How do you REALLY feel about A Bathing Ape today?

[solefareal90]

I'm curious to know how you all feel about Bathing Ape as a brand/ movement today? Do you really feel like a cornball if you step out the house with bapestas on, despite how fly the shoe actually is and how many people STILL don't know about the shiny sneakers with the star on the side?

How about when you throw on a bathing ape crew neck or pullover? - i.e. a generals pullover/ crew neck- People still look at the sweater like. "whats that about?", at least for me. Its another story when you have a shark or tiger on and people are like "wtf:eek:?"

Do you guys feel like A Bathing Ape (the movement) is really dead, or is it the idea of wearing Bape stop you from rockin' it?

---I know in NY the brand is definitely not what it used to be, and everyone from new york knows why

...Discuss. Don't view this and not say something..

[Mars]

A Bathing Ape is still much alive in my heart. OG pieces and classic designs only.
We rockin' it hard in Paris and we are still reppin' the ape. BAPE is a lifestyle and once you taste it you can never forget it. I rarely go out without wearing some BAPE, even if it's just an accessory.

The BAPE movement is dead in the general public eye and i can understand it, recycling, nothing exciting in the collections, you can usually only find 1 or 2 nice items in each new collection and that's it.

But like i said, it's a lifestyle. BAPE has an awesome past and you have to go back in time to find the REAL BAPE and i think we should all revive the brand by wearing the classic pieces that made bape so popular, that's what i'm trying to do here in Paris !

"---I know in NY the brand is definitely not what it used to be, and everyone from new york knows why" Explain ?

[solefareal90]

i was waiting for your response my dude. haha

Man.. BAPE in NY is just.. idk man. These kids ate it up. I personally feel like we need a more diverse staff at BWS like how it was back in 05. You rarely see any JPNESE homies in the shop anymore. It just doesnt feel the same. These kids rock the shit so so soo corny man, and i can say that because i witnessed the change. Being there from the very beginning allows me to say how corny these dudes are. They have no knowledge on the brand. They don't know how it used to be.

[Mars]

Ahaha sole yeah you already know what i think.
As for the NY situation, you should get involved man. Any BAPEhead should.

[solefareal90]

i meant WAS*.. i was waiting for your response.

and yeah, i made this thread cause ima shoot a documentary soon one BAPE culture in New York "Old and New".. idk if you remember that picture i posted up a while back

[Mars]

You told me about it a while ago and i said if was really curious to see this. We should really get involved like i said and show BAPE some love. We all kinda have an influence on internet you know...

[solefareal90]

word, D/M your PIN

[dope]

I still collect and wear bape. Its definitely not worn from head to toe and as loud it was in the beginning. I take a bit more tasteful approach to choosing what is worn and what to just leave for another day. I know how you feel, I wore my kaws varsity today in soho and got mixed reactions, but it just reminds me of when it first started here anyways.

Bape brought me into Japanese street wear scene and allowed me to really meet a lot of different people in which I still work with today and are clients of mine. It doesn't matter what people think about Bathing Ape today or three years ago. People who were really into bape and grew up on its culture still appreciate it in different ways, whether it is collecting older pieces that are probably aren't as expensive and widely available now or just like to have something that reminds them of certain event and time. I look in my wardrobe and see a lot of history, I don't mind that I don't wear most of it, it was just the experience of being there for some of the better times that made it all worth being apart of.

It's always fun to meet people today that recognize older things and can equally appreciate the rarity of people trying to keep it alive in their own way.

-Dope

[Playahater]

Loved it back in the days but then shit got terrible with rehashing the same old designers and it became weird. Nowaday it's gotten a lot better IMO, nicer clean product with minimal branding. Unfortunately fakes are everywhere in Australia and it's ruined the image Bape once had here. Still love the brand in general though and always make a visit to the stores in Harajuku, Shibuya and Aoyama each time i'm there.

Still on the hunt for some grail pieces, OG BBC crewneck for one and certain stas.

[ichibaned1026]

I still love BAPE because it was my stepping stone into the whole world of "streetwear"

Although the image of BAPE has changed a great deal over the years, it continues to stay relevant and releases some good items each season (It's not like before when we would eat up anything NIGO pumped out of the factory)

Perhaps it's certain people (i.e. the corny dudes like sole mentioned) who started wearing BAPE that tarnished its reputation and made some of the "real" supporters turn their back on BAPE

[solefareal90]

i mean... i just feel like BAPE will always be that shit. no matter how much people hate on it.
-
im still trying to get Halloween bapes, from like 06-07. the orange/black colorway. fucking ill colorway right there

[dope]

The people who have trended bape on the hype train have come and gone. The people who still appreciate it are still around. I hope in your documentary you get some real bape heads from back in the day and not the next generation cats.

[solefareal90]

ahah, nah, trust, it'll be originalheads cause i know most of them. the new cats will get like 5 minutes in front of the camera. i really want them to feel offended, haha.

