bapestas will no longer be made?

[hifashion]

i heard that soon they will officially stop making bapestas, does anyone know if that is true? if so you better rack up cuz they will truly be collectors items

[tosz]

are you serious

[UnhappySupremeCustomer]

I hope this is true.

IDonTcare

[graphrhythm]

this does not seem that probable assuming they recently opened a store in NYC...

[hifashion]

who knows Nigo may come with another style shoe, so we shall see

[antihype]

who care's! The shoes and clothes suck anyway. It's for kids now.

[themdouble]

So depressing what's happened with Nigo.... I hope they stop making them! In fact I've got several pair of US 11's I've aquired over the last couple years (nothing new in the last year or so) that I'm taking bids on :-)

A Dead brand in my opinion. He overexposed himself to the US Hip Hop crowd. Lost his exclusivity in the states the same way he did in Japan! Bad enough it was overpriced, now it's overexposed as well.... Pretty lame!

-Dub

[antihype]

"Nigo, who recently had his teeth covered in diamonds to match his $30,000 Jacob & Co. watch and Flava Flav throwback pendant".................

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/shopping/columns/storeopenings/10734/

[themdouble]

God... How was he EVER "cool"? I shoulda figured he was a Herb when he did the Dub Mag spread a couple years ago (I guess I did?). Really makes you think about this whole mercantile game... & he's blinded by success in America? America is lame (for the most part) & Japan (along with the rest of the free world) can't figure that out?

-Dub

[MONIKER]

cleanliness

Edited by MONIKER on Jul 12, 2005 at 03:04 PM

[I STOLE YOUR BENZ]

yeah word up to that, i'm not hating on NIGO cuz I'm jumping on the hate wagon, but I watched this dude come up from the 90's, his label is built around biting and hype. As a designer is no better than any of these t-shirt hustlers - just using the same old formula - biting cliche hiphop elements and changing around colorways. BAPETSA KICKS - are nothing more than AF1's - how is that design? Those look like Nikes with a big converse star on the side. Now he's trying to be gangsta and rock "flooded" to fit in with the rap stars he rubs elbows with. EVerybody stocking Bapestas better put them joints on sale before its too late.

[hifashion]

yea i definitley give it up to Nigo for doing his thing, he is very smart. but if does care if it sells and what not why is Pharrell promoting it ya know. So I agree with many of you all.

[UnhappySupremeCustomer]

Anyone who spends 30,000 on a watch, and probably more on some matching fucking teeth NEEDS to be shot. Feed some starving kids asshole. the human race would be way better off without money, and fucking herbatrons like Nigo

IDonTcare

[Guest]

I dont love or hate BAPE, but I think the way that everyone is hating do hard on it right now is the same as the people jocking it so hard right now. Everything is so col until it is cool. There are always going to be people that hate something, whether it is Supeme, BAPE, NIke or whoever.

The think about Nigo is he always gets serious about what he is into at the time. When he collected Planted of the Apes stuff he got one of the biggest collections in the world, when he was into furniture he found the best pieces out there, when he wanted art he collected a large collection from a few artists, and when he got into the Hip-hop scene, he got a smile full of diamonds.

It doesn't seem like he is acting any different now. At least he doesn't half step on things. When he does them he does them right.

The clothes are expensive but quality wise they are above 95% of the streetwear companies out there. The american brands dont have the capability to make that kind of stuff in teh factories that they work with. Also, everyone knows that the shoes are rip-offs, but at least they make them better then Nike.

[MONIKER]

cleanliness

Edited by MONIKER on Jul 12, 2005 at 03:05 PM

[Selegna]

Nigo is an Ape, He hates humans...i dont think he would feed starving ones..

CLOWN TRIGGER