José Parlá: Walls, Diaries, and Paintings

Street (inspired) artist, Jose Parla, will be releasing a new book titled "Walls, Diaries, and Paintings" that chronicles his life's work...



Published by Hatje Cantz, the book is due out in February and will be welcomed with a solo show by José at Bruce Wolkowitz Gallery in NYC, opening on March 3rd and lasting through April 4th.


-john-

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All Gone 2009 | Book

Somehow the All Gone book has kind of become a yearly SwaggerDap must have, and this year is no different (if you have or know anyone with the original 2006 book let us know!). If you are unfamiliar with the All Gone publication, it is a yearly wrap up of all things limited edition, that is put out by the good folks at La MJC. And of course it is limited edition itself.

Since the book is over 250 pages and covers an entire year in street culture, I can't exactly give a succinct recap through this blog post. BUT they do some nice imagery and photography to note a certain product through each month, so I've chosen to take you through those...
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While the book remains basically the same year after year, I still love the time, effort, and quality put into the pages. A lot of people write off "street culture" so we don't always get the finest things, but this publication is consistently great and makes me happy to be part of it all.

Oh and here's a quick run down of the products for each month:

Jan - Puma x UNDFTD
Feb - Asics x Patta (yes there are actually sneakers in the picture, look down)
Mar - Sebago x La MJC
Apr - Supreme x Damien Hirst
May - Original Fake 4ft Companion
Jun - Nike Livestrong
Jul - Louis Vuitton x Kanye
Aug - Medicom Bearbrick
Sep - New Balance x Mita x Mad Mectic
Oct - Vans x Robert Crumb
Nov - Reebok Pump 20
Dec - Puma Bubble Tech Pack

They are already sold out through colette, and to be honest I'm not sure that they release anywhere else, but if you do some hunting (or know someone in Paris) I'm sure you can still snag a copy.



-john-

Bape x Touch Magazine - 700th Issue

I'm walking through the hood of Sham Shui Po today and what do I see but a Bape Camo'd out issue of Touch Magazine. For their 700th issue, Touch celebrated Bape's 15 years with a top 100 countdown of everything Bape.









A pretty interesting countdown, especially to see a number of Bape products that I never knew existed like Bape x Fender Guitars, Campbell's soup, and even a Nakata Football (soccer ball). If you're in HK its only 15HKD so go grab one n check it out, there's also more previews of the Michael Lau Air Crazy Force 1.

Sorry for the poor quality pics, my camera is buggin' right now but I'll try to take better ones later.


-john-

Bape Book & Nigo Signing - Comming Soon

Coming out Saturday (11/22) at Bape Hong Kong and (12/6) at Bape NY.



The Bape Book, celebrating 15 years of success for the Japanese lifestyle giant, is set to release this Saturday the 22nd in Hong Kong and then December 6th at Bape New York. Both releases will bring the man behind it all, Nigo to the drop where he will be signing the limited edition multi-camo copies.His appearance at Colette and in Japan drew a crazy crowd so expect no difference.

It's already touched down in Hong Kong, awaiting Nigo's arrival to release.
Teaser pic via Santa Inoue

The GR copies in green, blue, and pink camos have already been released at certain retailers. Check your local Japanese bookstore or even Amazon.


-john-

Back in 5

It's finals week for us out here in Hong Kong, which means papers, tests, presentations, instant noodles, no sleep, and the floor of my room turning into this mess...



So, sorry for the slight decline in posts and updates this week, just gimme a few day's and things will be back to full force.


and once again thanks for all of the support out there. we love you.


-john-

Its ALL GONE, and its Here

The ridiculous shipping charge from France plus the exchange rate definitely caused us to overdraft our business account. But oh well, it was worth it.

-Meez

All Gone 2007

All Gone 2007 has just been released.
It's a full year in review of the streetwear scene.



same price but the purple is GR and the silver backed is limited edition (a limited edition book about limited edition goods, quite fitting)



however over here, the Swaggerdap team has decided to go with the purple ..... why, i'm not sure, but it is what it is


sidenote tho.... if we got the silver one it woulda gone kinda perfect with the Dino Jrs.


All Gone can be bought at Sold Out through Colette


-john-