Browsing the "Asia Exclusive" Category
January 1st, 2013 by Aaron Hope
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Japanese rapper Verbal’s Ambush Design has contributed some eye-catching collaborative sneaker designs, but the latest manages to grab your attention with maximum efficiency. The colors are kept to a minimum on all of the Verbal x Ambush x Reebok Pump Fury HLS designs, but thanks to a glossy treatment on the angular overlay, subtly outlined monochromatic blue and red counterparts are equally ostentatious as their silver-accented white and black predecessors. Click through for a closer look stick with Sneaker News for updates, but expect the latest Teriyaki Boyz-affiliated release to release exclusively in Asia like October’s white and black drop.
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December 29th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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A Chuck Taylor derivation that’s seen limited play even as the One Star expands their classics catalog to keep pace with other brands’ heritage releases, Converse Japan reintroduces a couple of old school court kicks that deserve more time in the spotlight. These new Converse Canvas Chevronstar designs feature tiger camouflage on their contrast-stitched uppers, high and lowtops adding a bit of Pro Leather/Blazer-ish branding instead of the All Star’s ankle patch look. These are part of the Dave Spector-backed ‘U.S. Originator’ capsule along with other notable American imagery like DC Comics characters, so stick with Sneaker News for the latest and let us know if you’ll try to import this tiger camo pack.
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December 23rd, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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Puma were ahead of their time in 2008, releasing a trio of Suede lowtops whose macro leopard print would be a logical progression with the recent animal print craze now firmly entrenched. After leopard usurped cheetah’s throne and Gourmet went to left field for their ocelot makeups, the latest branch to explore on the feline family tree as we move into 2013 is the panther. This new mita sneakers x Puma Suede we saw in brief a few days ago is positioned as one of the earliest representations of this rosette pattern (quite similar to leopard, really), but this Japanese exclusive is only available at Puma Store Osaka.
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December 19th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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Puma is about to open a huge new concept store in Osaka, Japan with over an acre of floor space. And on the flip side of that spacious location, a limited run of Puma Suedes to honor local soccer hero Kazuyoshi ‘King Kazu’ Miura. Three new Suedes feature the King Kazu crown on the lateral ankle area, with 111 pairs each for the black/gold and crimson/gold and a super-limited 11-pair run on the ‘Rio Red’ edition that’s a few shades brighter. Rounding out the pack are more widely available panther, zebra, tiger and giraffe print editions with black detailing, and you can see all seven in more images below.
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December 18th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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The first sneaker to feature a pivot point thirty years ago, the Nike Air Force 1 set up shop in Brooklyn earlier this month as the anniversary celebration transitions into the era of Lunar Force 1. Now the AF1 Pivot Point lands in Japan, with an LF1 pop-up shop in Tokyo. The entire Family of Force is on display from noon to 7 local time Thursday thru Sunday and you can see more of ‘The Future One’ and in all its glory below.
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December 12th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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Revealed on Monday as the first collaboration in a few months between the heads of fragment design and Uniform Experiment, the F.C.R.B. x Nike Air Max+ 2012 reveals more details in a dozen new photos today. Produced in conjunction with the FCRB x mastermind JAPAN capsule this season, these dark Air Max 2012s add reflective metallic branding, including the fictitious team’s insignia on the heel and Mastermind’s skull and bones something like the exclamation point on the forefoot Swoosh. If this turns out to be the last major AM2012 release then it’s going out with a bang on Saturday, December 22nd; let us know what you think after checking out all the new shots below.
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December 11th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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PRO-Keds’ most popular silhouette joins up with one of the streetwear world’s triple-OGs for the latest project to embrace the python look on the eve of the Year of the Snake. These new XLarge x PRO-Keds Royal Plus lowtops pair seasonal suede shades with scaly branding in much the same way that Solebox crafted their Puma States trio and adidas has offered on a variety of classics of late. It seems likely that these will remain an Asia exclusive just as was the case with this pairing’s 2006 teamup, so have a closer look below and let us know were they available, which ones you’d pick up on the ‘bay.
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December 10th, 2012 by Aaron Hope
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It’s been a while since we’ve seen new product from the partnership between Hirofumi Kiyonaga and Hiroshi Fujiwara, but here comes a new FC Real Bristol collaboration in time for the holiday season. They’ve brought in mastermind JAPAN who just released their first Nike Sportswear collaboration this past weekend, and after the skull and crossbones logo played such a prominent logo in that design, these new F.C.R.B. x Nike Air Max+ 2012s opt for a subtler approach on the lateral ankles. Black/grey and navy/gold colorups connect with the sporty aesthetic we’ve come to expect from these UE projects with a tone of darkness provided by Mastermind, and they’ll hit Kiyonaga’s SOPH on Saturday, December 22nd.
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