BMW Art Car Exhibition “Transparent Speed”

As the Mori Arts Center Gallery plays host to the latest BMW Art Car Exhibition in Tokyo, architect Jun Aoki brings forth his own interpretations to create an installation titled “Transparent Speed”. Based on anb”idea to have cars floating high up in the sky”, Aoki wanted the designs to revolve around the understanding and experiencing of speed without the usual precursors such as movement and resistance. The ultimate goal was to convey these feelings of air moving within the gallery space. To achieve this effect, 10,000 transparent polycarbonate pipes filled the gallery as they were strung from different heights from the ceiling. Other effects included lighting to re-create a sense of speed alongside the feeling of wind resistance from the pipes. The BMW Art Car Exhibition itself has featured some of the world’s most well-known artists as they feature their creativity on BMWs as their canvas. The project has featured celebrity artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and David Hockney.

New Proper New Era Caps

Proper has come out with a new series of New Era caps. Coming in a variety of colors,in classic canvas, the caps feature the Proper "P" logo on the front panels. The caps are now available.

Norse Project 5-Panel Caps

Copenhagen's Norse Projects have released their latest, 5-panel caps. There are three graphic influences in this release being the Bauhaus, traditional african prints, and wood camo. Each of the prints bring something new to the collection which is always nice.

Fragment Design x Kangol "Galaxy" Hats

Fragment Design has gotten together with Kangol to work yet on another model of the heritage hat brand. This time they chose the Galaxy hat and it comes in overall four colorways and the usual Kangol and Fragment logo embroidery, as well as Fragment logo embossed on the metal pin on the inside.

Expect a release soon in the Honeyee Store.

Krunk Presents Futura "Stategic Synchronicity"

Open for just four days, Futura's Strategic Synchronicity exhibition marks the artists first solo showing in Los Angeles. Presented by Krunk, it includes an entirely new body of work and showcases some innovative material uses (like aluminum canvas stretchers). From September 18 to the 21, fans and collectors alike will be able to check out the work, and some will be lucky enough to take it home. Location is, for now, top secret. But, one hint is that it will be in Downtown LA.


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Nike Free Court Trail Mid And Low

You saw the first images of the new Nike Free Court Trail hybrid sneaker a couple of months ago. Now they have finally released in a mid and a low version. Both come in two colorways, feature a Court Force upper and the Nike Free sole.

Mita has all four styles in stock now.

September New Eras from Upper Playground

This month’s Upper Playground New Era 59FIFTY collection includes designs from Jeremy Fish and Denis Kennedy. Each hat retails for $45. You can find them at UP stores and online. Your Fall wardrobe is incomplete without these fitted caps.

New Era by Jeremy Fish
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UP Sports New Era by Denis Kennedy
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Stock New Era
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Elitist Society has taken an unexpected vacation, as some of you may have noticed. We should be back up and running on the 4th. We are truly sorry for this break, but we hope to see you back on Thursday. Take care and have some fun!

"Awful | Homesick" Alex Pardee

Illustrator Alex Pardee will be signing his new skate deck and advance copies of his book titled “Awful | Homesick" on Sun., September 7, 2008 at Upper Playground’s flagship store in San Francisco. Alex Pardee’s unique artistic style draws upon influences ranging from horror films to graffiti. His work has been described as representing a circus sideshow cemetery, combining random shapes and colors with torment and absurdity.

For more information on Alex Pardee, please visit Here.

Date/Time:
Sunday, September 7, 2008 from 2–4 pm

Address:
Upper Playground
220 Fillmore St. (at Haight St.)
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-861-1960

Book (available online soon)

Skate deck (available online NOW)

Supreme Fall/Winter 2008 - Everlast Boxing Gloves And Backpack

Supreme is releasing some new ideas for their Fall/Winter collection this year. They have been collaborating with some unexpected partners, which ups the intrigue factor. Supreme and Everlast produced boxing gloves as well as a boxing glove key chain for this collection. Also, here you can see one of the new backpacks that is included this year. It's strong red colorway, box logo tag, nice leather details, and the Supreme box logo embossment really makes this backpack something to look out for especially as the semester starts.

