Bapesta X Kaws. Vintage Kicks.

Bapesta X Kaws have landed at Vintage Kicks. If online is your only bet for Bapesta's Vintagekicks have been doing longer and better than anyone. Check out all 4 pairs of Kaws Bapestas. Don't forget to check out Flight Club if you're in New York. I've heard the prices are fair and they stil have plenty of heat available, soon Flight Club stock will be available online through Vintage Kicks too!

Hanon-Shop. Update.

Hanon will release their newest line of Stussy over the weekend. I have to say that in my opinion this year, Stussy's 25th anniversary, has been of their best yet! They have surprise goodie to come as the year passes too!

Join Hanon's mailing list to be informed when the much awaited Surrender Goretex Jacket is available also. From James Lavelle's latest project, Surrender based in Singapore, comes this highly anticipated Mo-Wax and Unkle inspired Jacket! The Jacket was available for pre-order a few months back and I am surprised there are any left after that oppurtunity but for those of us who slept on the pre-order, we have another chance, don't sleep this time!

Uniqlo - Colette, Maharishi and Staple.

Uniqlo have collaborated with Maharishi, Colette and Staple Design to produce this broad range of mens and womens tee's. Check it out here.

Warehouse Denim.

A Japanese denim company run out of Osaka, they specialise in reproducing state of the art Vintage cuts formerly made by Lee and Levis. Warehouse denim, also own their own label, Double Works. Check out more here.



Warehouse Denim is available at The Grand.

Futura Lab at The Grand.

The Grand, Slam's favourite store, is receiving a large shipment of FL product this week. We'll keep you informed and let you know what they get. Their online store should be up soon, but in the meantime we'll keep you informed and you can email the team there for further info.

Thanks to all those who replied with regard to the futura Pins listed below. They are available in 3 colous Gold, Silver and Black and cost roughly 1100 yen.

Solebox X Delta.

2 of Germany's finest have joined forces to produce a very Limited run of Tee Shirts. Delta has designed 2 styles of shirts for Sneaker store Solebox. The tees wil be released online next week for all to buy, and while they will only retail at 35 euro's a piece, there are only 24 of each colourway available, so get in fast! Check Solebox now for a great selection of Sneakers and clothes including plenty of Supreme Tee's available.

Gimme 5.More.

More of the latest collection from Gimme 5. Thanks to an update from BGHD, including a profile on Stockholm's 'A world Beneath' and the launch of Germany's Stussy Online store.

Nort Billboard Display.

To my understanding this to be a regular project just as the La Brae Undefeated store has made their billboard a piece of art. Nort now have joined them. If I remember correctly, this will take place at all three of Stash's Nort locations and with many artists set to be involved is something to look forward to.



Thanks to Hypebeast for posting the pics.

Mr Cartoon Vans. Update.

Some better pics of the upcoming Vans colaboration with Mr Cartoon. Now all we need is some release information. If anyone knows anything let us know. See RTHQ for an update and more pics of the Vans.

Futura Pin.

Futura Pin. I have no information regarding this at all. But am in the process of finding out, where, when, how etc.. If you know already let me know.



Pics from La MJC.

NB MT580 X Stussy.

The next in the series of Stussy and Real Mad Hectic inspired New Balance MT580's are coming soon. The colourways still haven't been decided upon, in terms of which wil be released and nor has the release date, but more and more pics are leaking onto the internet and other media sources.



Pics from Friday Magazine via Kix-Files.

More Irak Photo's.

Thanks again to Equality of 5th-Dimension.



Irak.

Gimme 5.

The newest range from Gimme 5 has dropped at Hanon-Shop and is currently available for purchase online.

Drooghi and Comfortable Lead.

Drooghi is simply one of the best stores in the UK, based around a great selection of product and brands, from Mhi, Adidas, SSUR, Mighty Healthy to Comfortable Lead. They'll ship anywhere from their online store and are always up on the newest brands out of the UK, and the US. They have a quickstrike account with Nike too so you can be sure to find all those sought after kicks there too! Join their mailing list for regular newsletters. Big things are happening at Drooghi so stay tuned. The guys who run Drooghi stand out to me as real heads, they really know and have a passion for their product. Comfortable Lead is a great example of this, not many store owners out there would have an understanding of what Comfortable Lead has come from.