[newtobape]

Bape since the beginning of my entrance to streetwear and still buying and wearing bape. forever and always. never ever letting go of my daft punk stas

[paulio4prez]

my bape tshirts are now the shirts i sleep in with the exception of a couple. i still definitely rock the camo snowboard when i'm on the slopes and the shark hoody in the streets but i dont think i've bought an item from the store for at least 2 years now. it has a place in my heart for sure but its all about the og items. the newer stuff is just eh for me.

it was definitely the first brand that brought me into the japanese streetwear scene and it will always have a nostalgic place in my style :)

[teamelitejordan]

bape introduced me to streetwear and I still love the brand
I have always been a fan of the camo/generals/college logo/sharks
whenever i visit ny or japan bape is always on the to do list as the store interior/exteriors are amazing

[Asami]

I still support Bape pretty hard, whether it's searching for OG items or newer releases. I think it's different if you're used to the Japanese Bape scene though, people there are still supporting the brand and it just has a different vibe from what I read in your posts about the way it's worn in NY. I love seeing the OG cats wearing a mix of 5 year old stuff some recent releases, still rocking it from head to toe.

I Can't really explain it, but Bape to me is just a feeling that I don't get with any other streetwear brand.. And therefore I wil keep on supporting Bape for as long as I feel that connection with it.

[kaWaramachi]

Like a lot of you guys already said " Bape introduced me into the world of japanese streetwear"...BAPE filled a gap in my fashion sense which no other brand could fill before...it was a great time collecting, hunting and breathing BAPE back in the days...every new release felt like Xmas for me...
The hunting has stopped, my collection shrunk to mostly OG pieces and less flashy items, except my Sta's (Love my Taipei Bapestas and Snakes)
And i still rock lot of those items...and even buy some new from time to time (mostly Ursus)...
OG BAPE is a part of me and therefore will always be in my heart...no douche will every change that...

GO APE!

[crs-1]

I wear my Bape stuff when I feel like it and dont when I dont feel like it. I wore this on Friday because it wasnt that cold but not than warm and didnt want to be weighed down by a jacket:-

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/crs-1/IMG_3081.jpg

I have sold a few things like my:-

Og Red Camo
NBHD Stas
Psyche Camo


and other bright bits because they are too out there for me but then I never really wore them. I wouldnt sell stuff like any of my:-

Camos
Futura Collabs
Kaws Collabs

as I like them too much and wouldnt ever find again. I think personally it comes from caring about what other people think about what you wear. I have always been of the opinion

"I dont care if you dont like my clothing as I like it, but its nice if you do"

:)

I doubt I will buy anymore stuff though as I dont need to and its now very average for what it costs.

I am also a lot more sensible now and I used to just buy anything but can now look without needing to purchase.

[BapeLDN]

I think a lot of the people who ''hate'' it now are the ones who just wore it because of Rappers wearing it. LIke if you see BBC it seems to be more popular now as more rappers are mentioning it. When was the last time any of you have really seen celebs rocking BApe like in the old days?

[Starky D]

i'll still caine it, it's going to happen with anything to be honest, music, brands, tv programs lol

just love it for why you love it. i guess it depends on the circles you are in but i really don't experience much of the first few posts

though baby milo in australia is pure lolage

[Starky D]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q222/Starkus-D/db7f5ac4.jpg

today lulz

[ProtocolSnow]

I live and work in a very academic environment where practically no one knows what Bape is. Nobody recognizes the value and history of my Bape clothing. I still wear Bape and do it only for myself in the purest sense, because nobody knows what the heck this brand is.

[SupremeTeam]

still have love for Bape. Don't wear it as often as I used to but still throw it on every now and then. As I got older I felt myself buying more subtly pieces tho, colors like black, navy and grey. Will continue to wear the clothes and stas as long as I can without looking like a clown.

Ive been wearing the brand since my freshman year in highschool and it's always meant alot to me. Spent many hours sleeping in front of the store just to get clothes LOL. Those days are far gone and I havent boughten anything from the store to wear in well over a year, but I still look for classics and OG pieces when I can


Jermaine hit me up about your documentary

[jinikari01]

bape is still the only brand i purchase if not for work...
i still wear bape from head to toe on my weekends, even if im heading out to the grocery store.

tbh im not seeing all that many ppl loving and wearing ape on wdywt thread either
so ppl r moving on with their lives and bape is fading out from many bt2 member and we have lost many beloved og members.
its sad but at the same time i need those ppl that can careless about thier ape heats to come back and list thier heats on bt2

spread the message:
sell your shit if you dont rock it!!!!!!!

[realmisr]

I'm totally with everyone here -

Bape definitely got me into street fashion culture, mainly japanese, and I've come to appreciate and chase after fashion so much more after that. It started around 2003 for me when SBs blew up.

I still love Bape for what it is, and I still buy Bape if I see something that I really like. Obviously the OG stuff were much more appealing maybe because those items will be timeless. As for me personally rocking Bape, I still do sometimes, but most of that happens during the summer. In the winter I'm usually wearing dark, tighter clothes so Bape doesn't really shine in that sense.

I'm still very much excited to see Bape churn out some nice items in the new seasons, but I agree that most of these guys who rock Bape in soho really do kill the mood for me. It's a shame, really.

[solefareal90]

Most people in NY trendhop. The ones who jumped on the brand without knowledge of it are usually the ones that say "its wack now" or "that is old. who still wears that?" I have to incorporate all that into the doc.

