Visvim Jeans - a new venture for Visvim Shoes.
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Visvim, the world famous footwear brand from Japan, takes a tentative step into the denim market. Visvim have introduced a capsule denim collection based on the archetypal Levi jeans, including Visvim Fluxus Denim Type 01 based on the 501 and features selvedge, coloured rivets, inner zip back pocket and button-fly. Also the Visvim Denim Fluxus Type 05 based on the slim fit 505 and offers, coloured rivets and inner zip back pocket. Zip fly, selvedge, and shrink-to-fit.
BAPE has spawned a great deal of debate and heated rhetoric over the past few years. The limited availability and excessive prices have caused enthusiasm and indignation in equal measure. Despite that, there’s one division within the BAPE empire which seems to confused the fashion industry unanimously: Baby Milo! The question often arises, what possesses a grown man to pull on a t-shirt with a depiction of a baby ape plastered on the front? What drives grown men to discard their usually irrevocable masculinity to embrace such an extremely puerile character?
APC Clothing has all the essential style and charisma you’d expect from a brand which has its roots firmly established in French soil. The brand has a refreshingly unique spirit and a subtle flamboyancy which sparks excitement and soulful energy. Both the women’s and men’s collections have a “soho-boho” quality which literally exudes style and presences. The APC Jeans have established something of a cult following recently with a growing number of dedicated followers. APC is a brand that puts the spirit back into fashion.
Has A Bathing Ape created a monster by controlling their brand distribution to the point of inertia? Bape clothing and Bapesta Sneakers are controlled and channeled to such an extend that demand far outstrips supply and it now appears the natural conclusion of this strategy is to spawn a lucrative underground industry of genuinely desired fakes. In fact, this parasitic “sub-brand”, has its own name “FAPE” instead of BAPE and “Fapesta” instead of Bapesta! What’s even more incredible is the FAPE parasitic sub-brand is undoubtedly a more lucrative business than the authentic BAPE host-brand.
Last year Levi Jeans proudly announced their intention to release what on the face of it was an awe-inspiring collection of premium denim displaying images from the iconic Andy Warhol collection including his depictions of Marilyn Monroe. The Silver Luck collection, inspired by Andy Warhol’s studio in the 60’s, named the Silver Factory after Warhol covered it in tin foil, is complimented with details such as silver threads in the denim, and buttons that display crosses and knives from Warhol’s paintings.
