Slam X Hype: 2005-05-15

Saturday, May 21, 2005

Mr Shoe. Feature in English.

Kix-Files have updated their great feature on the Michael Lau X Nike Mr Shoe event in English. Along with pics of all 100 shoes and of the tee's released at the event! Truly looks amazing and great to see the Margiela figure, I know that I for one will be hard on the search for that pair! Along with many others!

Check the Kix-Files feature NOW!

Cazal Eyewear.

So it's coming up to summer in the northern hemisphere? or you just need new sunglasses? I know I do and so I just thought I would throw my thoughts your way. I am a big sunglasses fan, been into them for years, but of late, I have realised for quality and design you just can't beat Cazal.

Maybe my interests stems from my days in the fashion industry, where even in the darkest of rooms, sunglasses were a neccesity? But it does bring me back to a regular topic with friends, and that is his culture ain't just about the kicks, WDYWT threads, are more often than not a disgrace and remember peeps, if you're into kicks to look good, your feet aren't the only thing to worry about...

13th Witness in Motion.

check it out here, and if you don't know what I'm talking about - where have you been? 13th Witness!

Opium - Reinvented!

The new store opens Saturday May 21 - 2 parts : Old school vs new school.
One is the most incredible Nike Museum of the world.
The other one is dedicated to rare new school sneakers : priority program, quickstricke, hyperstrike etc....

For more go to LaMJC.

Stussy + PAM. Hanon-Shop.

News of an upcoming collaboration t-shirt by Stussy and London based House crew Faith, Strictly limited edition and available only in the UK. Coming soon to Hanon.

New Pics of the upcoming Stussy Dunk SB have appeared thanks to Caliroots. Nike are going to run out of shades of Pink soon!

The latest range from Perks and Mini is now available at Hanon. Check it out!

Fatlace Dunk.

I don't know if anyone else remembers the first Fatlace dunk and the sample mcfetridge dunk from a year or 2 back, but they were both amazing and Fatlace has done it again with this pair. Pics courtesy of 5th-Dimension. More pics at Overstand and Hypebeast.

Wellgosh.Update.400% in stock.

Reminder: Wellgosh have updated their site with the all new 400% pointman in Pink. You can pre order it here for 69 pounds.

And with all the New Era caps dropping lately, subware, undftd, supreme, dqm, how did we miss this: Recon new era!

Drooghi.Update.25% off Mhi.

With the success of their 5 pound off Gimme 5 promotion, Drooghi this week announce 25% off all Mhi. It's all new stock and plenty of sizes. Check it out.

FC'S = Dunk Hype?

Are FC's becoming the new dunk? I asmit I really like fc's, the os gemeos series, the noodles, the fret click ones, and many more, but...check out this auction!

Thanks to Teejayess for pointing this out.

Friday, May 20, 2005

Oki-Ni Jewellery.

Thanks to bjp1979 of Crooked Tongues. More sneaker jewellery.

1. In collaboration with up and coming jewellery designer Caroline Smith, oki-ni has created an exclusive range of trainer accessories. Fusing together Carolines love of sport, fashion and jewellery, Trainer Treats are exclusive to oki-ni. These contemporary pieces can be styled individually, to accessorize and compliment any shoe or trainer. Two solid sterling silver lace tags are attached together using three chains: diamond cut trace chain, diamond cut curb chain and a barrel chain. One lace tag is branded with the oki-ni logo. This versatile piece can be worn either on the front or side as pictured.

2. The solid sterling silver diamond cut curb chain features an oval attachment at either end, for the laces to go through. This versatile piece is worn either on the front or side and features an oki-ni branded nametag.

3. Swarovski's flawless brilliant cut crystals are set in a sterling silver base creating this startling lace tag.

Oki Ni

aNYthing. New.

The newest range from aNYthing is out now. A-Ron has been heading up one of the greatest tee shirt labels for years now and this year it just gets better! The below shirt, a play off of the New York Post, is, if anything, an amazing example of t-shirt screenprinting at it's best: the entire shirt is screened with full bleeds from the front to the back and all the sleeves, and the plaid pattern is actually prints of newspaper articles. If you look real close, you can see that dudes shouted out their crew in the articles: i.e. Pricele$$, OxyCottontail, Eric Adorn, etc.

Thanks to Kicks Hawaii for the pics and news.

Splay - aNYthing
13th Witness - aNYthing

Michael Lau - Mr Shoe @ Dpmhi.

More info here.

Quote of the Day.

"IN 2005 KAWS BECAME HELLO KITTY, I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY LUNCH BOX..." - Sanrio @ Splay.

But seriously though, good on you Kaws for making some dough out of your talents - keep up the great work and can't wait for those Chompers! I have to admit though, Bape has milked the kaws things massively, i can't remember the last time I saw so many items come out of One collection!

The Wars.