Paul, i definitely in all my large tee's haha. I have tees just sitting on my dresser for display. it just looks nice

Neal, i will. you know that. lol, you put in a lot of time on lines man. ahaah but trust me, back in the day, you wouldn't be first all the time. people used to be in front of bape DAYS before.

I feel like we need another big drop or maybe even a bape pop up store that will sell some timeless pieces. or maybe even a new boutique somewhere else in NY. like some underground shit that no one will find.

[SupremeTeam]

bape is still the only brand i purchase if not for work...
i still wear bape from head to toe on my weekends, even if im heading out to the grocery store.

tbh im not seeing all that many ppl loving and wearing ape on wdywt thread either
so ppl r moving on with their lives and bape is fading out from many bt2 member and we have lost many beloved og members.
its sad but at the same time i need those ppl that can careless about thier ape heats to come back and list thier heats on bt2

spread the message:
sell your shit if you dont rock it!!!!!!!

just sold my kanye stas last week :(

Only wore them once and so I figured they'd do someone else good rather than sitting in my closet never being worn

[valencia]

i love bape more today than i did when i first heard about it like 5-6 years ago. I'm still buying og bape stuff and i have more bape clothing than any other stuff.

tbh i was never concerned when the so called "lil wayne/soulja boi" years came as there followers only wore bapestas/colour camos/baby milo sh*te, this was by far the worst stuff bape released.

i still get alot of compliments from people when i wear my futura/bape scout shirts/ bape wtaps gear, this too me was real bape and ill continue to wear it :)

[SupremeTeam]

i love bape more today than i did when i first heard about it like 5-6 years ago. I'm still buying og bape stuff and i have more bape clothing than any other stuff.

tbh i was never concerned when the so called "lil wayne/soulja boi" years came as there followers only wore bapestas/colour camos/baby milo sh*te, this was by far the worst stuff bape released.

i still get alot of compliments from people when i wear my futura/bape scout shirts/ bape wtaps gear, this too me was real bape and ill continue to wear it :)

wouldn't say those were the worst items they ever released. Definitley very OG and were very sought after at the time. I feel like all that crazy camo and all over print is what ppl who don't really know Bape think of when they think of the Brand. All that stuff is long dead so they think the brand is as well

[valencia]

true true, ive never liked any bapestas except the black suede kawstas.

[A5H]

I still dig it. Not a lot of the new stuff though personally.
Too many lame ass hypebeasts who got told by the internet that it's not cool anymore talk too loudly about how shitty it is.

[DUNCAN99]

i still love bape. if there was a bape store in amsterdam i'd rock it head to toe as it's still a great lifestyle brand. but there's not, so i can't try anything on before buying and i can't afford importing everything with marked up prices, import taxes and shipping costs and then sell it for a lower price cuz it didn't fit well.

so what i'm wearing now is classic brands with supreme as that's another great streetwear/lifestyle brand.

[valencia]

theres nothing good in the bape stores nowadays so your not missing anything, i live in scotland and i buy all my stuff from yahoo japan/ebay, its way cheaper and you get much better stuff. also bape sizing is pretty much like every other brand and in yahoo japan most sellers post up measurements :)

[dope]

true true, ive never liked any bapestas except the black suede kawstas.

You mean..like these?

http://www.johnnytrinh.com/lol/kaws2.jpg
http://www.johnnytrinh.com/lol/kaws.jpg
http://www.johnnytrinh.com/lol/kaws3.jpg

:D

[jinikari01]

just sold my kanye stas last week :(

Only wore them once and so I figured they'd do someone else good rather than sitting in my closet never being worn

supreme's pass the baton:D
love the feeling of selling my bape gear as well as receiving the goods
from other members on bt2. nothing like that feeling of "hope my package is home delivered and waiting for me":thumb:

[valencia]

lol yeh those are the shoes, what size?

[dope]

Not for sale, I had the urge to snap them :D. Took forever for me to find them deadstock.

[valencia]

3peat had a size 9 brand new for sale for ages, 1 size to big for me though :/

[Mars]

Feels great to see that we are almost on the same line.
High five !

http://uppix.net/e/e/5/863ec12ad0d4ce0a417b1d61d546c.gif

[solefareal90]

I remember when those came out in NY. I almost fell out in Bape yo. I loved the white/ navy patent leather kaws. They were so clean. And then Chompers came out. grabbed the orange/ green on the spot. no questions asked lolol. i didn't have the funds to get a tee and shit to match back then when that collab was still in play. I sure as hell will get some now
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad182/NYSFP/Photoon2010-10-31at11532.jpg
haha, i remember not knowing how i wanted to lace them. leave them untied or cross tied

[SupremeTeam]

Never was a fan of chomper stas

supreme's pass the baton:D
love the feeling of selling my bape gear as well as receiving the goods
from other members on bt2. nothing like that feeling of "hope my package is home delivered and waiting for me":thumb:

Love the feeling of receiving a package :rockon:

[jinikari01]

sole thats the best chomper color way imo.
i only wear them on special occasion. LOL

[b's-fresh]

I agree with what most have said, I 1st noticed it around late 04 and have been attached to it ever since, it came around at the perfect time, fashion was SO STALE at the time and fashion lovers such as myself were STARVING for something fresh, and we couldnt have gotten anything better then bape/milo, and it was more then just fashion...it offers something that no other brand could...a certain magic, somethin non-tangible, was also a great introduction to japanese culture. I dont like most of the newer stuff, i still love older items (tees, hoods, crewnecks) and thats mainly what i buy and wear nowadays...in new, or near new condition. Stopped wearing stas in early 09, i just got over that style of sneaker, only have 1 pair of patent nike af1 that i still wear here and there, MUCH better quality patent leather then what stas had, i remember how easily stas would crease, was very irritating, on nikes u can wear em 100times and the creasing is still so minimal.

