The concept behind the Diamond Supply Co. and Young & Reckless limited edition collaboration tee is to represent Diamond Supply Co.’s Nick Diamond’s hometown of San Francisco and Young & Reckless’s founder, Drama’s hometown of Akron, OH, who now both reside in Los Angeles. The biker gang logo theme of the shirt represents that no matter where you are from, if you skate you are part of a international union with other skaters. Skate 2 Death.
Just in time for Mardi Gras and to celebrate the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl win, New Balance introduces the Mardi Gras collection which features their classic 525 for men and 460 for women silhouettes.
Remaining true to the comfort and light-weight design specific to New Balance, the 525 and 460 silhouettes offer detailed design and accents especially for Mardi Gras. With a fleur de lis symbol on the tongue label and heel tab and a festive gender-specific mask image on the shoe insert, the sneakers radiate the excitement of Mardi Gras.
at ASR San Diego, Skullcandy was showing off an MP3 Belt Player, with full controls and an Micro SD slot to swap tunes. This futuristic acessory is literally A Party holding up your pants.
Nixon and longtime retail partner, BEAMS, have teamed up to create two limited edition colorways of The Wire headphone. Available in either a blue/orange or orange/blue color combination, The Nixon x BEAMS Wire launched this month and will be on-sale at all BEAMS locations and all Japanese Apple Retail Stores. The Wire, an in-ear headphone, is known for its minimalist design point of view and ergonomic fit while still packing an audio punch!
The Nixon x BEAMS Wire will retail for 7,875¥ (approximately 87 USD) and will come in limited edition packaging with a custom carrying case.
BEAMS is a Japanese-based creative, originator of styles that also serves as a retailer. BEAMS prides itself in being a creative retailer and seeks to discover the new needs of the changing times, to make these widely known and to formulate a culture that bears the BEAMS signature.
Our friends over at Tradition are having a huge sample sale at their Westlake location starting this Friday. They will have tons of samples, limited edition items, as well as unreleased pieces from a large handful of brands at crazy discounted prices! All tees are $10, all hoodies are $20, and all New Eras are $15.
Early arrival is suggested, because at these prices this stuff is gonna move fast! See you there…
On the surface this was going to be a really weird, esoteric mixtape featuring my immense love of African drums and the strange places they are currently showing up sonically, in other words, a fairly pretentious listening experience. After starting to put together the tracklist for this, I realized that if I didn’t open up my scope to all the music I truly love, I wasn’t going to be doing justice to the full influence that various African and Caribbean music has had on music and pop culture since the black Diaspora of the 19th century spread previously unknown arts all across the globe. As technology has evolved, so has access to sounds such as dancehall, highlife, juju, and samba that previously only the most devoted of crate diggers and musicologists were able to find. I guess more than anything this mix is my dance-oriented love letter to the people who are currently taking risks from the same old dance music and slowly pushing unfamiliar sounds in a new way.
In answer to the crisis in Haiti, Bloodbath and The American Red Cross have officially teamed up to release this exclusive tee shirt. In Black and White colorways, the design consists of the national motto of Haiti : L’ Union Fait La Force (Which means in French, “Union Makes Strength”) in a tonal print, with a contrasting red text that states the slightly altered English version: Unity Makes Strength. 100% of proceeds will be donated to The American Red Cross. You can’t beat that.. A dope shirt for a dope cause! This shirt drops Feb 1st. Grab one here or at select Bloodbath retailers. More images after the jump.
Following the critical success of his Seinfeld inspired mixtape, “The Mixtape about Nothing”, D.C.-based rapper Wale released his major label debut, “Attention Deficit” in November of last year. While he has performed sporadically here and there, Wale has not embarked on a proper tour, so it’s exciting that he will be bringing his unique take on hip-hop and a steady flow to the Roxy, next Tuesday, February 2nd.
The Roxy has given VAPORS two pairs of tickets to the show. To get ‘em, be one of the first two people to answer the question below.
While Wale was being courted for a record deal, by the likes of Epic, Atlantic, and Def Jam, he ultimetly signed to Allido Records. What famed musician/producer started Allido Records?