Stay tuned for more information as it comes to hand of another label doing big tings out of Norway. Just remember you heard it here first cause it's guaranteed that things are on the up for The Wars. Each T-shirt is limited to 99 each, divided on colorways and sizes. The Wars also have limited edition hooded zipped sweaters on the way too.

We'll keep you posted!

Mr Shoe. Launch.

Freshness Mag has provided some great images of the launch of Michael Lau's Mr Shoe Exhibition. This is one toy, I am in desperate need of. Click Here. One of the greatest Nike collaborated art works ever!And some of Michael Lau's best work yet, the detail is astonishing!

Is it an Air Raid?

No! It's the new Air Jaq. Report from Crooked Tongues.
Is the Nike Air Jaq a remixed version of the Air Raid? Or is it Tinker Hatfield's original design before its name was changed from the Air Jack to the Air Raid? Whatever the story is, are they needed right now? September is the rumoured release date.

Check out the news section too for images of the upcoming Free 4.0 and Free Off road, and the new Fleit footwear.

Invisible:Man. The Grand.

The Grand is gradually acquiring one of the best stock lists you'll ever see. With FL stock in store now, Visvim on it's way next month, they can now announce Invisible:Man will be available next month too. If this wasn't enough, check out the latest w)taps and sk8 thing tee's from Scarcastic.

Vintage Heads. Soleseek.

For those seeking Vintage and Deadstock kicks, Obscure finds from old. Check out Soleseek. Looks like a very professional set up, site looks nice too. Good luck guys!

Devilock. New Season.

Thanks to A Silent Flute. Images of the latest t-shirt collection from Devilock.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Super Ape Skate. Staff Version.

I wonder if anyone has any information about these. This is a very rare shoe. Just 100 made and very hard to get hold of given where they were distributed. A great shoe though, the rainbow snakeskin is amazing and the shoe itself is very underated. What I am curious about however is this - for a long time I didn't see any on the market place, but all of a sudden over the last few weeks I have witnessed numerous pairs pop up on ebay, and in other trading forums and online stores, and this week alone I have been offered different pairs in my size by very reputable sellers. The pairs I have seen certainly don't appear to be fake, but does anyone have an secret info about a stash of them that have just been released somehow or a drop of b-grades or... I am very interested to know as are many others out there. Email me.

Stussy X Birkenstock.

Stussy did promise us some more surprises throughout their 25th anniversary year. Using some of the very first Stussy prints created by Shawn Stussy, these Birkenstocks have been released in very limited numbers. Thanks to Beinghunted.

1 June 05.

The 1st of June is not that far away now.. so incase you had forgotten, a gentle reminder from Slam! not to sleep!

Nike Samples.

The final two colourways dropped last night at SP1 and Carhartt / Dakota in Melbourne. Here are some sample pics from SP1. Clear pics of the Mita Dunk Hi's in both colourways and more.

More pics to come and if anyone wants larger images - don't hesitate to let me know.

Neckface @ DPMHI.More Pics.

Thanks to Dopefiend for more pics of the Neckface event at Dpmhi in London last week. Dopefiends visual section is definately worth viewing - it's updated regularly and has some great images.

Futura X Levis Japan.

Incase you hadn't seen this Jacket before. Here it is.The highest quality vintage big E Levis Jacket.

Vintage Bape X Futura.

For most peeps living outside of Japan, London or NYC, anywhere where Bape is hard to come by. Ebay is pretty much your best bet, there are of course some resellers sites that are a great source aswell, but more often than not you'll end up on ebay for one reason or another. As far as finding Futura Lab product at this stage, the search is even harder. Most people wo have bought Bape product from ebay are familiar with Pondon, the largest source of Bapesta's and other new Bape goodies, always a constant supply of sizes and new stock. But as most of us know, things in terms of Bape have changed, think back to before Pharrel and before Futura Lab and the Collaborations between Futura and Bape, the tee's or the Military shirts. A Bathing Ape Mania Shop.

LMAC. Introduction.

The Retail Yakuza consists of :
LMAC(Singapore) - Creators
MCA Evildesign(USA)
John Burgerman(UK)
Tado(UK)
Jeremyville(AUS)
Punter(UK)

The Punter Yakuza character is the final in the line up and will be dropping in on Monday! Official Tee designs will be dropping by after the LMAC world tour in around August produced by LMAC for the Retail Yakuza line-up, so far a very limited Punter version will be droping around June/July only available through Vacant.

Physical lmac boutique to be opened very soon at Far East. Stay tuned for more info as it comes to hand, check out their online boutique for pre-orders and more. Keep watching as the World Tour is about to begin..

LMAC.

Debape.

Thanks to Equality of 5th-Dimension for bring this to our attention. It's definately worth a read and I can see some good discussion coming from this at 5th-Dimension. What do you guys think?