Via email from Cheba: "Cheba jeans are on there way, hold tight. . . "

So it looks like this coming Monday, September 15th, may be the day when the Bathing Ape/adidas remixed Superstars I's (now called, appropriately "Super APE Stars") have finally cleared US customs and will go on sale at the adidas Soho store. (At least that's what the manager of the store has been telling us so if they don't go on sale Monday, don't blame us, okay?). If you haven't seen them yet, it's definately some of Nigo's best work to date. We've been eyein' the Remix camos in the plexi cases at the adidas store for a couple of weeks now. When they do go out on Monday, the whole thing will last the blink of an eye, as there's only 500 pair of three different styles. That's 500 pair per style worldwide! So don't expect more than 50 pair or so at the Soho store. The Superskate remix's are set to launch in October.

The BAPE shoes are part of the adidas !s!gned (I-signed) series, an on-going collaborative project between adidas and emerging artists and designers. Past collaborations have included Bless, Saskia Van Drimmelen, Kostas Murkudis, NOKI, Stella McCartney, OWN, Jeremy Scott and ALIFENYC.

So if you head over to the store on Monday, look out for a dude and his dog (a brown Weimie named Hudson) We'll be out there on line with the rest of you guys.

If you haven't figured it out yet from reading the Wooster site, we fuckin' love So Fuzzy Crew. So when CUE told us he had just finished producing his first toy, we couldn't wait to see it.

From Cue: "I've just filled one of the black rabbits' mouths with red paint and its fangs are now dripping blood _ it looks pretty sweet. Im going to photograph it tomorrow... BE VERY AFRAID... the next step is to make the roadkill rabbit, which will also probably have lots of blood on it... sweet."

This shirt was hand-screened at the 55DSL booth at the ASR convention last weekend in San Diego. The first two to name the artist who created the print will be hooked up with one of these limited edition DiK vs Wooster shirts.


note: folks affiliated with 55dsl or the artist aren't eligible, duh :P

This morning we got to peep the latest edition of Soundwalk - the super cool CD based "audio guide for insiders" that you may have seen at Urban Outfitters in NYC. (That is if you're the Urban Outfitters type) After creating tours of New York's Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Times Square and Dumbo, the guys over at Soundwalk/Oversampling have now teamed up with adidas to produce a kickass hip hop inspired audio tour of the Bronx. Yes, the fuckin' Bronx. 'about time the Bronx got some respect. This time out the Soundwalk team has spared no expense, blowing the thing up to three CD's. Each CD tackles a distinct Bronx neighborhood: Yankee Stadium, Hunts Point and Soundview. One of the CD's features Hunts Point killer graffiti scene, with emphasis on the TATS CRU, CRASH, CHAIN3 and the artwork of John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres. The narrator is none other than BG183 of TATS CRU. Another CD centers on the Soundview/Bronx River area that's the home of Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation and is known as the birthplace of hip-hop. It includes interviews with Afrika Bambaataa, GrandWizzard Theodore, Kool DJ Red Alert, and GrandMaster Caz. Narrator is the legendary DJ and producer The Original Jazzy Jay, who started playing in the streets of the Bronx under the guidance of Afrika Bambaataa. He's worked with Fat Joe, Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others. Pretty dope, right?

based in san francisco, STRANGEco produces figures to satisfy the most hungry of collectors. their latest is the Mini Treehouse figure series, designed by Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius. the series features 12 distinct characters that can be morphed into alter egos (transformer! more than meets the eye...). and true to blind-chase form, there are two super rare figures--Naal the mushroom patch guard and Scary Girl in painter's attire-- and even one secret one!

via email from jim, on 9/10 : Mini Treehouse retails for $5.95 each, and is available now. We hope to add a lot more to this list. many of these retailers will also carry our other products, starting with Dorbel by Jim Woodring (which will retail for $40).

We've known for a while that anything East London's Low Wage Crew (PMH, D*Face, Mysterious Al, Chimp) lends their talents to is definitely gonna be top notch. These guys don't fuck around. If you attended the Finders Keepers shows in London then you know that quality is paramount for LWC. So when D*Face let us peep his new tee before it hits stores, we knew it was gonna be great. And it is. From the handscreened boxes to the individually numbered labels, no expense is spared.

A clarification from PMH regarding LWC: "right sir, there are two crews - LOW WAGE CREW and FINDERS KEEPERS (FKC).....low wage started ages ago and is very loose, like the wu tang, it includes ronzo and anyone who keeps it dirty, wheras FKC (finders keepers) is super serious, THE collective, and is me, mysterious al, d face and dave the chimp.....we be FKC -- i told you we got a halloween show at jag shoes, our first ever group show and its gonna be hella sick!"

Not too long ago we featured the artist Nylon on the Wooster Collective site. His latest project is a limited edition series of skateboard wheels featuring his abstract graphics, old school clouds, and the zippo lighter in a bubble pack.

When we first heard that the U.K based street artist Sickboy had lent his artistic talents to a lady's handbag, our initial reaction was - "What the fuck??" But then we saw how cool is was and we were hooked. We are indeed diggin' the handbags. Each one is hand printed, hand painted, hand sewn.

The Wooster Collective hooked up with Design Is Kinky and American Apparel to produce a limited edition Wooster Collective x DIK tee. This one-of-a-kind tee was given exclusively to the guests at last Saturday's opening of "A Celebration of Street Art" in Brooklyn. We're diggin' Andrew (of DIK's) off-centered map graphic.

The latest and second imprint on Giant Robot's press is kozyndan's Urban Myths book, a collaborative duo operating out of LA. Known for their mind-blowing panoramas, kozyndan produce some of the most original and creative illustrations I've seen.

We've been a huge fan of Chip Kidd's book jacket designs since first seeing his work on Donna Tart's THE SECRET HISTORY in 1992 (a collaboration with Barbara de Wilde). Yale University Press' Monographics Books now gives Chip the full on star treatment he deserves with a well illustrated book that examines Kidd's design work and the context behind it. If you are a designer or artist, this will be a book that you will return to time and time again for inspiration.

So Fuzzy Crew's clothing line has been a big hit here at Wooster HQ since we first came across them at Stackhouse in our 'hood. CUE's stuff is top of the line and a whole lot of fun. Pure Evil. Pure Evil

We've been diggin' Ewos' whacked out graf for a while now, so we couldn't have been happier to learn that Ewos' Angry Dog character is included in the latest Qee Series from Toy2R. When the new Kid Robot store opened on Sunday around the corner from our flat in Soho, we immediately headed over and dropped a shit load of our hard earned money in pursuit of getting one of Ewos' figures in the blind chase. Alas we didn't get one, but that's not going to stop us. Payday is Friday and we're going back for more.

Via Email from Ewos on 9/9: "Hey wooster! hahah i laughed alot at your text on my qee daamn! well i sell them too and then you get the red-black one in a polybag (special edition) or the black and white one in the box. could you put this email order_gee@hotmail.com for peolpe that really want this one ans not buy alot untill they got the one they want..."