With all that being said, OG bape is still very much a part of my everyday.

Peace & Love!

[paulio4prez]

i have 1 pair of roadstas left and this thread makes we want to break them out!!!! next time i stop by the clothing storage place aka house in PA i will rock them.

i will wear bape today and post a fit because of this thread :)

[solefareal90]

well im flattered, lololol. nah but thats whats good yo. i want the next bt2 meet up to be CRAZY. this doc. will be big, mark my words.

[gwebbs]

Yeah I still like to wear my kawsta's around town and usually get funny looks. Not many people know what it is where I live so its nice to wear something different instead of the same old crap. I'm similar to most I like to chuck on a shark or a camo hood every now and again especially now as the winter weather is approaching. Bape is timeless

[rscully5]

i still wish i copped the roadstas in blue and red.
i would rock those still.
some of the newer design which go back to the classic designs are dope.

all my old shit i need to size down though so i dont rock it. :(

[b's-fresh]

^ rscully just get it tailored, no?

I forgot to mention...as i was reading posts in this thread earlier...half way i stopped and stepped out to get some food, at the deli someone walked in wearing the dc comics flash gray crew neck....which is SO random as i never seen anybody in my town with bape, was pretty cool.

[rscully5]

^^^^^ B. do you recommend a tailor in nyc???
I got two sharks and a tiger. I wanna turn from a XL to an L.
I am just worried about ruining them.

[Bape_lovers]

i love bape..i still rock the tees and stas everyday..my friends always ask me don't get you bored of buying 1 brand for like 5 yrs now..i was like..nah..APE FOR LIFE

[b's-fresh]

^^^^^ B. do you recommend a tailor in nyc???
I got two sharks and a tiger. I wanna turn from a XL to an L.
I am just worried about ruining them.
I dont know of anyone specificly in nyc, im sure u can find someone if u ask around :)

[TWhITe]

Nice topic Maine..I will edit this with a comment...you never told me about the documentary nigga..wheres the love? :(

[DUNCAN99]

theres nothing good in the bape stores nowadays so your not missing anything, i live in scotland and i buy all my stuff from yahoo japan/ebay, its way cheaper and you get much better stuff. also bape sizing is pretty much like every other brand and in yahoo japan most sellers post up measurements :)

that's what i used to do a couple years ago. but that's really only possible for the hyped or popular pieces. i'm talking more about the simple bape stuff not many care about lol. that's the bape stuff i'd cop in the store if there'd be one. i don't care much for the hyped stuff anymore

[bigjames21]

^^^^^ B. do you recommend a tailor in nyc???
I got two sharks and a tiger. I wanna turn from a XL to an L.
I am just worried about ruining them.

If you ever decide to sell them instead of getting them tailored, i might be interested. send me a pm, haha

...But i still wear Bape often to school, etc.

[solefareal90]

The store did open 5 years ago (6 years in january) and back thing everything was different. Music, videos, culture etc.
Being that this brand is Hip Hop based does anyone think that the change in music has anything to do with the direction BAPE is heading in?

[austintisktisk]

^in a sense, yes cuz much of the time, its these artists and such that set fashion trends..kids see something hyped and then jump onto it like there's no tomorrow

at the very least, celebrities and such expose people to particular brands..

[vitruz]

For an exclusive brand being so popolar in tv is a bad thing imo
Bape reached is high level and like every thing now falls down
if you see the stuff and the collaborations some years ago and now (nbhd e fragment for example) you know Bape looses a lot of creativity and the only good thing out are the rerelease that often killed the old bape heads and the variations of the same design (1000 type of shark)
But who really loved bape could buy somenthing different other brands but still rock bape stuff cause He loved them when He bought, are above the hype and Og ones are the story of the streetwear!
Someone says Brand often born in Japan grew up in hk and dead in USA

[melsen]

I live and work in a very academic environment where practically no one knows what Bape is. Nobody recognizes the value and history of my Bape clothing. I still wear Bape and do it only for myself in the purest sense, because nobody knows what the heck this brand is.

still have love for Bape. Don't wear it as often as I used to but still throw it on every now and then. As I got older I felt myself buying more subtly pieces tho, colors like black, navy and grey. Will continue to wear the clothes and stas as long as I can without looking like a clown.

(...)


same for me. I still buy and lookout for the decent colored items or special stuff.

[Jtee]

I still like the brand, still rock it aswell. Only thing I can't wear is the BAPE Jeans, they just fit me really badly.

URSUS BAPE most definetly re-ignited my love for the brand!