Comfortable Lead.
Run by Philadelphia based typographer and designer Jeremey Dean, Comfortable Lead exists somewhere between art project and clothing company. Fueled by punk, skateboarding and zines Jeremy spent his design schooling at Temple's Tyler School of Art shunning the computer in favour of tape, scissors, photocopies and press type. From these scraps came a font called Crackhouse, which Jeremy designed to use on school projects to annoy his type teachers. Crackhouse found a home at House Industries and eventually secured him a type designer position with unlimited copier privileges. Jeremy opted for a change of design scenery in 1998, to become a designer, and later art director for Urban Outfitters while also doing work for various indie music labels and punk bands under the name of National Design. Drawing from his years of experience with House Industries and Urban Outfitters, Comfortable Lead was born in late 2003. Currently Jeremy has reunited with former House Industries homeboys and ex-Zoltar the Magnificent prankster, Barnzley to form the clothing brand House33.

For Wholesale queries regarding Comfortable Lead, please contact Twenty04.

Nigo @ Pig Magazine.

We posted this interview a few weeks back using the google translation tool. Pig Magazine have now done an accurate translation and the interview can be read here. Thanks to Beinghunted for the heads up. Updates at BGHD today - check it out.

Nike Air Talaria 'Ginga'.

It's great to see one of my favourite shoes retro'ed, would love to see the Swift Triax from the same season re released too. Check out the Ginga outsole on this Talaria. Pics from Sneakersnstuff. There are more colourways to come this year in the Talaria so stay tuned!

Huge # 13.

As far as Fashion magazines go, there hasn't been something as good as Huge on the market for a while now. If you haven't seen it before, I strongly recommend it.

The latest issue is available at The-Glade.

Beck Be@rbicks.

To celebrate the release of Beck's new album. Medicom have released 50 sets of Beck bearbricks. The figures won't be available for sale, but Sneakerfreaker have a set of 4 to give away. To win, simply answer the following question: What is Beck's surname and middle name and email your answer to Beck@sneakerfreaker.com.

Join your nearest Queue.

The Cinco de Mayo dunk sb, has dropped at all your local spots (in the US). Someone hit me up if they wanna sell me a us11.5 or 12.



Pics courtesy of Hypebeast, Check out their full update on Nike Skateboarding.

Avaialable for purchase online here.

Slam Jam.

One of my favourite stores worldwide! If I was ever to open a store myself I would base it very closely on Slamjam. Check their site regularly as their product moves very fast. They'll ship anywhere in the world and are super friendly and helpful! Their home page features some new NBHD product and a Gravis X Resonate shoe, inside you'll find plenty more Resonate, Bape, Delta, aNYthing, PAM, and much more...infact I can't think of another online resource for RSNT outside of Japan.



Slamjam.

Ark United.

I would be willing to bet my entire sneaker collection that in a few years time Ark United will be the first brand on your wanted list! Ark United's website will be up and running sometime next week and their approach is definately next level stuff. Each tee is designed specifically for it's customer, while up until now it's all been kept in the fam, it's one heck of a fam! Splayers and more are all rocking Ark. Keep an eyeout for the website launch next week and stay tuned for more info and updates regularly here at Slam.





Ark United.

Julian Luk Exhibition(CT)

Thanks to the crew at Crooked Tongues for the heads up. Check out the latest exhibition by Photographer Julian Luk at Size? in Carnaby St - London. Photo's of peoples sneaker collections. If you're in london it certainly sounds like it's worth a visit.

Futura Lab.Update.

Zulu has posted part 2 of his collection here for everyone to view, and Cavey has supplied one of the rarest FL products ever made, as with the Dog Tags he provided earlier this bullet proof vest is another collaboration between FL and Stussy. More to come from both Zulu and Cavey as it comes to hand.



More FL news is that Dpmhi have advised they will have FL clothing available for purchase online within the next week or two.

Nike Dunk SB Pre-Orders.(AU)

If you are in Australia and want to ensure you get a hold of the upcoming Tiffany, Stussy or Gucci dunks. Pre-Orders are available at Mainly Blades.

Atmos NYC - Freshness.

Freshnessmag - continuely bring us great features on all the best stores. Today they have updated with some great photo's of the recently opened Atmos in NYC. Bringing Japan to nyc , in quick sucession with BSW.

