STREEThing

Know It Nothing have just received new colourways of the Debasers (Top left) and Taylors (Bottom left) from Pointer footwear. The smart looking kicks have been experiencing trouble staying on the shelves, so much that the boys had to restock the Debasers in white/navy and the Taylors in black.

Also, after trying for ages, the guys finally managed to secure an account with Clarks Originals, with the first shoes to go on sale being (Clockwise from the top right) the Chip Buttie, Chip Place and Chip Paper. The new addition to the store’s discerning line-up is only the first installment of several brands due to appear for the first time at Know It Nothing this Fall ‘08. Stay tuned for more information.

Last Saturday at 12am, Leftfoot Entrepot launched the long awaited New Balance China Mask 576 pack to a crowd of hungry sneakerheads. For those who haven’t been following Streething regularly for the past few months, the China Mask pack is the biggest project to come out of New Balance Asia Pacific this year. After the initial three kicks were announced, New Balance held a massive media event in Shanghai to unveil the Wu Shuang editions. Employing a rather flamboyant “ying-yang” sort of colour scheme and being limited to just 576 pairs, it’s unsurprising that the Wu Shuangs were most peoples choice at the midnight launch.

Before the kicks were up for sale, New Balance Singapore had a set of China Mask 576s to divide between the three best mask designs of the night. Apart from that, DJ Rough and DJ Ritz kept the beats tight whilst everyone just mingled and tried their best to finish off the generous allocation of booze courtesy of Jim Beam. The night ended earlier and more quieter than usual parties due to Leftfoot founder Anthony Ho emerging from the storeroom with five bottles of tequila, which managed to almost instantly scare off everyone in the store. Lesson learned - next time break out the hard liquor one by one instead of going the “shock and awe” route.

For a chance to win a pair of Wu Shuangs, check out the New Balance 576 China Mask giveaway we’re running.

(Click on images twice to enlarge)

Even more pics after the jump!

(more…)

It has become quite common practice for the more fashionable high street establishments to enlist the help of internationaly reknown designers to work on more “edgy” collections. When executed properly, such collaborations often result in pieces that we wouldn’t normally find on their racks, whilst also injecting a healthy dose of credibility at the same time.

For the upcoming H&M store opening in Tokyo, the Swedish brand have managed to rope in Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garcons to create this collection of garments - bringing a touch of high fashion to the high street. Hopefully H&M will decide to bring their blend of affordable prices and of-the-moment fashion to South East Asia sometime in the near future.

Source: Hypebeast

(more…)

The original monkey brand, XLarge, is back with another season of fresh designs. This new collection of tees just in at Zone5 offer the distinct combination of stylish and humourous pieces that we’ve come to expect. Head over to Zone5 to check them out in person, along with other tees from the summer ‘08 collection.

Zone5, 50-89 & 50-90, Level 5, Berjaya Times Square, Jalan Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur; Tel+603 2148 6333.

(Click on images twice to enlarge)

Some may remember the adidas x Oki-Ni Rod Lavers from a few years back, that featured all-over fish skin uppers; this new Superstar Vintage sports wolf-fish skin on the stripes, heel and tongue tag, resulting in a texture that is seldom seen on sneakers. The premium quality kicks also feature high quality nubuck on the uppers and shelltoe, along with a set of leather laces, making them one of the more classy looking Superstars in quite a while. A tasty treat indeed.

Available now at the adidas Originals store @ Pavilion KL, as well as selected stockists around South East Asia.

(Click on images twice to enlarge)

Last season, Nike was all over woven material, this time it seems like it’s all about gold accents. We recently showed you the white/gold Terminators, as well as the black/gold Air Max 1s, now here’s a trio of models with similar colour schemes for you to sink your teeth into.

Available soon at selected Nike Stockists across South East Asia.

(Click on images twice to enlarge)

Every year, Nike manages to up themselves in the sportwear technology stakes. With this year being that of the Olympic Games, it is no surprise that Nike has gone full force to showcase their advances in the field. Earlier this year, Nike unveiled the Hyperdunk basketball sneaker, which uses Flywire technology, a method of creating an ultra-lightweight material by fusing nylon threads, sythentic leather and mesh.

The result is one of the company’s lightest basketball kicks ever. Knowing that you have the best support is one thing, being able to see it is another. Just like Air technology before, Flywire can easily be identified by it’s aesthetics - which are the criss-cross wire pattern on the uppers, as can be seen in the pictures above and below.

To promote the development of lightweight products for athletes, Nike Malaysia are holding Project Lightweight, a contest open to college and design students within Malaysia.

The grand prize: an all-expense paid 3-day/2-night trip to the Nike World Headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

Winners will not only get to wander around the grounds, but they will also be given a tour of the ‘Kitchen’, Nike’s mythical development lab that houses their top design talent, who will be open for Q&As.

To enter, design a future lightweight sports products that will enable athletes to achieve better performance, and send it along with an explanation of the design in not more than 200 words to projectlightweight@email-nike.com.my. Participants must submit their designs before 5pm, 31st July 2008.

The Nike Hyperdunk will be released this month at selected Nike stockists; For more details on the contest, head over to the Project Lightweight website.

(Click on images to enlarge)

At long last, the much talked about adidas x Hellboy II Forums and Stan Smith Mids were released yesterday to coincide with the Malaysian movie premiere of Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Although the Forums got the majority vote for the hottest colourway of the collab, the Stan Smith, being much more limited and coming with extra bells and whistles, was the one that got the crowd to queue up.

Thanks to a rather nifty queueing system, implemented with the help of the Komodo NInja crew, everyone got their kicks within half an hour of launch. To keep everyone entertained until the movie premiere, adidas brought in Malaysian graphic/comic artist Michael Chuah, of Gilamon, to work on a live Hellboy painting.

A win-win situation for all, people got tickets to watch the movie, got to see a bit of live art, and most importantly, got their shoes all within an hour - not bad for a sneaker launch. A far cry from a couple of years ago, where our scene was marred by quite a few “questionable” launches. For those that couldn’t make it yesterday, although the Stan Smiths sold out instantly, there are still some Forums available, so head over if you want a piece of hell.

(Click on images twice to enlarge)