[DUNCAN99]

^in a sense, yes cuz much of the time, its these artists and such that set fashion trends..kids see something hyped and then jump onto it like there's no tomorrow

at the very least, celebrities and such expose people to particular brands..

can't say i agree. i think celebs actually kill brands

the brand blows up, most of the original fanbase leave the brand because of that and then when the hype dies, the celeb followers jump to the next trend. they don't care about the history or what a brand stands for like many here do and they're not loyal to brands at all.

[vanity rose]

can't say i agree. i think celebs actually kill brands

the brand blows up, most of the original fanbase leave the brand because of that and then when the hype dies, the celeb followers jump to the next trend. they don't care about the history or what a brand stands for like many here do and they're not loyal to brands at all.

maybe it's just me but I don't give a fuck about the history of any of this shit I just get what I like.......and when it comes to loyalty you can tell that crap to someone else lol........we pay 300 dollars for a hoodie that most certainly took no more then 5 dollars to make :p I’m not throwing stones but you sound like a religious enthusiast after a good brain washing

[SupremeTeam]

maybe it's just me but I don't give a fuck about the history of any of this shit I just get what I like.......and when it comes to loyalty you can tell that crap to someone else lol........we pay 300 dollars for a hoodie that most certainly took no more then 5 dollars to make :p I’m not throwing stones but you sound like a religious enthusiast after a good brain washing

agreed. Ive been wearing these clothes for ages but i could care less about the history. I wear them because I like the way they look. Not because they're "exclusive" or I think i can be better than other people because I wear over priced clothing

[solefareal90]

maybe it's just me but I don't give a fuck about the history of any of this shit I just get what I like.......and when it comes to loyalty you can tell that crap to someone else lol........we pay 300 dollars for a hoodie that most certainly took no more then 5 dollars to make :p I’m not throwing stones but you sound like a religious enthusiast after a good brain washing

you barely wear Bape..

[ichibaned1026]

Hmmm...I'm surprised by the difference in opinion now
I find knowing a brand's history/message pretty important

I like knowing how designers like NIGO or Shinsuke Takizawa developed and came up with their brands, how it all began, it gives meaning to the clothes on my back

It kinda pisses me off when I see people wear brands they know nothing about simply for the brand name, no offense, but from my observations, a lot of times its Asian kids (i.e. in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, S. Korea)

[problemchild909]

I haven't bought any Bape items in awhile because of the new style they approched, seems a little nonsensical.

However, I was a huge fan of the first few camo releases as I have three color camo hoods and those are just as loud. I still rock the shit out of all my pieces too (My OG Blue hoody is still my favorite) and I wear a pair of stas every day too to class and shit. The only thing I don't seem to wear much is my jeans w/ the star crotch. I look back on it, and don't understand why I bought it.

If I were to buy new bape items, it would not be anything new. Just the old pieces that I have my eye on, but that seems to be the consensus among most of the members here.

Bapetalk has been through many changes too....OG OG OG when Isamu ran the place, around 04? Then it changed to some shit for like a week...then BT2 came through for all the real bapeheads....and now it's barely bape.

[DUNCAN99]

maybe it's just me but I don't give a fuck about the history of any of this shit I just get what I like.......and when it comes to loyalty you can tell that crap to someone else lol........we pay 300 dollars for a hoodie that most certainly took no more then 5 dollars to make :p I’m not throwing stones but you sound like a religious enthusiast after a good brain washing

eh.. lol

agreed. Ive been wearing these clothes for ages but i could care less about the history. I wear them because I like the way they look. Not because they're "exclusive" or I think i can be better than other people because I wear over priced clothing

i don't care for exclusive or think i'm better for wearing a certain brand.. a brand is just a brand, ofcourse it's about design. it's just that if i like how something looks, i alway look into what the brand that made the clothing is about or from.

Hmmm...I'm surprised by the difference in opinion now
I find knowing a brand's history/message pretty important

I like knowing how designers like NIGO or Shinsuke Takizawa developed and came up with their brands, how it all began, it gives meaning to the clothes on my back

It kinda pisses me off when I see people wear brands they know nothing about simply for the brand name, no offense, but from my observations, a lot of times its Asian kids (i.e. in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, S. Korea)

exactly. doesn't piss me off though, they don't care and that's their decision.

[vanity rose]

you barely wear Bape..

what are you talking about i've had and have my share of bape........don't let my not posting my every waking moment confuse you :p

[Bbest]

My feelings on Bape have changed a lot lately. I've been in it since late 04, which might not be OG considering it was around since 93' but back then I didn't give much of a shit about clothes.

But I would say maybe 04-07 Bape gave me a feeling unlike other clothes. You just felt special wearing it. There was a certain mystique to it because not many people knew what it was, and most that did had no idea how to obtain it, or couldn't put the money on it if they did.

I figure a lot of it has to do with my age as I approach 30, clothes just seem to matter much less to me. Not only because real life responsibility is taking over most ever aspect of my life, but as I get older I just feel a need to dress more mature. I suppose I could spend the money on more button ups and polos and the like, but most of my bape shit is hoodies, T's, truckers, and bright ass shoes. Most of which is stuff I just feel somewhat uncomfortable wearing now, rather then special or unique. I think i've also noticed the stuff doesnt fit as well as I once though it did. The smalls are too small, and the mediums are too big.