Freshnessmag.

Futura Lab.Again.

Thanks to Slyrobeson of 5th-Dimension. Some Japanese stockists of FL. All have good ranges available, not sure if they sip outside of Japan, but there are ways round that and if anything this provides a source to view the range.

Tek-One
Kanful
Climb1999
affranchir

Kostas X Stussy.and FL Update.

Tee Shirt Collaboration. Thanks to Equality at 5th-Dimension. No more info at this stage.




Stussy and Kostas.

Huge FL update at 5th-Dimension. Collections from Zulu and Cavey.

Superstar 35th For Sale.

If you have a spare US$6985.00. Click here.

Wellgosh.

Based out of the UK, Wellgosh's revamped site's now provides one of the worlds best sources of product. They ship worldwide, free within the UK, the site is super customer friendly and so too are the staff. Stockists of stussy, mhi, tonite, recon, subware,adidas, medicom and much more, there's now no need to hunt ebay for products of this nature. The store itself, based in Leicester, England, is a feast of goodies.



Well Gosh

The Brilliance.

The Brilliance is one of Slam's favourite sites. You can pretty much be assured that when you check it, there will be something interesting and new.
This week, they have two new interviews with Designer David Gensler and Wayne of Superfuture. Two interviews that very much take it to the next level.

The Brilliance has been getting a bit of attention of late on sites like Freshnessmag and Beinghuned along with the likes of Slam. Be sure to check no pattern too.

Good Value.

A couple of great shoes available at good prices.

Adidas Leather Half Shells @ Pick your shoes.



Air Max 95 and 97 (Asia exclusives) and Huarache Burst Camo from Kingrux @ Niketalk.

Married to the Mob Interview.

Check out Dopefiend for their latest feature, an interview with the super cool girls from Married to the Mob. Sharon and Leah are bringing it from the Retail Mafia for the girls.

Married to the Mob.

Seamless AF1 Launch.

The launch party for a great looking shoe. One that I personally am holding out for.

Seamless AF1 Launch @ PHLI
Wednesday May 4th, 2005 PHLI
1551 W. Division Ave. Chicago.

Flyer i.
Flyer ii.

Capitol 1524.

Seattle's favourite Sneaker joint is stepping up. A full online store will be up soon, along with some great up and coming product. Check out the site today or the store if yuo're local for a bunch of new nike's that have dropped including Huarache Burst's, AF1's, AM 90's, dunks, Air Force 180's and more.



Upcoming Projects...
LeBron James Chamber of Fear Air Force
2nd Year Anniversary
Stash x Capitol 1524 Press release Via Hypebeast.
New Era x Capitol 1524

Vacant Interview (Gureala).

Gureala is a great site, with even better interviews. The boys update regularly with some big interviews and this week is no exception. Read their interview with Vacant here. It's a great interview to get as there are alot of unanswered questions about Vacant and the way it works. Gureala is well worth checking on a regular basis!

Marc Jacobs Fortune Cards.

Available at Colette in Paris.

5th-Dimension. Round Up.

A few great posts on 5th-Dimension today.

Pics of the Nike-ID campaign in Times Square NYC. and the article from the NY Times.



More tees from Futura Laboratories.

Guide to Reselling.Part IV.

Buying in Bulk.

To keep your prices reasonable in order to compete in a tough market place. It pays to buy in bulk for a number of reasons, retailer might be inclined to give you a discount for buying their full stock of SB's or, keeping your sale price low will mean to make a reasonable profit it pays to sell more product.
Do you remember the days when if folks bought 2 pairs of shoes, they would ask for a discount, those days are gone, just try asking for a discount on your measly 2 pairs, when the guy behind who has a forklift carrying 500 shoe boxes.

There are some small problems with this method. Many sneaker boutiques inparticular limit the amount of a particular shoe one person can buy, in a weak attempt to stop you making a living. There are 2 methods to avoid this, firstly, bring along all your friends and family to help you purchase, between all your friends from graphic design school and your extended family you should be able to get a full size range at the very least, secondly, once you have got to the front of the queue and made your purchase, put your goods away in your car(sneaker carrier) and re join the queue. To avoid being recognised by the staff, I suggest you wear sb's, camo shorts, a supreme tee and box cap to blend into the crowd.

