Bape has released their Crazy Colours Collection, a capsule line consisting of jackets and accessories which all feature multiple colours on the upper.  In my opinion the colour mix works on the down jacket and on the accessories, but a little less on the other clothing pieces.  The product is now available in Bape stores around the globe, and will most definitely be a sight to behold on the hanger!

Put so perfectly:

“You know you’ve made it when your brand gets bootlegged.” Paul Sid 2009

There’s a lot of love from our quarters for this tee, Paul Sid the mastermind behind RETREAT BRAND has dropped this one for you to constantly send a lot of love to the BATHING-kids around. Wonderful. Go view HERE…

Hopped onto the subway and headed for the culture centre that is Minami Horie. This is where you find your emo kids, your hip hop kids, your alternatives….but mainly your cool alternatives. A hat of some sort is a must, and usually an amazing fixed gear bike accompanies most cool looking people.

When i get to the stage of having my own custom designed Merc commisioned, remind me that I’ve made it in the streetwear world, and that its time for me to remove my finger from the pie and try my hand somewhere else. Nigo of Bathing Ape fame has just sealed this incredible collab with Mercedes on an AMG SL300. This custom built Mercedes Benz features an AMG engine on the inside and the Bape Camouflage graphic print on the entire outside of the car. via Nigo

Continuing with their NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted cap program, BAPE recently drop their Plaid NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted baseball caps. Bape tones it down this season by using only exclusive plaids colorways and no embroidery on the caps. The Black and Pink are Aoyama store exclusives and the others will release at Bape flagship stores worldwide.

Not quite sure what to think of these yet…I’m also pretty sure that I saw one of the dudes from the guy band on X-Factor, whatever they’re called wearing a pair of them. If he wasn’t…then he had very shiny high top style kicks on.

These are the shoes from A Bathing Ape “Metallic” Bapesta88 pack. It is part of the Bape Fall 2008 collection. The A Bathing Ape “Metallic” Bapesta88 pack comes in four kicks colored in golds and silvers. It is available in both low and high tops.

For the end of 2008 Bape releases a more conservative set of sneakers. All the shoes feature a solid colored leather upper with work boot-type laces. They all also have a white midsole and are available now. [HypeBeast]

Here comes an interesting concept from Bape. Much like the classic tailors, Bape is now offering a customization service for their Bape Card Members. The classic Bape shirts can be ordered with your own initials added to the shirt in a bubble above the Bapehead logo. Great idea and we like the look of it too! Via HK Anytime.

Have a look at the Bape NFS Custom Embroidery Shirt packaging

[High Snobiety]

For all you BAPE fans out there, you will know that before today when finding A Bathing Ape’s website online you were met with having to download something, and if you managed that then you were shown a lot of very confusing japanese…

Well today the new Bape website went live, and it has a glorious English language option in the top left, to go with the Japanese option for those wanting to brush up on their Kanji, Hiraugana and Katakana. On the new website you can find product, listen to some of Nigo’s beats and other music that’s on there…and generally get more familiar with the life of BAPE

www.bape.com

Bape has been around for nearly 15 years, and to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Bape the brand has released a series of 15th Anniversary tees. These limited edition tees will also come in a pretty sweet Camo tin box adding to the feel of it being a collector’s item

…so go have a look and see what you think of one of, if not THE leading Japanese streetwear brand of the moment.

T-dub

In the coming days…weeks…months…years we will be bringing you a taste things kicking off in the Streetwear world. Whether its info on the upcoming Adidas Skate designed by Mark Gonzales, or details of BAPE’s tees consisting of a reinterpretation of award winning film The Godfather, or anything else that catches our eye here at RISE Worldwide…

Our feelers are officially out…and we want to let you know what RISE is thinking…

T-dub