The re-sell factor has played a huge part in killing it as well. I used to feel better about buying an item that I could re-sell for similar to what I paid if I no longer wore it, and put the money into some other Bape pieces. Having to basically give away pieces is a real turn off. It also kinda kills the exclusivity when 17 year olds with no style just surf boards like this buying up heavily used bape shit for dirt cheap. I'm not prepared to take massive losses on money put into my collection so these kids can get Bape shit for American Eagle prices.

[SupremeTeam]

you barely wear Bape..

you been in the man's closet homie? Some people have better things to do with their lives than take pictures of what they're wearing every day to show others

[valencia]

how else can you hear about a brand if celebs dont wear or it isnt mainstream/big, that a bad example i think, most people here wouldnt have heard of bape if it wasnt for wayne/soulja boi,
only other way you would of heard of bape if it wasnt big/mainstream would of been if you lived in japan and were into the fashion scene

celebs really started to wear it after james lavelle/ian brown wore it when working with nigo for bape sounds

[GeneralDiaz427]

Honestly. I have so much to say but, I don't know how to word it. HA!

Growing up in the same town The Neptunes/NERD/Clipse/FAMLAY/Star Trak had a lot to do with my love for the brand. Which had me on the internet looking for pics of them rocking BAPE.

Pieces that were given to me that I wish I never got rid of...:(
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uogkmFAj1qdsnhwo1_500.jpg
http://www.bapetalk2.com/picture.php?albumid=7&pictureid=545
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9uof9N79W1qdsnhwo1_500.jpg
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/32/l_d4fb17ae5d8040c091caa3b07353c011.jpg

BAPE has been a huge part of my life. It opened up my eyes to streetwear. Like everyone else, I'll always love OG BAPE pieces. As of late. I haven't seen too many pieces I like. A couple tees here and there but, I havent been feeling any of the footwear BAPE puts out anymore. I'll always be a fan of the OG Bapestas (Dull Star Stas). At one point, I was all about collecting that style, until the Marvel series was released. (Silver Surfers and the Hulks are my favorites.)

Circa 2oo5: Funny how I can recall when and where I was and got each pair from.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs254.ash1/18180_1279997611398_1573770349_30707051_2729913_n. jpg

Circa 200?: HAHA! Seemed so long ago. I tried to collect as many as possible but, it was fun while it lasted.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs254.ash1/18180_1280000251464_1573770349_30707058_1696671_n. jpg

The only BAPE I own that will remain brand new and on display.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs154.snc3/18180_1279990211213_1573770349_30707033_4546868_n. jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs254.ash1/18180_1279983251039_1573770349_30707029_1199661_n. jpg

[outsydah]

great thread maine!
hmmm, the only things i have left after selling most of my items are my tees, misc. accessories, and the knit tiger. most of the tees i have i usually use for the weekends when i run ball actually lol. i still see a few items that i like, but i can't really justify paying as much for bape as i did years ago and my brand preferences has expanded since then as well. i do miss the days when this forum was at its peak and very much alive...that's when i was really into the brand. ahh the good ol'days...

[wGmds]

i have a few toned down pieces right now and i love the accessories. i have a 2 jackets, a knit tiger, a cap, a bag (which i fucking love), and some other bullshit.

all in all i love the brand for what it is. they still put out pieces that are dope. everything nowhere is cool in my book (the purple and white varsity was new grail status). i think that every brand has things that it does well. bape has those and they will never be truly gone.

[vanity rose]

also let's take into account that times are a bit harder for most everyone right now.......it's not out of the question for people to go a lot harder as we get out of this dip

[Yankskid55]

I miss Bape...BT2 included


I just randomly mix it in now...

[SupremeTeam]

Yanks I missed you dude !

[e pab]

i love bapenative.... the hoody is dope

[austintisktisk]

can't say i agree. i think celebs actually kill brands

the brand blows up, most of the original fanbase leave the brand because of that and then when the hype dies, the celeb followers jump to the next trend. they don't care about the history or what a brand stands for like many here do and they're not loyal to brands at all.

well, there are those celebs, especially in bape's case, who probably have influenced the way 99% of how members on here have discovered or been attracted to bape (nigo, pharell, kanye, etc)

but there are, of course those celebrties who don't give a shit about the brand itself and wear it as disastrously as possible (chris brown, souljia, etc...)

all i'm sayin, is that in some way, hip hop celebrities and such have shaped the bape brand, whether for better or worse

[problemchild909]

Bape is mainstream now. It's not what it used to be. Everybody knows the brand now-a-days. One great part of wearing the clothing back in the day was the fact that NO BODY knew about it, how exclusive it was, and the uniqueness. People WERE WILLING to pay $400 for a hoody. Shit, people would drop a fucking STACK on an OG shark. Now that's just ridiculous. You can find stas for less than $100 and the hoodies are not even sought after as much as they used to be. Let's get real, bape is a zombie right now. If they go back to old style, they may get back the Old Bapeheads, but not 100%. I bet if they re-released their old pieces too, they would get more back--like some of the Kaws collab which won't happen...)

