To help kick off the summer season and celebrate the return of an old classic, Freshness and in association with Nike Taiwan will be giving away a pair of the highly anticipated Nike Air Maxim 1 in Sport Red in size Mens US 9.
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Hideout Woven Footscape, FUTURA Dunk, Mister Cartoon Air Force 1, Busy P & SO-ME Air Force 1
Along side the introduction of its most ambitious initiative for 2009, the Stages Global Art Exhibition to benefit the fight against caner. Nike and Lance Armstrong’ss LIVESTONG foundation also previewed upcoming editions from the LIVESTRONG Collection this past Saturday. Among the already familiar products from Nike LIVESTRONG Collection, such as the yellow/black LunaRacer, Nike will be adding several new products. This includes a LIVESTRONG Air Max line (AM 180, AM 1, AM 90), LIVESTRONG FireFly Jacket, LIVESTRONG M-65 Jacket, and more…
One other interesting collection is the re-launch of rare Nike footwears: Hideout Woven Footscape, FUTURA Dunk, Mister Cartoon Air Force 1, Busy P & SO-ME Air Force 1, now all in LIVESTRONG’s black & yellow colorway. More information to come in the near future.
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> Lance Armstrong
> LIVESTRONG
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After its debut in North America and Japan, the special collaboration between New Balance and NY-base A.R.C. is set to release this Saturday, February 21st. In anticipation of the launch, Taipei’s trend-setting store INVINCIBLE went through a full window treatment, quite literally. Visitors to the store could also view a brief, behind the scene video (shot by Freshness) on the making of each pair.
INVINCIBLE
1F., No.3, Alley 35, Lane 181, Sec. 4, Jhongsiao E. Rd., | 
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Da-an District, Taipei City, Taiwan
TEL #: +886-2-8771-9958
Release Date: February 21st (Saturday)
Check out the Freshness » A.R.C. x New Balance Feature
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Nike Singapore will be opening the first Nike flagship store tomorrow, November 28th, in the famed Orchard Road located at Wisma Atria Shopping Centre. The Nike Wisma Atria flagship store will offer exclusive products and services, such as the new NIKEiD Studio.
To kick off the scheduled opening, the store will launch a special collection of Nike Windrunner jackets in Gold and Silver. Playing up the ‘Bling’ factor for the collection, each metallic hue is paired up with 12 pop shades to create unique combination that cater to style-savvy consumers that wish to express their individualism through their selection. These unique Nike Metallic Windrunners will only be available for retail exclusively at the Nike Wisma Atria flagship store in Singapore.
Nike Flagship Store / NIKEiD Studio – Singapore
Wisma Atria Shopping Centre (Unit #02-21) | Map
435 Orchard Road
Singapore, 238877
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Scheduled to open its door at Noon today, Tokyo time, Nike and its Nike Sportswear division will open its second stand alone flagship, Nike Sportswear Store Tokyo. Constructed out of a network of raw concrete truss and reinforced corrugated steel panels. Conceived by architectural legend Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄), the structure originally housed the temporary store front for Japanese design store, hh style, and designer Giorgio Armani’s Armani Casa label. Its prism-like exterior, clad in black, is the most recognizable building on the Harajuku (原宿) Cat Street promenade, with some liken it to the stealth bomber. The interior is also very distinctive. A spacious maze-like layout straight out of M.C. Escher‘s illustration. Each of the multiple levels showcase a product class of Nike Sportswear and is interconnected with others through a set of staircase. The Nike Sportswear Store Tokyo will feature the NIKEiD Studio, which will provide shoppers exclusive footwear designed by Nike’s long-term creative partners. The flagship will also be the only location in Asia to carry the complete range of Nike Sportswear NSW Collection, in addition Nike products exclusively to this store.
Nike Sportswear Store Tokyo
6-14-5 Jingumae | 
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Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan
> Nike Sportswear Store Tokyo – Apparel
> Nike Sportswear Store Tokyo – Footwear
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Along with the recent preview of Colette’s collaboration with Oakley, due to launch this month. Colette also revailed this collaboration with ASICS Onitsuka Tiger. Base on the retro appearance of Saiko Runner MT, the Colette edition features an all white backdrop along with that trademark blue, in star shapes and accent portions. Only 100 pairs of this ‘Colette exclusive’ will be available. Following the same concept, the sneakers are accompanied by two other items; a pool bag and a pair of swim goggles.