Reseller of the Week: This genious purchased 11 bozes of Stand up, Speak up baller bands to sell in Hong Kong! Great Work!

Disclaimer: Please remember the Guide to Reselling is in no way condoned by Slam.

The Hyde.

Online magazine The Hyde has launched issue 3. Check it out.

hTm Court Force.Pic Update.

Some great pics of the new hTm Court Force from Kenlu.
If anyone has some stable information regarding release dates outside of Japan, drop me an email.

One of One. (LA).

Onpro-Kendo-Undftd presents
"ONE OF ONE"
with DJ-AM .Thursday May 5th.
Premiering at Hollywoods newest venue "MOOD" at 6623 Hollywood Blvd. Gate opens at 9pm.

35th Adidas Superstar Raffle.

My Australian Correspondent has just advised me Dakota in Melbourne, has a pair of the 35th Superstar on display and due to be raffled off to someone very lucky. Its a private raffle and not associated with the Adidas raffles. The shoe was given to the owner of the store by Adidas. I really hope that there is police supervision at the raffle, cause I know that if those shoes were mine, I wouldn't be giving them away that easy!

NY Flight Club.

If you haven't been to Japan before and seen these types of Sneaker stores, shrink wrapped heat from floor to ceiling, so many shoes there is barely room to move, you've been missing out. But now NYC has it's own, Flight Club. We'll update you with more info as it comes to hand. Freshnessmag has a great feature with plenty of pics, which pretty much speak for themselves! Forget Sneaker Boutiques, this is the future!



Flight Club.

Bapesta X Kaws. Pic Update.

Finally some good pictures of the upcoming Kaws Bapesta's have been uncoverered. LAMJC is a great site with regular good info, and good music. Pics Via 5th-Dimension.

Kix-Files. Rock your Kix.

Kix-Files have relaunched their news site, Rock your Kix. There is some great info there! An english translated feature on the upcoming Mexico Dunk Low SB, and a very useful release schedule in a super friendly calender format.

Sugar Cane Denim.

Sugar Cane denim is regarded by many as the worlds premium denim brand. Authentic replica cuts of 1947xx levis and more, made on the best machines, with the best fabrics, the best milling, simply the best. Sugar cane is available at The Grand.



Translated Sugar Cane website. (En.)

Acronym Tees.

I can't get enough of Acronym Jackets. Acronym is definately the best new brand to come about for a long time. They've been doping tee's for a while now, but the've taken it to the next level now with designs from Stash and Nesm on their latest Premium line of tees. Acronym only ever produce limited numbers of all their products and these tee's are no exception. Available for purchase online at The Glade.





The Glade.
Acronym.
Subnet Mask.

The Hundreds.

As we are all aware there are an abundance of independent t-shirt labels popping up all around the world at the moment. Many of which don't really ever get of the ground or if they do don't last long. Th Hundreds is not one of those. The Hundreds has gone from strength to Strength, through it's strong network, it's professional set up, and the fact the The Hundreds are nice guys with their heads screwed on tight really makes a difference. Currently The Hundreds clothing is carried in all the best stores, with a stockist list that anyone would be proud of..but whats in store for the future? Slam spoke to Bobby Hundreds...

"We do have some big things on the horizon. Mainly, in several weeks, we will be debuting our Summer line. Probably around the end of May or beginning of June. We also have some collabos in the works with Married to the Mob, Being Hunted, and In4mation. We've just launched our skate team, and have 3 solid high-school-aged kids under our belt. In a week or 2, we will be releasing an article on Rick Klotz from Fresh Jive in our Chronicles section of the website - and he will go in full detail about the lawsuit with him and Stussy. There's actually a lot more that we're working on over the next year but I can't say a word.. we have 2 projects lined up that are just gonna blow heads in the streetwear department! but I'll let you know months down the road.."



The Hundreds is available at Union NY and LA, In4mation, Drooghi, 852, Huf, Grey One, Colette, and Livestock. As well as online at The Hundreds.com.



Stay tuned as we'll update you on all The Hundreds progress, Check their site too for updates and of course their fabulous Chronicles for great stories!

The Hundreds.

Mr Cartoon AF1 availability.

For those that weren't able to purchase a pair in store over the weekend.

Bangin-Kicks and Proper both have stock at reasonable prices and will ship worldwide.