It's mutha fuckas like Big Sean and Wale IMO who killed it. Wearing bape, head to toe, of the loudest, most obnoxious pieces only for the reason that it is A Bathing Ape.

[vanity rose]

point blank if you let the fact that people that you don't like wear the same brand spoil it for you then you've got a problem.....so what's next your going to stop having sex because big sean and wale are getting their balls licked.....grow up and get over it

[Yom]

I cant see how u can call bape mainstream? Nike is mainstream. i see more LV handbags in 1 day here than i see someone wearing a bape t in a week.

Does everyone in America really wear bape?

Bape hasnt changed much in Japan imo. yes, the queues are a little shorter and the shops tend to have more stock in but i put that down to a combo of current finacial situations and the ease of buying online (i rarely buy from the shops now, using zozotown is much easier for me)

there are still plenty of bape heads here but as usual u never seem to see them outside of directly around the bape store lol

as for me, i still love bape. its difficult to explain really but even though there arent that many pieces that i want to buy from the most recent seasons, im still excited about every mook launch and i still check every week to see whats dropping.

luckily for me, there is no stigma associated with age and what clothes u wear here so i dont have to put up with some kids telling me im too old to wear bape. funnily enough, the only kids ive ever seen in a bape store or wearing bape were western.

[vanity rose]

I cant see how u can call bape mainstream? Nike is mainstream. i see more LV handbags in 1 day here than i see someone wearing a bape t in a week.

Does everyone in America really wear bape?

Bape hasnt changed much in Japan imo. yes, the queues are a little shorter and the shops tend to have more stock in but i put that down to a combo of current finacial situations and the ease of buying online (i rarely buy from the shops now, using zozotown is much easier for me)

there are still plenty of bape heads here but as usual u never seem to see them outside of directly around the bape store lol

as for me, i still love bape. its difficult to explain really but even though there arent that many pieces that i want to buy from the most recent seasons, im still excited about every mook launch and i still check every week to see whats dropping.

luckily for me, there is no stigma associated with age and what clothes u wear here so i dont have to put up with some kids telling me im too old to wear bape. funnily enough, the only kids ive ever seen in a bape store or wearing bape were western.

hell no i live in LA and the only time i saw bape/bbc was when i went to the drop of the kanye/nike.......and guess what i was the person wearing the stuff hahah......bottom line is that we have a lot of kids around here that spend their every waking moment searching the net to see what other men are wearing......then they run back here and bitch about the fact that chris brown is wearing a trucking with a running dog on it.....then they spend about 6 pages breaking down everything from the top of head to the gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe.....

[solefareal90]

you been in the man's closet homie? Some people have better things to do with their lives than take pictures of what they're wearing every day to show others

nope but i've been in yours. why you don't post fits in that victoria secret x supreme stuff?
- how can you say what you just said when this guy been posting fits before you even got on here brotha. and every last bit has been recycled colorful garbage ice cream stuff


point blank if you let the fact that people that you don't like wear the same brand spoil it for you then you've got a problem.....so what's next your going to stop having sex because big sean and wale are getting their balls licked.....grow up and get over it

lol, ima edit what i just said.
im just not gonna respond to your shit. its pointless. your responses are so trivial.

[teamelitejordan]

i agree with what people previously said as I live in socal and hardly anyone here wears bape, the only time i would notice people wearing it would be at bape la, little tokyo, school, and mitsuwa. lol. And a lot people do not even know what bape is.
I feel the brand is still alive as stuff on us.bape.com still sells out and they still operate around 18 stores in japan

[realmisr]

I agree with Yom completely. Bape is definitely not mainstream, especially not in America.

Mainstream here is H&M, Gap, Urban Outfitters, just to name a few.

I definitely don't see much Bape, and if I do, it's mostly in or around Soho. Either that, or some random guy on the train.

Ichi also made a good point - it is true that most asian kids hop on shit just for the hell of it. What can we say, asians just tend to like fashion. I'm one of those people who are definitely intrigued by the works behind the brand, so I enjoy learning about it's history.

[vanity rose]

lol, ima edit what i just said.
im just not gonna respond to your shit. its pointless. your responses are so trivial.

lol i didn't mean it as a shot at you........it just so happen that i was going to say something like that anyway and needed something to use as a reference.......and as it turned out you gave me names that i could use :D

[newtobape]

man i can give a fuck less what people think of bape. I like their stuff, innovative as it was back in the day they still do their thing putting out some weird stuff, some nice some not. still like them for their status and symbolic value as a staple for jap streetwear

but people do wear it just for names sake and their executions are terrible (as problem child said about Big sean and wale) but end of the day, they can make it look as tacky ass possible so that we can appreciate how the people with sober tastes can do justice. whatever bape or not.

some people just see $$$. me too but its a small part of the equation to have a outfit fresher than the rest since mostly every one has and can easily acquire $$$

[dopeboifreshyes]

I wear what I like. Haven't bought anything new from the store since like 2008, however I still have most of my old stas and clothes. Don't really give a fuck about if NYers say "Bape is over that shit is whack" because at the end of the day I stillllll get just as many women as a kid in the newest "hot" styling out right now and I still like my appearance so it's whatever. People only trend hop to appear "cool" or bein in the "in crowd" so if I'm still cool and still hang around cool people what difference do the clothes make? With that being said I don't wear Bape head to toe anymore though, only sometimes but it does happen.

