20 Jul
High-top sneakers, boots and low-top boat shoes

White Mountaineering introduces a new range of footwear for Fall/Winter 2011. The line is outfitted with quality leather and suede, a high level of attention given to manufacture some interesting silhouettes and colorways. The Japanese brand’s 2011 collection features high-top sneakers, boots, and low top moc-style boat shoes. More images after the Jump…


27 Jun
The 12th Anniversary Accessory Collection

To mark their 12th anniversary, the Japanese label SWAGGER have collaborated with jewelry and accessory brand Garni to create several skull-themed pieces. The two pendants come in black or tan, and the two heavy rings are either polished or brushed silver. All the pieces also feature SWAGGER’s “SWG” scripted logo. Pick up the ring for […]


23 Jun
Superflat creator opens UK exhibit Tuesday, June 28th

Superflat creator and artist extraordinaire Takashi Murakami will open his latest exhibit at the  Gagosian Gallery in London next Tuesday, June 28th. His retrospective show at the MOCA was one of the best ever exhibited at the seminal museum, and his exhibit at Chateau de Versailles last year made global headlines. This new exhibit will […]


22 Jun
Romain Jerome & Taito's limited edition 78-piece arcade watch

The Swiss luxury watch brand Romain Jerome collaborates with Taito Corporation — the company that brought you Space Invaders — to present two limited edition watches paying tribute to the seminal arcade game released in the late 1970s. The Romain Jerome brand was born by the inspiration to pay “tribute to iconic legends of the […]


17 Jun
New high end Japanese frames for Spring/Summer 2012

Giuliano Fujiwara gives a small preview of their upcoming eyewear collection for Spring/Summer 2012. The prescription eyeglasses from the premium Japanese label feature a half-rim acetate frame with thick temples, and will be part of a larger collection to be revealed soon. We’ll keep our eyes open… via Selectism


16 Jun
Takayuki Hori’s folded and connected Oritsunagumono series

Takayuki Hori’s Oritsunagumono takes Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, and reshapes it with an environmental-themed collection of translucent skeletal Origami works. Oritsunagumono (“things folded and connected”) is made up of eight endangered species native to Japan’s coast — even more imperiled after the recent earthquakes and tsunamis. They are made of translucent […]


14 Jun
2 suede colorways for the Spring/Summer 2012 season

The timeless UK shoemaker Clarks collaborates with Japanese label uniform experiment on a limited edition release of their landmark Wallabee silhouette. uniform experiment takes two clean colorways of the suede Wallabees — navy and sand — and imprints their UE logo and fragment design thunder logo alternating on the inside heel for the Spring/Summer 2012 […]


14 Jun
Classic workboot-style shoes with waxed leather upper

visvim’s workboot-style Virgil boot returns with a waxed kudu leather upper. One of the Japanese labels most popular shoes, the boot also features visvim’s staple Folk Vibram outsole, rugged hand-stitching and an external TPU heel counter. visvim’s Virgil Boots Kudu–Folk shoes drop this week at select visvim retailers.