Both instances of the denim feature light weight denim which becomes beneficial as we enter the summer months. The White Deco comes in three cuts, the 207, 505 and 360. Available now at select Levi's Fenom dealers.

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Kanye West x Casio G-Shock 25th Anniversary

On Wednesday, New York was the setting for the American celebrations of Casio G-Shock's 25th anniversary. Among the headliners were the likes of Spike Lee and Kanye West as he ripped the roof off the place with a crazy performance complete with topless astronauts. As part of the celebration, legendary artist Eric Haze put his creativity to work creating a special box set including watch and t-shirt.

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XLarge 2008 Summer Collection

XLarge Japan has fashioned an extensive photo shoot featuring their 2008 summer collection. With their primate theme inspired largely in part by workwear label Ben Davis, this concept has reached new heights in their 2008 summer collection as a primate stars at the center of this lookbook.

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Levi's Nevada 501 Denim

For the upcoming launch of Japan's all new Levi's E-Shop set to debut on May 15th, the world's most popular denim brand has sought to create a special limited edition Nevada 501 jean. The denim embodies many of the same characteristics of the original 501 including the addition of leather suspenders. The limited run of 150 pairs will be available in conjunction with the launch of e-levi.jp on May 15th.

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Nike AF1 1World "Pedro Winter"

We give you a first look at the Nike Air Force 1 1World "Pedro Winter". The man behind this sneaker might be better known to most of you as Busy P from the french record label Headbanger. As vibrant as their videos are, is this show that they created.

In this picture you see the "Pedro Winter" shoe, which is the right shoe. The left shoe is designed by So_Me and in fact the shoes are having a conversation, when looking at the graphics. Another highlight is the rainbow sole.

More pictures and information, once we get closer to the release.

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Stussy x Futura Destiny Atomic Rings Collection

We have already presented you a variety of pieces from the Stussy x Futura Destiny collection this season. The artist created skulls and other graphic for the line and now one of his most prominent and recogninzed graphics have also made it ontosome pieces - the Atomic Rings. Pics via Stussy Japan.

A Raglan t-shirt and shorts are now available, both in a variety of colorways, featuring the Atomic Rings.

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Insa Extrabold Exhibition

Insa has posted up a look into the latest exhibition at Luxembourg's Extrabold. In addition to Insa's trademark high heel customs and sexually charged pieces, other graphical designs are on hand as well. More can be seen after the jump.

GAP Artist Edition T-Shirts - Jeff Koons/Barbara Kruger/Chuck Close & More

Building on its long history of supporting the arts, today Gap introduced Artist Editions T-Shirts, a limited edition collection of t-shirts designed by 13 of today’s most influential contemporary artists, including Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter, Kiki Smith, Cai Guo-Qiang, Barbara Kruger, Ashley Bickerton, Kenny Scharf, Glenn Ligon, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Kerry James Marshall, Hanna Liden and Sarah Sze.

Gap worked in close partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art and Art Production Fund to create the collection with the 13 artists, who are all previous Whitney Biennial participants. The Whitney Biennial is a special exhibition held every two years at the Whitney Museum of American Art that features the most important contemporary art in the United States. Gap is a proud sponsor of the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

The limited edition collection is available exclusively at select Gap stores in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and franchise markets, as well as online in the U.S. at gap.com. It’s also available at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and at Colette, a Paris-based boutique. The t-shirts range in price from $28 to $38.

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Brooks Limited Edition Swallow For NYC Bicycle Film Festival

Brooks England announces collaboration with the New York City Bicycle Film Festival with the release of a limited edition Swallow. Only one hundred special Swallow models, manufactured with British racing green leather and each bearing an authentic serial number of authenticity, will be available to the public. Proceeds from sales will benefit the 8th annual Bicycle Film Festival which runs from May 28th through June 1st.

BFF Limited Edition Green Swallow features the original steel metalwork and bares a tensioning plate on the underside of the saddle which still features the original patenting information. The Swallow retains the word DEPOSÉ, meaning REGISTERED in French, on its tensioning plate. This was added, originally, as many of the saddles were exported to the continent for the use of racers and tourers alike.

