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New Balance classic running sneakers the 998 gets the NB1 treatment. Don’t you just hate it, when you’re at a club and another girl has the on the same outfit as you? That’s one of my annoying pet peeves. Now you can create your very own one-off 998 kicks from New Balance.
Disney teams up with VANS for the Disney Collection. A mix of Disney branded footwear, apparel and accessories for the young and old, men and women.
Pokemon fans will enjoy this mini-capsule hat collab collection by BEAMS and New Era. Japanese retailer BEAMS teams up with New Era to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Pokemon with cute and geeky Pikachu Fitted Hat Collection.
Just dropping into clothing racks and shelves now is the Rocksmith Summer 2015 Collection. Music/lifestyle apparel brand Rocksmith’s theme for the summer is future/retro mixing fabrics and using popular colors from sneakers to rep their summer collection. If you’re looking for something to rock this summer like graphic tees, hats and shorts, take a look at Rocksmith.
Hello Kitty meets Homer and Marge. The iconic cartoon TV show The Simpsons collabs with Sanrio in this new 2015 capsule collection. The collection features dresses, graphic tees, crop tees and a poncho for when it rains.
NYC-based Boundless Brooklyn known for it’s cardboard DIY lifeguard towers, water towers and billboard sign kits has teamed up with SoCal apparel brand Outre for the Art on Guard exhibit. The event held at toy art shop/gallery Woot Bear in SF had over 40-plus artists customizing their own Lifeguard Towers.
Another year, another Gap Remix Project.
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The concept is re-interpret the iconic Gap logo and the project takes 11 artists from around the globe into making a fresh graphic tee to rock. The 11 artist involved in this year’s Gap Remix is: No. 223 from Beijing, Candy Bird from Taipei, Chocomoo from Tokyo, Fantasista Utamaro from Tokyo, Jessica Hische from San Francisco, Kyle Pierce from San Francisco, Loic Lavenu from Paris, Maud Vantours from Paris, Neville Brody from London, Pose from Chicago, and Quentin Jones from London.
Are you looking for cool shades this Spring and Summer 2015 to match your outfit? Well, take a look at PUMA Eyewear’s S/S 2015 lineup.
The popular G-Shock watch series by Casio has always been toy accessories for the boys to play with, now a G-Shock S-Series for Women. We girls, finally get G-Shock watches. The G-Shock S-Series features unique styling, colors and most of all, be able to match our wardrobe for the night out on the town.
We just had the Star Wars Celebration this past weekend, now comes the UNIQLO UTGP 2015 Star Wars Collection. The winning Star Wars graphic t-shirts are in! The Global T-Shirt Design Competition 2015 received more than 5,000 entries from around the world.
BAPE aka A Bathing Ape is hitting on all cylinders with their latest collab project – Sesame Street! This is a fun and cute capsule collection for men, women and kids of all ages looking to rock this PBS educational program.
If you find me at a Hot Topic, I’m usually trying to find some of the Funko/Hot Topic Pop Vinyl exclusives. But maybe this time, I will buy some clothes! This has peak my interest and curiosity, as Hot Topic has teamed-up with geeky girls apparel-maker Her Universe for this Marvel Avengers Fashion Collection. I can definitely see myself wearing these outfits.
Looking for a new streetwear brand to rock for this Spring 2015? Check out Ineffable Clothing Company aka ICC. This NYC street/skate clothing brand was started in 2013 by Zach Fryer when he was just in middle school! Yupe, that’s right.
Meet Aiko Chihira. She’s robot made by Toshiba and you will find her working at Mitsukoshi Nihombashi department store in Tokyo. Let’s go shopping!
The Nike x Liberty Summer 2015 Collection is available now. This mini-capsule collection features Liberty’s Merlin shapes and pattern prints. Squares and circles is the rage. The collection features a range of sneakers, hoodies, hats and women’s tees.
Nike Air Rift Liberty; MSRP: $120.00USD
Made In Paradise may sound like a street brand from Hawaii or something, but it’s not! This lifestyle/swimwear brand is straight outta Hong Kong. Made In Paradise was founded in 2013 by childhood friends Maruice Maghnagi and Vishal Sani in HK. They look to make a splash with their “Junk in the Trunk” S/S 2015 collection.
Lifestyle/swimwear brand Made In Paradise is all about fun in the sun and a party attitude with their S/S 2015 theme “Junk in the Trunk.” If you’re that type a person looking for something new and fresh, then you may want to check out this new streetwear label Made In Paradise from Hong Kong.
A kicks fashion leader in Vancouver, Canada? Really? It’s People Footwear! The shoe company claims to offer the best of the best with their own Skylite, Supercush, Ezy-Brzy and Dreamknit technologies.
Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki founded French clothing outfit Maison Kitsuné in 2002 and today is still at the top of their game blending together their “East meets West” sensibilities into the fashion world. If you have a couple hundred bucks to spend on that Spring outfit, then take a look at the “Spring Shake” 2015 mini-capsule collection.
When the stars are rocking ElevenParis jeans, you know it’s HOT. Brice Partouche (April 77) collabs with French retailer ElevenParis on a collection of jeans this year. The “jeans team” took a back to basics approach in creating this denim collection. Prices go for around $100.00USD and up to $150.00USD.
A night on the town, but you need something stylish and trendy, well, take a look at ElevenParis S/S 2015 Lookbook. The theme for this S/S 2015 men and women collection is hipster chic. If you’re the type of person that can’t really rock the wild colors and outlandish patterns of like Jeremy Scott’s Adidas Originals stuff, then you can surely wear some ElevenParis.
Famous clothing designer NIGO models for the Japanese urban apparel maker Human Made for their S/S 2015 collection. The theme for the Human Made S/S 2015 Lookbook is old-school vintage. It has the outdoor vibe, like I’m going to chop some wood and go hunting. The Human Made S/S 2015 collection will drop next month May 2015.
I’ve always like the various selection of graphic tee’s that UNIQLO puts out for men and women. And this year’s UT collection of tee’s features Tin Tin and your Frozen characters make their appearance.
If you’re on somewhat of budget like me for this Spring and looking for a bunch of Spring outfits, then H&M should hit the spot. The H&M Ladies 2015 Spring look is simple and not overly crazy patterns. Prices range from $10.00USD and up to $100.00USD.
On my reading list, the Guess Magazine online for S/S 2015. The mission for this Spring 2015 is finding the right Guess Denim jeans for me to fit in.
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