Stussy x Neighborhood Boneyards | Bandit Sunglasses

We have seen some great pieces come from the Stussy x Neighborhood Boneyards collection so far, and now we have another. Here are the Boneyards Bandit sunglasses which also come in a custom Boneyards box and pouch.

These glasses go for 150 USD and are now available at Stussy Direct.

Nike Air Force 1 "Closing Ceremonies"

This weekend will bring the close of the Beijing Olympics. In celebration to this, Nike will have another release: the Nike Air Force 1 "Closing Ceremonies". The sneaker comes in gold and features a laser etched graphic over the upper. It will be released in a special 080808 box and will hit August 25th.

Stussy Fall Collection 2008

The official release of the Stussy Fall 2008 collection has finally hit. Along with high profile collaborations, the brand also presents solid main line collections which come at great prices.
One of the main artists featured in this collection is Delta who has created many new pieces for this line including tees, caps, accessories, and jackets.

These are all now available at Stussydirect.

Bape Shark Beanie

For years, the Bape Shark hoodie has been one of the hardest-to-get peices of the whole bape collection. For this Fall/Winter collection, Bape presents the Shark beanie, a fun interpretation of the original design.

For all you bape fans, look no further because the beanie is now available in a variety of colourways at Bape stores worldwide.

Suburban Bliss Fall 2008

Born in the English suburbs, raised in California, the ideas behind Suburban Bliss come from nature, art, music and friendship. As an independent clothing company based in London, the company holds strongly to the notion that their must be fight against increasing control. The Fall 2008 line shows that. Sometimes its subtle, like in the very brilliant Elephant and Castle. Sometimes, you'll get it right away. Other times, the graphics sweep you up in a flight of fancy. At all moments, Suburban Bliss offers unique images on 100% cotton British tee-shirts.

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Amulet Of The Bloody Goblin

Mishka is adding to their Amulet Of The Blood Goblin sub-line with their new line-up of tees. Inspiration for this line came from decades of the ghouls and the grotesque art in power of the 80's skate culture. Goblin revives this lost art of monsters and macabre. Hand-drawn is known of Goblin and the final presentation holds that un-polished aesthetic which can be found in the decades of the horror art.

Gbolin has dropped 5 new styles of tees and 4 carry-over shirts from the last season presentation, but coming in different colours. You can find these available exclusively online at Krudmart and Mishkanyc.

Staple "Thinking" New Era Caps

Staple has released a set of New Era caps. "Thinking" caps, as they are called, feature a bold 3D embroidered front and comes in 3 colourways overall.

These are available at the Honeyee Store.

Kaws "Saturated" Exhibition At Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

With much anticipation artist Kaws is entering the gallery circus again this fall, after taking a break for a couple of years. There will be two solo shows by the artist coming up in the near future, the first being his "Saturated" exhibition at the Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery in Miami.

The exhibition will run from September 20th until November 15th.

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
194, NW 30th Street
FL 33127 Miami

Alejandro Ingelmo Hi Top Sneakers

New York based designer, Alejandro Ingelmo, has made quite a name for himself ever since introducing his metallic sneakers.

Here is the latest line-up of his iconic Hi Top sneaker. The shoe features a lace up fastening with a Velcro strap at the ankle and perforations at the quarter and toe.

Oki-ni now become one of the very few stockists of the line and got them in in overall four colorways.

Tisa Fall/Winter 2008 | Hood Love Collection

As part of the Tisa F/W 2008 collection, here we present you with part of the Hood Love collection that will be siding the F/W. This collection consists of hats as well as color coordinating four finger rings that are moulded plastic and also the first in jewelery design from Tisa.