IS BATHING APE/BAPE Dead in Japan???

[lv d0n]

I heard somewhere that the Bathing Ape hype is almost dead in Japan. Is it true that people rarely rock Bape anymore unlike a couple of years ago where lineups for a t-shirt was common in Tokyo?

[DaBestSpoona]

the only person you see bape on in japan is nigo and tourists. People still line up for limited stuff like the adidas collab shoes and the last ssur figure.

[skecr8r]

Lots of people in the store, its like everything is dead in Tokyo because there is 8 trillion japanese people rocking what they find in thrift stores instead of just following trends.

MAD YOUNG MAN

[witts]

i get alot of tourists in my shop commming from japan an oriental contries and i dont see many of em wearing bape.... few girls wear bapesta kicks but other than that its alot of adidas or as skecr8er sez.... vintage stuff

[horriblyjollyjinx]

bape is played out.:::::

tally-hoo

[BKNY]

The same kids in the states who wear South Pole wear Bape in Japan.

Life...I wonder...will it take me under?

[aitsuka]

^ nice analogy

I still have a south pole shirt from when I was a kid.

yeah Bape is gone in japan, but is super unber hype in HK at the moment, but starting to die down..

-don't hate, appreciate-

[emrinderForgotHisPassword]

is price also the same, you know southpole-bape?

i fought the law and the law won

[djrajio]

Yesterday, I decided to check out the SoHo BAPE store just for kicks. It was all full of white surburb families. Best part was seeing a 40+ year old dad try on some Bapestas while the grandma and wife contemplated the merits of neon strawberry orange and limegreen.... BAPE is officially dead. Seeing a bunch of suburb white "headz" tourists rock BAPE is a surest sign the label is dead. Hell, they were even carrying American Eagle Outfitter bags on the way out...

[emrinderForgotHisPassword]

wow

i fought the law and the law won

[Kustim]

Quote:

Yesterday, I decided to check out the SoHo BAPE store just for kicks. It was all full of white surburb families. Best part was seeing a 40+ year old dad try on some Bapestas while the grandma and wife contemplated the merits of neon strawberry orange and limegreen.... BAPE is officially dead. Seeing a bunch of suburb white "headz" tourists rock BAPE is a surest sign the label is dead. Hell, they were even carrying American Eagle Outfitter bags on the way out...

--- Original message by djrajio on Aug 7, 2005 08:54 AM

....Damn!!!!...

[DaBestSpoona]

hahaaahhahaha

midlife crisis

[homi29]

bape is so expensive, that i can see why old white doods are gonna be rocking it, robin williams style.

most `designer`shops cater to rich old white people, and their golddiggin wives anyway

[witts]

stop hating on the old white doods..... im gona b old one day....an im gona be the coolest OAP ther is

[neawts]

Don't tell kids Bape isn't cool. They'll just move on to the next Japanese label and ruin that.

Quoted this in another thread. From http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/000171.html :

"Being imitated in a short amount of adoption time forces a no-win solution: quickly abandoning a style because it's being copied by "less cool" people also means abandoning something that the fashion leader is supposed to "honestly" think is fashionable. These days, the media can spot a trend in its infancy, which leads to the following trend-killing responses: 1) People who shouldn't know about it learn about it just as fast as "cooler" people ["see you at the Warsaw this friday after Finance class. lol"] 2) Those with access to alternate, negative information about the brand can freely spread the word ["Casey Spooner can't sing."] and 3) Those who pride themselves on being "in the know" are immediately turned off by learning about a trend from the internet. ["whatever W.I.T. is, I now hate it."]"

[Guest]

Speaking of the Soho Bape store, I work around the corner on Berwick Street and eat lunch in Golden Square right next to it. Walking past there you see the biggest bunch of twats you can imagine, wearing the same stupid clothes every single day, looking like the Neptunes just puked all over them.

And yeah they are all stupid, white, semi-rich people who seem to run back and forth all day between there and the Mhi store round the corner, frothing at the mouth over anything limited edition.

I'd rather run around all day wearing spandex pants, an eminem t-shirt and a pair of roller blades than look as boring as the busy workshop's clientele.

Bathing ape was barely hip 2 years ago, if you see a band wagon then it's far to late to get on board

[aitsuka]

but bape shirts are pretty high in quality

and colourful

-don't hate, appreciate-

[skecr8r]

"... check out the SoHo BAPE store just for kicks."

Was I the only one who laughed at that?

MAD YOUNG MAN

[aitsuka]

hey know that you mentioned it...just for kicks?

hmmmm....o.O

-don't hate, appreciate-

[M.O.A]

jeez....i want bape to go underground again.....

F**K HYPE

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[jo3 b]

wait, southpole used to be cool?

[STOLEN FROM POLAND]

Fubu is the new Bape

[jjs home]

who cares what people in japan wear?

I judge stuff on my tastes, not the japanese general publics

Lol at comparnig southpole to BAPE

Last I checked VIM stil had 150 of each color southpole bubble coat while bape hoodies only sell 15 per color world wide

Edited by jjs home on Aug 7, 2005 at 09:10 PM

[Guest bed]

I never liked Bape.

[protectthagoons]

the "stars" who rock bape are really wack i.e. jermaine dupri, lil wayne etc.. its real wack!!!

i heard in nyc its common to see thugs wearing bape

"Brothers start to shake when i dig in the crates"

[TragicBliss]

Quote: I never liked Bape.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[My Pal the Crook]

Is it this thread/topic's birthday again already!? Silly me I forget it every year, I'm such a scatterbrain!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY "IS BAPE DEAD?" THREAD!! Have many more!

[the black arm]

maybe its just me, but can anyone else see a slight resemblence between russell simmons and nigo . . . the dumb, smarmy grin, the bulging-out-of-their-sockets fish eyes . . oh yeah, and the fact that they both dress like 12 year olds. . . . ALL THE TIME. . . here's to grown men always wearing children's clothing . . .

[Selegna]

More Haterade anyone? How bout a Hate bull and vodka? Hate Stripe? Incredible Hate? Hatenotiq? Hatestal? Hatessey? Hater bombs?

VRRROOOOOOOM!

HOPE YOU GET IT LATER...

[futureofstyle]

I was in Tokyo about a year ago and it still looked hot to me..

Bape was the brand I saw people wearing the most around Tokyo, kids, teens, & old men....

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