Colette
213 Rue Saint-Honoré | Map
75001 Paris, France
Release Date: September 6th (Saturday) | September 8th (Monday) on Colette E-Shop
APPLEBUM has just dropped the first delivery from their 2008 A/W collection. Coupled with a keen sense and appreciation for detailed graphics and cutting-edge material, APPLEBUM continues to create products with a cult following, out of their headquarters in Tokyo. Here are some shots from their Look Book.
Look out for new APPLEBUM products at retailers in your area: Vinnie’s Styles (Brooklyn), Reed Space (NYC), and Shop Gentai (Baltimore). Also, peep the current collection on their freshly renewed website. Enjoy!
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All Photos Courtesy of Khalil
After nearly a month worth of construction, the Parisian trend-setting boutique Colette finally re-opened its doors Monday, August 25th. Re-drawn by none other than architect Masamichi Katayama (片山 正通), one of the world’s best retail space designer and the founder of design firm Wonderwall. Sections were revamped and displays relocated. The end result is a vast expanse much like a museum or gallery. A clear definition on merchandise categories as well as brands, with each liken to a capsule collection. Similar to other Katayama creations, the new Colette also features plenty of lighting and futuristic glass+aluminum casings. In addition, the boutique is overhauling its online presence, with the recent inclusion of We Sold Out (Sold Out) and soon to launch blog section.
Colette
213 Rue Saint-Honoré | Map
75001 Paris, France
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Swedish illustrator/ designer Olle Hemmendorff was commissioned, together with 7 other creatives (Patrik Söderstam, Hanna Wieslander, Marguerite Seger, Jonas Wiehager and Fredrik Skogkvistby) by Nike to interpret a Nike Sportswear icon. Hemmendorff choose Nike Air Max 90 and created a burger sculpture of it.
‘in the tradition of material innovation of AM 90, I constructed a running shoe using the most powerful, must durable and most delicious material known to man: hamburger.‘
- Olle Hemmendorff
The artworks will be exhibited at the 1912 space inside Sneakers ‘n’ Stuff, Stockholm for the next two months.
SneakernStuff
Åsögatan 124
116 24 Stockholm
TEL: +46 8 743 03 22
Tom Chung, Director of ACU (left) Kazuki, Soul of Felicity (right)
As the Olympic venues get well underway in the capital city of Beijing, Shanghai’s boutique ACU opened an unique Pop-Up Store on the 4th floor of adidas Brand Center, a special structure diticated to moreover the epic grand-opening of the 2008 Olympics in China. Tom, Director of ACU, invited WHIZ Limited creative head Hiroaki Shitano and director Kazuki, of Soul of Felicity, in creating a special Peking Duck (Kao Ya) tee in reflection of Beijing’s culture, history, and spirit.
The special edition t-shirt, along with the adidas A to Z Consortium Project, are currently available at the adidas Brand Center in Beijing’s Sanlitun Shopping Center and ACU flagship in Shanghai.
adidas Brand Center
Sanlitun Shopping Center
19 Gongti Beilu | 
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Chaoyang District, Beijing China
ACU
Shop#15, 139 Changle Road | Map
Shanghai, China
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045x JORDON (left) 045 JORDON (right)
This Saturday, PHANTACi will be releasing Michael Lau’s newest collection which was recently featured at CSBOOTH15.
M.F.J.K. (SAMPLE MICHAEL) – Michael himself and a tribute to Futura, James Jarvis and Kaws. Michael Lau used unique elements from each artist’s figurine to assemble this figure.
SUBMILGAYTONA – Combination of 3 ROLEX watches. “Submarine X Daytona X Gardener”. Each watch is hand numbered and autographed.
045 JORDAN + 045X JORDAN – Jordan inspired.
SK3 – Inspired by 3 films by Stanley Kubrick. (Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.)
Release Date: August 16th (Saturday)
PHANTACi
1F., No.63, Lane 223, Sec. 4, Jhongsiao E. Rd., | Map
Da-an District, Taipei City 106, Taiwan
TEL: +886 2 8773 1426
Note: PHANTACi will take international email orders (info@phantacitw.com)
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Interview with Satoshi Suzuki – Owner, Loopwheeler
Produced by: Dan Hwang (DAN H.)
Loopwheeler is a brand built on a foundation of quality craftsmanship that has earned them a partnership with NIKE. Nike Sportswear has seen the illustrious heritage of Nike come alive with vigor and excitement, thanks in no small part to Loopwheeler. The partnership sought to use the elegance of Loopwheeler’s design process to both revive and reinvent some of Nike’s most historic pieces. For further insight into the Loopwheeler X Nike project read the interview.
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> Nike Sportswear
> Loopwheeler
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