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Brand: BAPE Model: SK8 STA Release Date: Available now Price: $315 Buy: Online at BAPE Editor’s Notes: BAPE has never truly gone away – of course not, because how could it? Truly a staple of streetwear, a legacy brand, a hall of fame frontrunner. That being said, the last couple of years have seen a serious […]

Hajime Sorayama stays busy! In what feels like mere moments after celebrating The Weeknd’s Echoes of Silence, BAPE is getting a head-to-toe “Sexy Robot” treatment.  You’ve got to admire the work rate of Sorayama; the artist has kept his finger on the trigger throughout the year, delivering some of the industry’s most fun collaborations, knowing no boundaries […]

Mastermind and A BATHING APE is a duo we’ve become accustomed to, but definitely not tired of. Following on from their much-praised three-way collab with Dr. Martens this summer, the two have come together again for Fall/Winter 2021 with an offer run the gamut from hoodies to jeans to bucket hats. Featured prominently across the collection are, of course, mastermind’s iconic […]

Canada Goose is winter-ready with a three-way collaboration alongside BAPE and Concepts, offering up a series of outerwear that isn’t quite military-spec camouflage.   Successful branding, in my opinion, is not only being recognizable; but a name being synonymous with quality and performance or knowing what attributes it will offer. This feels particularly true to A Bathing Ape, […]

Brand: BAPE Model: STA MI Release Date: October 29 Price:￥23,100 (approx. $200) Buy: Online at BAPE Editor’s Notes: Remember the BAPE STA? Of course, you do. More than just a sneaker, the somewhat controversial silhouette is a cultural icon – a moment; encapsulating the nostalgia of an era passed. Coveted by celebrities and fans the […]

Camo season is back in a big way thanks to BAPE x Barbour. In the past, we’ve argued that the classic Barbour jacket is the ultimate investment piece and we stand by that. Whether you’re keeping it all the way OG, tapping into Supreme, or the recently launched, two-is-better-than-one C.P. Company collaboration, Barbour is British […]

Now that collaborations have no limits whatsoever — think Fendace, Gucciaga, Ben & Jerry’s x Nike, etc. — anything can happen. One of the less unlikely developments in the world of collaborations, though, was when retailers began to get involved. Sneaker and streetwear retailers are a natural counterpart to the manufacturing labels, increasing scope and […]

Brand: BAPE FRANCE x ASICS Model: GEL-1090 Release Date: October 2 Price: TBC Buy: Online at BAPE, and exclusively at BAPE Paris Editor’s Notes: Following the reintroduction of ASICS‘ early 2000s runner, the GEL-1090, in 2019, the silhouette was shown some serious love, before the wave of releases began to taper off.  That wasn’t the last we’d be seeing of […]

A Bathing Ape’s BAPE STA is an enigma in the world of streetwear. The icon is lauded not for its originality, but the absolute opposite. It embodies the irreverent streetwear mentality, cutting and pasting one of Nike’s most famous designs and, somehow, getting away with it. Founded in 1993 by NIGO, A Bathing Ape is […]

Brand: BAPE x Medicom Toy x Hajime Sorayama Buy: BAPE’s web store and shops from July 31 Editor’s Notes: Hajime Sorayama is reaching the kind of streetwear renown that used to be exclusive to the likes of KAWS and Takashi Murakami. The 74-year-old’s career took a pretty major turn after that show-stopping Dior collaboration: in […]

Founded in 1993 in Tokyo, A Bathing Ape is one of the most elusive — and, so it follows, desirable — streetwear labels in the game. During the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, BAPE’s popularity hit fever pitch with hip-hop endorsements leading the charge. Represented by names like Pharrell and Kanye, A Bathing Ape was […]

Brand: Highsnobiety x A Bathing Ape Model: BAPE STA “Not In Paris” Release Date: Tuesday, June 22 Price: €275 / $335 Buy: Exclusively at Highsnobiety Shop What We’re Saying: Don’t sleep on these, you’ll regret it. To celebrate Highsnobiety’s third Not In Paris exhibition, we have teamed up with Japanese streetwear stalwart A Bathing Ape […]