[Original DOPE] Archive

  Hypebeat is originally refers to a street wear enthusiast who is only interested in having the latest fashion, trends, and some amazing , crazy stuff. When my homie, Kevin Ma, found his original website in January 2005 as a Blogspot, it’s become famous in the trend activities. Now we call “Hypebeast”, people just know that best 50 websites chose from Time magazine. His successful is not by chance, it’s really need hard-working that keep the quality and quantity for their website. If you do really want to know more about Kevin, see this interview on mashkulture. What is more I found out some interesting picture that present the approximately years trend changed about Hypebeast. Check that!

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Converse Japan has released two colorways interesting shoes in 2007, the Jack Purcell Fake-Lace Slip-On. The appearance looks exactly like a Jack Purcell also with famous iconic outer sole and the toe cap, but you would find the printed laces  onto the upper and in reality it is just a slip-on. We, LDope crew are all crash on it, the special color wash printed is so amazing on a slip-on. We don't know it would be in Taiwan, but now we choose the fake Jack Purcell for introducing to Taiwan again. If anyone who interesting on the fake, do not heistate to replay!

Edison found up his CLOT kingdom, but now it sounds to be dissolved. The latest HK magazine revealed the business scandal about the recently sold jeans collaborated with Levi’s and design by Kazuki(Fragment designer). The magazine spoke bluntly that Edison and Hiroshi has been broken up their friendship due to this collaboration, and Edison changed the Fragment design logo into his (CLOT) directly. In the other way, magazine also told that in case of Edison’s biggest sex scandal, his clothing business has been taken over by buddy brother Kevin Poon. But fortunately, Kevin didn’t focus on his business, and now CLOT Inc is facing the possible of break down.

The entire article divulged unexpectedly. We give you a optimistic judge after LDope saw the Edison’s interview from CNN, “Everything is just turning on a very interesting way.”

Jump up to see the CNN interview with Chinese subtitle from Youtube 

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LDope Japanese version has been launched now. The First dropped is an interview with the amazing artist “Shibuya”. The English version will put on soon.  If you are familiar with Japanese, glimpse on it!

“Italiens”- The Changes are a collaboration between Sk8thing-the mainly (A BATHING APE/BBC-IceCream JPN), Fergadelic(Tonite UK), and PAM (Perks and Mini, a.k.a Misha Hollenbach and Shauna Toohey), formed by some adventure days in their first tour of Milan. If you read the book, you would familiar the art work like in SILAS, GOOD ENOUGH? , and A BATHING APE. During that period they hold party, ate raw or mozzarella cheese, and played some punk/disco music. That’s what they called” Italiens”! This book was published by PAM and Slamjam , also on the occasion of their exhibition in Milan.

Source: PAM, Slamjam

Following the success of the first Monocle shop in London last year, the brand opens a new store in Los Angeles today. Monocle Magazine has grown since 2006 by former founder of wallpaper magazine- Tyler Brule, then into one of the most respected and successful publication across multiple fields of arts, politics and fashion. The shop will open two more stores in New York City and Tokyo in 2009!

Following the brand's success in China, Hong Kong and South Korea, Japan's most popular casual wear brand UNIQLO will make its debut in the Singapore retail market at the Tampines 1 Mall on Thursday, and the next Singapore stores will be set to open in Orchard’s ION mall in August! By the way, Hennes & Mauritz AB (operating as H&M) would be also soon up in Singapore this year.