The first Swallow was patented on August 20th 1936, a time when all Tour de France riders used Brooks saddles. Legends such as Girardengo, Bottecchia, Bartali, Coppi and Anquetil all rode Brooks saddles to victory and the coveted yellow jersey. Back then the arrival of the handcrafted Swallow was heralded as revolutionary as it was the first 'cut away' saddle design, giving greater freedom of leg movement to the sportive cyclist.

The 100 BFF Limited Edition Green Swallows retail for 250 $ and are sold exclusively in cooperation with the BFF in NY during the festival.

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Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert x Twelve Bar T-shirt

With the unfortunate circumstances having taken place in Darfur, the Mighty Mic group has taken it upon themselves to create a campaign surrounding the Darfur Genocide. For the upcoming Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert later this month, Twelve Bar and their "It's All Love" approach to their trade were chosen to create a commemorative t-shirt for the event with 100% of all proceeds donated to mobile clinics set up in refugee camps for Darfurian refugees. The t-shirt features Twelve Bar's iconic heart logo with pictures of Darfurian children seen inside. Mighty Mic represents a 9-day event which will take place at UCLA within the Westwood Campus. The event will be further filled with Genocide Awareness Week and a concert. The group itself was created on the basis of providing social justice and human rights. This year's concert artists include Ok Go, Zion I, rock & Roll and Rhymefest while the t-shirts will be available for sale exclusively at the concert and through Mighty Mic. For any inquiries please contact mightymicconcert@gmail.com.

RIM Blackberry Bold

The latest Crackberry to join the family was recently unveiled. Among the leaders in PDA phones, the code named 9000 was officially bestowed the some what cheesy name Bold. Nomenclature aside, the Blackberry Bold enjoys a well deserved upgrade as the first major BB release in two years. The aesthetics are relatively the same, keeping that distinct BB look stressing what most business users will confirm, usability. The development of a new software platform goes hand in hand with the obvious hardware improvements such as HSPDA, Wifi, 625MHz CPU, 1GB internal flash memory and expandable storage up to 16 GB. While unsure of how many people defected from Blackberry to the iPhone, for those looking to return to the goodness of a solid keyboard, a new king has emerged.

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Foreign Family Pop-Up Gallery & Summer '08 Preview

Foreign Family has hosted their Pop-Up Gallery this past weekend in K-Town, showing works by Mr. 44 and Johnny Punishment. They also used the occasion to givepeople a preview of their upcoming Summer '08 collection, which consists of mostly t-shirts as well as fitted caps. Thanks to The Hundreds we can give you a look at the event and the collection.

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A.IN.T 2008 Spring/Summer Collection

Paying homage to imagery originally seen within the pages of a Keith Haring book, A.IN.T embodies a theme of Art in Transit. The name references the transitive qualities of art, something they feel represents their brand. With Maharishi at the production helm, A.IN.T has set forth to reinterpret the t-shirt by ways of incorporating their British roots and large graphics and carefully chosen colorways. Look for A.IN.T at fifteen of the top doors in the UK including London's DPMHI Store.

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Nexus VII 2008 Spring/Summer Collection

With a knack for high end design and products, Nexus VII has upheld a strong brand identity and direction season to season as well as handling aspects of the Original Fake collection. Their latest range of products can be seen here ranging from t-shirts and hats to two Porter collaboration bags utilizing special models rarely seen. Available now at Sold Out.

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Levi's FLU 2008 Spring/Summer Collection

As we slowly approach the months of Summer, brands are starting to release their items made for the warmer weather. This includes the Japanese exclusive line, Levi's FLU, which recently showcased their latest 2008 Spring/Summer collection on the site, Honeyee. The latest products which remain sporty but fashionable includes Polos, Shirts, Tees, CoolMax Denim Shorts as well as a couple pair of Denim Jeans. If you can read Japanese, you can head over to Honeyee to read the interview with the creative directors behind Levi's FLU, Takihiro Okazawa (CYCLE, CLS) and Ewan Rey (Playford).

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Bape x Recon Pillows

Back in 2002, Stash was invited to the "Tools of the Trade" art exhibition which took place at the Bape Gallery. At that time, these Bape x Recon Spray Can pillows were created for that event and was much sought after. Now, six years later, Recon has re-released these pillows in three colors. Standing at 30 inches in length and 10 inches in diameter, these pillows are now available at the Recon store.

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