Japanese artist and Louis Vuitton Mastermind, Takashi Murakami has designed the french luggage label’s NY flagship store on 5th Ave. The facade of the building will be covered with Murakami’s famous multi colored monogram print. The interior of the store also experience somewhat of a revamp. Definitly a place to visit if you ever have the chance to go to the big apple.

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An interesting interview with the creative mind behind OriginalFake, check it out.

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Hong Kong based streetwear brand and trucker hat expertise Subcrew is taking their brand into the next level by entering the Chinese market with the opening of their latest store in Guang Zhou. Their official retailer store, Unity, which they opened in Taiwan recently is claimed to open its door to the public in Guang Zhou on May 18th. Also as we all expected, Subcrew CEO Sam Lee a.k.a DJ Careful is going to throw another unforgettable opening party with the locals.

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Bape latest store in LA is finally opened and Nigo managed to throw a celebration event to commemorate this special occasion. Various celebrities such as N.E.R.D., Mike Tyson, Takashi Murakami, Kaws and many more were invited to the party.
Like the rest of Nigo’s stores around the world, the store features very much its unique fundamental design such as the usage of neon light, conveyor belt and of course tones of its camo pattern decor around the store. In this store they also released an exclusive Roadsta which comes in orange/purple colorway. Do check it out if you happen to be in town.

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Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape is broadening its empire again by announcing the opening of its latest flagship in Los Angeles.  The store will be opened on April 25th and expecting Nigo to throw one crazy opening party with massive number of invited guests on the land of Hollywood. Also get ready for some special opening merchandises, so line up early!

Bape LA
8001 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046

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Bape has re-launched its website and much improvement can be seen compare to the previous way of navigating the site. Do check it out to experience some of the new features that have been included.

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Attention to all OriginaFake fans! Kaws has just re-launched his online store at Kawsone and you can now make purchases there. Items like “Rotten Apple” and “Valentine” tees, gore-tex jacket and accessories are still up for grab, so get yours before it all runs out!

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The Hundreds has finally opened their latest store in San Francisco and no doubt this is going to be another successful year for them. Their hardcore fans have been queuing up prior to the opening ceremony to get their hands on some opening merchandises as well as their recent collaboration products with Benny Gold and the Hieroglyphics crew. Similar to their LA store, black color theme has been well adopted into this store with some extraordinary decors.

More photos after the jump. You can also head to The Hundreds to see more photos of the store.

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