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In spite of Tower Records entered bankruptcy for the first time in 2004 due to the huge impact music evolution started from MP3, and I-pod add fuel to the flames. Tower Records in Japan has been lead CD retailer in Japan for 30 years since started its business in 1979. For this sake of celebration for the legendary CD retailer, Japanese most famous online shop-zozo town invited about 30 famous brands that collaborated with Tower Records. Every design all involved Tower Records classic logo, now available in zozo resort. Check for those T-shirts below.

Source: Tower Records x Zozo Resort , Tower Records

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Lena Fujii, is best known for her work for Japanese fashion magazine ViVi. Because of her mixed blood, her naïve and cute appearance always make her fans crazy. Now she started to design her bridal veil for her new career that different form model, singer, and actress. L et Lena website just opened in 6/10, jump up for the 1^st collection of L et Lena veil.

Lena will have an new event in Taiwan in July, look forward for her coming!

Pix From : L et Lena

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How do you think about trash to treasure! Since 2004, Miami-based Ecoist has been at the cutting edge of eco-fashion. From their candy wrapper bracelets and purses to their recycled movie billboards collection of bags, belts, placemats…etc. Ecoist founders Helen and Jonathan are bringing fashion accessories to a new level. In order to saving waste from landfills, they didn’t just stop at candy wrappers, they also use food packaging, soda labels, subway maps, and newspapers to weave together their stylish and study handbags.

Source: Ecoist

 

Superflat First Love, an anime short to mark the revamp of Louis Vuitton's Multicolor Spring Palette line of leather accessories. Superflat monogram, has been made by Takashi Murakami and Japanese DJ- Fantastic plastic machine (FPM) in 2003, as a sequel to Murakami's anime short, the new film also celebrates six years of collaboration between the two pop culture icons.

Louis Vuitton will officially launch the Multicolor Sprint Palette lineup on April 28.You can feast your eyes on the 15 second trailer below the article, but it doesn’t say too much yet.

 

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New York iconic brand Supreme droped out the new summer tees, collatived with artist/ illustrator - Pedro Bell, been known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic, George Clinton solo albums, and other goods pakages. Please jump to supreme’s website for the detail.

 

BRAiNCHiLD, directed by DJ Mykal and Taiwanese actor Bolin Chen, has been showed their 2008-2009 brand image style. We can see the selections that represent the brand’s principal impressions from 2008 to 2009, for summing up all the merchandise in 2008 and to kick off 2009!

Source: BRAiNCHiLD DESIGN CLAN

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The video that goes along with the Spring/Summer 09 campaign for Y-3 depicts kids hiding from surveillance cameras with the aid of their dynamic sneaks, giving us the sneakiest of previews.

Space Monkeys, France brand was born in Toulouse, there is a little over a year and is not a conformist society today and it draws its inspiration and its provocative graphics codes.Space Monkeys has released its new Spring / Summer 2009 "More Money, More Monkeys".

 

After some years of absence, Visvim is returning to Paris. Over the next few days they will set up a temporary showroom to present their upcoming Autumn/Winter 2009 collection to a European and international audience.It is nice to see Visvim with such an elaborate presentation here in Europe! BTW,Visvim's website will go live shortly.

 

    

 Combining the aesthetic might of industrial designer Prathan Poopat and graphic designer Flavio Girolami - we bring you the new second season of Common Projects! Inspired by the fundamentals of everyday construction, each shoe is simple, practical and luxurious. Every pair are branded on the heel with a gold propriety size and serial number, a testament to their designer's commitment to footwear architecture.

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