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Sanrio x BAPE Bapesta “Hello Kitty”

Joe — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:29:43 +0000

For 35-years, Hello Kitty has been a highlight of Japanese popular culture, at times being considered the official, fictional character of Japan. Sanrio, the Japanese company responsible for producing Hello Kitty is constantly working on collaborative products to give the brand greater prominence. For one of their most recent projects, Sanrio reached out to fellow Land of the Rising Sun native, A Bathing Ape, to put together a highly limited Bapesta. Using Hello Kitty’s signature colors, the patent leather Bapesta features a red and white base with accents of light blue on the BAPE star logo, BAPE stamp on the midsole and on the outsole. A graphic of Hello Kitty and Baby Milo hand-in-hand is shown on the heel of the right sneaker, while the left sneakers includes an image of Hello Kitty’s trademark hair bow.

The Sanrio x BAPE Bapesta will become available online on an undisclosed date, but in the meantime BAPE’s flagship store in New York City has a few sizes on hand for those who act fast.

BAPE Skull Sta Hi

Joe — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:55:12 +0000

The most unoriginal shoe company in the game introduces yet another unoriginal sneaker for the Fall season. A Bathing Ape first served us the Skull Sta, a low-top silhouette which clearly rips off the classic shelltoe look of the adidas Superstar. Since the Superstar is produced in high-top form as well, it comes as no surprise to see BAPE has now copied that design too with their newly released Skull Sta Hi. For their Fall 2010 debut, A Bathing Ape dropped the Skull Sta Hi in three different color options, one which features a black canvas base with accents of white and two which consist of camouflage patterns with the same white accents. All three are available now at BAPE stores around the world.

A Bathing Ape Ape Sta – Spring/Summer 2010 Releases

Joe — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:59:41 +0000

A Bathing Apehas created quite a name for themselves in the footwear department by mimicking the silhouettes of some of the industry’s most fashionable and oldest sneakers. While this is something consumers usually don’t agree with, specially here in the States where we’re all about originality, Nigo and his Bathing Ape empire have made it work time after and continue to keep fans hungry for more.

One of A Bathing Ape’s designs which does nothing to distinguish itself for it’s inspired counterpart is the Ape Sta, a takeoff of the old-school Chuck Taylor All-Star. From the upper, to the toe, to the sole unit, the Ape Sta is an exact mockup of the Chucks in every way, shape and form. The only difference of course is the branding with a removable Bathing Ape patch on the side of the upper, a Ape Sta tag stitched to the tongue and raised rubber BAPE star logos along the toe of the sole.

For the Spring 2010 Season A Bathing Ape has given us four new tonal colorways of the Ape Sta – Teal, Red, Blue, Pink – with each of the four consisting of canvas uppers capped off by black pinstripes on the sole. All four of the new releases are available now at BAPE stores worldwide.

A Bathing Ape Roadsta – Foil Pack

Joe — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:28:57 +0000

For awhile there it seemed as if A Bathing Ape toned down their footwear collection and put the loud flashy color schemes on the back burner. However it seems BAPE has been getting back to their old selves the past couple of months and have started to bring back a lot of their colorful designs.

The latest pack which fits right in with the old ways of A Bathing Ape is the Roadsta Foil Pack. The pack features five pairs of the BAPE Roadsta with all five using a foil like upper in a metallic color such as metallic red, bronze, blue, pink, and purple. The visible air unit, outsole and toe-cap all match the color of the upper while the mid-sole and inner lining are finished in white.

Follow the jump to check out a solo shot of each style in the A Bathing Ape Roadsta ‘Foil Pack’.

Ghostbusters x A Bathing Ape Bapesta – Closer Look

Joe — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:14:32 +0000

Yesterday we took a look at the Ghostbusters x A Bathing Ape Summer 2009 Collection and now we are able to provide you with a closer look at the Bapesta’s part of the collection. The shoes have been produced in red/white and all white with both of the sneakers using patent leather uppers. On the heel tab of the sneakers theres a Ghostbusters logo along with a blown up image of the logo on the side of the heel.

Ghostbusters x Bape – Summer 2009 Collection

Joe — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:44:47 +0000

This coming weekend A Bathing Ape will be releasing a new Ghostbusters Pack which will include some new Bapestas. There will be a white/red and red/white colorway which both come in patent leather uppers with white midsoles and a Ghostbuster logo on the side heel panel. To go along with the Bapesta releases Bape will also drop some tees and a mug using the Ghostbuster logo with Baby Milo worked into one of the designs and Slimer and Baby Milo worked into the other.

The whole Ghostbusters x Bape -Summer 2009 Collection will be releasing this Saturday, July 18th, at all Bape flagship stores, as well as online.

A Bathing Ape Bapesta ‘X’ Collection

Joe — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:04:46 +0000

A Bathing Ape takes it back to their roots with the Bapesta ‘X’ Collection featuring the full on patent leather designs which once made BAPE popular in the footwear industry. In the collection is six pairs of Bapesta’s which use three-tone color schemes on the patent leather uppers with a design of a mean looking Baby Milo on the heel.

All size of the Bapesta’s in the Bathing Ape Bapesta ‘X’ Collection are available now at Bape Land.

Bape Shooting Sta – Metallic Pack

Joe — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:25:19 +0000

Bape introuduces the Shooting Sta, a redesigned version of the very popular Bape Bapesta.

The Shooting Sta which you can see carries all the same design aspects of the Bapesta upfront while the heel of the sneaker has been cut right off leaving the heel right open to slide your foot in. The Shooting Sta is being marketed by Bape as their new pair of sandals. Although some of you may find the Shooting Sta to sort of defeat the purpose of sandals which are completely open im quite sure there are some Bape fans out there who just gotta have a pair of these in their collection.

At the moment a metallic silver and metallic gold version of the Bape Shooting Sta are available at Bape retailers worldwide.

Bape Bapesta ‘Shark’ Pack

Joe — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:34:50 +0000

Im sure many of you are probably familiar with the Bape Shark hoodie which became quite the popular item. Since the debut of the hoodies the Shark designs have shown up on various Bape products and now the Shark designs have made their way to the Bape Bapesta Shark Pack.

The Shark Pack features four pairs of the Bape Bapesta, each of which feature a different Shark head printed on the heel of the shoes. The pack will be officially releasing tomorrow on May 23rd, 2009 at select Bape retailers worldwide.

Bape Skullsta Spring 2009 Releases

Joe — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:43:17 +0000

Fresh off the heels of the Bape Skullsta – Metallic Pack comes a fresh round of Skullsta’s released as part of Bape’s Spring 2009 Collection. In total there are five colorways, all of which use simple two-tone colorups. Accenting the white leather uppers is bold colors such as blue, orange, yellow, pink and green on the toe, sole unit, Bape logo, and on the heel tab.

Visit your nearest authorized Bape retailer to check on availability now as retailers such as Bape Land are already stocking all five colorways.