The Open Lifestyle Store Opening
26.04.12
Last month the city of Leeds celebrated the opening of a new concept shopping boutique in its prestigious Thornton’s Arcade. The Open Lifestyle Store brings the customer more than your average streetwear shopping experiencing; focusing heavily on culture and a relaxed atmosphere rather than hype! [Read more →]
PATTA STORE RELOCATION
16.04.12
Since opening their doors for business in 2004, Patta has emerged as the flagship boutique of Amsterdam and made a name for itself in the European streetwear scene. The combination of Patta on the first floor paired with Ben G Skateshop on ground level provided a unique shopping location in the capital of The Netherlands. In addition, the Precinct 5 boutique was established in 2009 inside an old police station, serving as a sophisticated extension to Patta. Both stores have been popular destinations for both local and travelling sneaker enthusiasts, street culture devotees, fashion patrons and the like. [Read more →]
Palace X Umbro Launch Promo
07.04.12
From such a unique collaboration which pitched English sporting legends Umbro against London’s most innovative skate brand, and European cup winners (unlike the Italia 1990 England squad) Palace Skateboards. Both sides meeting once again to film this stand out piece of nostalgic VHS launch footage re-enacting the second semi-final match between West Germany and England. [Read more →]
Spackman 4 Patta
04.04.12
Dutch brand Patta teamed up with Tony Spackman to work on pieces for the forthcoming Patta collection, as well as release special “Spackman 4 Patta” capsule collections on a regular basis. [Read more →]
MKI Miyuki-Zoku March Releases
30.03.12
Following on from the recent series of release from in-house brand and local Leeds menswear store, MKI Miyuki-Zoku have added to their already strong collection; which previously featured an incredible capsule collaboration with Hong Kong label Borderline to produce two stand out pieces last December showing a exciting use of textiles with Persian pattern insert tees, and tribal wool inserts on neat blue and white Oxford’s, the drop that definitely first sparked our interests with the store and its concept. [Read more →]
Quintin Spring 2012 Headwear & Apparel
27.03.12
Based in LA, lifestyle brand Quintin started back in 2009, drawing on the diversity of LA and the multicultural diversity of their brand family as their major influence. The brand continue to excel in producing stand out clothing products, in particular they continue to be at the very top in terms of producing unparalleled headwear. [Read more →]
Umbro x Palace Wayward Boys Choir
22.03.12
Come on England! Umbro X Palace have teamed up for a tasteful twist on some loved 80′s football classics. Starting off with a re-issue of the Famous Italia 1990 away world cup jersey, that one where Gazza cried. They have maintained the shirts original styling and technology but embellished with the classic and well know Palace logo. This shirt was the start of all modern day football shirts to come; Umbro certainly got it very right with one. [Read more →]
Competition: Win A Less Clothing T-Shirt
21.03.12
LESS Clothing was created in 2011 by graphic designer and fellow northerner Chris Bookless who now resides in East London and explains the inspiration behind his debut collection has been drawn from day-to-day life in London, and the counter club culture he seeks. We featured Bookless’ project on our February Introducing feature and received a lot of attention. [Read more →]
Nike Huarache Free Spring/ Summer 2012
21.03.12
2012 is the year that Nike seems content that every past silhouette will look better with a Nike Free sole unit, a controversial move that isn’t converting everybody. We have so far seen previews of styles in the Spring/Summer 2012 collection such as the Nike Kukini Free and now we are seeing the Nike Huarache Free. [Read more →]
