By Miike Takashi, one of the greates directors alive, featuring Tarantino, one of the greatest directors alive.

My radar went like RED ALERT RED ALERT when I saw this one. The limited edition Levi’s x Damien Hirst collection. “Hirst worked closely on the project with designer Adrian Nyman, who previously made a collection of Levi’s imprinted with Andy Warhol’s art. The current Fall 08 line focuses on three common themes from only Hirst’s work—skulls, spots and tropical butterflies. The images are emblazoned on black and blue jeans, as well as white, black and purple t-shirts. Some of the skull images feature the splattered paint of his “spin paintings” and one shirt has the black and white portrait of the artist and a skull. The line is rounded out with a signature denim and leather jacket.” The Levi’s x Damien Hirst line will be hitting stores like Barney’s New York, Fred Segal and Union (NYC) in mid-September.

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The Master, The Yoda, The Guru, aka Visvim has another treat for those who are into treats. The Foley Folk (genius unintended? wordplay) from Visvim’s Fall/Winter 2008 Collection. Featuring the signature beige leather patches on the instep. And each outsole is imprinted with hexagons, a geometric shape long associated with Visvim. For people with bigger wallets than me, its available online at Cliff Edge now.

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For your listening pleasure…

The Cool Kids - If It Rocks Let It Knock

The Cool Kids - Nigga Please

As we are all anxiously waiting for the Fall collection to arrive in the Gorilli Concept Store, the infamous RockersNYC and Japanese luxury bag company Masterpiece have teamed up to create a very limited run of bags only available in Japan. Masterpiece reworked its stellar tote bag in three different colorways with RockersNYC’s epic Evoleyes print, and also reworked their Boston bag with the RockersNYC Delgado print. All of the bags are created with high end materials, and both styles come with leather trim and some nice details. This is yet another great collaboration by RockersNYC, setting it apart from many other brands, as the jump in between streetwear and a more high end fashion. The Rockers NYC x Masterpiece bags will be released Spring/Summer 2009.

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Continuing to infiltrate Chinese culture, also after the Olympics Games, Nike presents the Mid-Autumn Festival Pack, consisting of a Terminator, Air Max 1 and a Blazer. The quest goes on to replace Made in China by Sold in China. But when you sell your sole/soul is it worth the gold?

Hihihihi, kan het niet laten on hier de vergelijking in te zien van de Indianen en glimmende kraaltjes. Maar goed, ook na de Olympische spelen, gaat Nike door met hun project om hun spullen ook daar te verkopen waar ze over het algemeen gemaakt worden, CHINA. Maar dan net aan andere Chinezen, want alle chinezen zijn gelijk maar sommige meer gelijk dan anderen. Welkom in het liberaal-kapitalisme…

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Graphic artist Eric Haze teamed up with Casio for this 25th Anniversary G-Shock watch. We`ll try to give you more info soon on European availability. The Casio G-Shock was already hitting hard in Asia due to the retro game that is on now in fashion land. But now it seems America and Europe will get their share of the pie too. Some intersesting models are already available in the Gorilli Concept Store.

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KarmaloopTV visited Lanie Alabanza-Barcena, Head Designer of Hellz Bellz in her LA office to get the inside story on this hot ladies streetwear brand. The much anticipated Hellz Bellz Fall 2008 Collection is currently shipping to stores now. For Netherlands check the Gorilli Concept Store. Inspired by songs that exemplify the true meaning of the brand, Hellz Bellz bring you The Delivery One lookbook of their 2008 ‘Every Generation Needs It’s Own Soundtrack’ collection. The line includes thermal leggings, fashion tops, outerwear and denim. The Hellz Bellz Fall 2008 collection is being referred to as a vibrant cultural melting pot of music and style.

For those who missed it …here it is… the full Obama speech. One of the greatest speeches ever given, though dont be misled. It is always NONE OF THE ABOVE.

One of the few brands outthere injecting euro-hightech-camouflage into the streetwear entourage. ADDICT. The FallWinter collection is about to drop allover Europe and Format happens to have a nice feature. Go check it out…

H(Y)R Collective has released their latest issue 5 and speaks with Jeff Staple, Sydney Lo, Jake Davis and also Brendan Babenzien of Aprix Footwear and Supreme. Very interesting so check it out here.

The Onistuka Tiger x Colette sneakers will drop at the Colette x Gap store on September 6th.

Todays bloghype has to be the Fall/Winter 2008 footwear collection of Japanese brand Rehacer. Looks a lot like the beloved Visvim. But also some different styles. Thick stitching, quality premium suede and leather laces with a clean white sole. Available in Japan only for now.

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Iconic and legendary, the Casio G-Shock, recently got together with DJ Steph Floss to release the Timing is Everything Mixtape in promotion of their new “crazy colors” line of watches.  The watches are available for purchase on their website and the mixtape, featuring artists like Kanye West, The Cool Kids, Kid Sister, Wale, N*E*R*D and more, can be downloaded here.

Go get your oldskool on with the back on track LA Gear comeback.

Zo fout dat het goed is! LA Gear is terug!

Coming soon, the Vans x Crooks & Castles sneaker white version. If there was ever a sneaker coming close of simulating an orgasm this one would be a worthy contender. Black premium leather mixed with patent leather and finished with some Gucci accents.

The much anticipated Stone Island Shadow Project, designed in collaboration with Acronym, was released this weekend in part at Firmament Berlin.

Gorilli via Highsnobiety

For all the kitty kittens worldwide, the world will never be the same. Get ready to be drowned in digital cuteness, with Hello Kitty Online. Features battles, customizable houses, farming, miniature versions of famous international cities like Beijing and Moscow, in-game blogs and video for community networking. Resistance is futile…

Hallo poesie of Hello Kitty gaat door met haar meesterplan om de wereld te introctineren met roze zoetigheid. Dit keer met een online community/game waar je nooit meer uit hoeft.

Hiroki Nakamura gives us a first look at the newly opened F.I.L. Hiroshima store (Visvim). A minimalistic beauty like the other F.I.L. / Visvim stores. Its only in retrospect that we can say that the Gorilli Concept Store was not only inspired by Wonderwall but also by Visvim`s minimalistic esthetic approach.

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