Edit: Also to tell you the truth even if you still wear Bape head to toe as long as you don't look like a bag of skittles you're still lightyears ahead of 3/4 of America as far as fashion. Go to the south with classic Bape items such as swaro shirts and snake skin stas they will look at you like you have on $1M worth of clothing and you will still stand out lol. People only think within the boundaries of their city/surrounding areas.

[mmfrancism]

i still love bape, im just too damn broke to buy stuff.
shit theres still a few things i want to buy, ofcourse most of the stuff from 03-04 even 05

[mmfrancism]

maine those halloween stas were my grail holy shit thanks for remindin me that i cant ever afford to buy em EVERRRRRR

[Asami]

Everyone that claims Bape is mainstream should remember that to most people Bape is ridiculously expensive..

[SupremeTeam]

Jermaine those pics I sent you were for YOU only!

you don't gotta get at the dude tho. Vanity has had his share of Bape

The point of the matter is that everyone should just wear what they like and not worry about what others think

[b's-fresh]

The point of the matter is that everyone should just wear what they like and not worry about what others think

This.
101010

[solefareal90]

Jermaine those pics I sent you were for YOU only!

you don't gotta get at the dude tho. Vanity has had his share of Bape

The point of the matter is that everyone should just wear what they like and not worry about what others think

so where is the BAPE??? im just saying i haven't seen a BAPE fit from him, ever. this thread is strictly for ape enthusiast.

you see the other long detailed responses im getting? thats because these people really live this shit.

[vanity rose]

so where is the BAPE??? im just saying i haven't seen a BAPE fit from him, ever. this thread is strictly for ape enthusiast.

you see the other long detailed responses im getting? thats because these people really live this shit.

http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o448/vanity-rose12/006-7.jpg
http://i343.photobucket.com/albums/o448/vanity-rose12/004-7.jpg

if this was about me then how about that.........if not then let's just keep it moving :D

[armas3cr3ta]

i remember back in my sophomore year of high school i started seeing the brand around i remember calling it "the airforce ones with a star".....lol
I didnt really have the funds to buy a lot of stuff back then till i got around to getting a job after school after that i kept buying and i remember how different it felt back then to walk around all baped out.For me seeing a these kids around the soho area wearing it made me not want to buy it anymore i just feel like they buy it just to buy it cuz all their friends have it.When i came across this forum i met a lot of people some that i am now pretty good friends with. A BATHING APE FOR LIFE!!!!

[Bape_lovers]

your crew on your avi is still one of my grails SOLE:( and your NY stas

[SupremeTeam]

same here Luis! There's alot of people i met here on bt2 that im good friends with that I would have never met if it wasn't for Bape

I remember my freshman year of highschool, spring of 05 I saw some kid walking around skool with a pair of stas. No one in the school knew what they were but i found them appealing so i asked him about them and he filled me in. A few weeks later I bought my first pair of stas and I never looked back from there. Only been a member of bt for a few years now, things would have been easier if i knew about it earlier lol

[bapeAIXclusive]

I am with the general feeling of the people that replied, BAPE will always be that first brand that got me involved with street wear and clothing in general. I still have many OG pieces that I wear from time to time, and although I havent bought anything new for a good two years now, I still lurk around this site and visit the store to see whats out the current season.

[crs-1]

Stay on topic guys no need to argue.

[creepycookie]

i really agree with the guys on one of the first pages saying that bape is a lifestyle. from the moments i first heard about it i loved how the clothes & stores looked. even if youre totally baped out it can look nice. and its really amazing what nigo has created, if you think of all the collaborations with so many completely different brands and companies, and also the products: clothes, shoes, soft drinks, condoms, make up, pillows, heck i dont even know
but, to stay on topic, i have to admit i'm not into as much as i was maybe last year or 2 years ago. i dont really know why, it certainly isnt because more people are wearing it ( i dont even think there are more lol) and when i got into a store (which is not that often) i'm still happy and excited, but i just dont like the clothes as much i think. im too young as well to say that it has accompanied me for many years haha
still, i will stay on the lookout for more bape hoping to find some nice things

[BabyMilo718]

Regurgitating what other heads have said before me, Bape definitely got my fashion sense more organized, and directed it in an entirely different direction while in my senior year in high school back in '07 which is when I decided to join the BT family even though I only had 2 pieces lol, that was a nice year for me so it will always have a place in my heart and I respect NIGO greatly for what he created, just think his sense of the brand has been lost after such a while and with such rapid exposure IMO. Thankfully I did all my research on the brand beforehand when I first bought Bape and that's what really hypnotized me, could care less about all the celebs jocking NIGO's brand and whatsoever. Mainly the OG pieces I saw had me dazzled, Daft Punk sta's, Kaws Chomper Varsity, shark hoody, etc. Not wearing much Bape anymore unless I find pieces I've always wanted. Can't understand why so many people like already mentioned in NY wear it like it's American Eagle apparel or something, very sloppily, but at least true heads will appreciate the brand and wear it nice.

This was a great thread sole, for real

[LoUiEvUiTToNd0n]

they still make some nice stuff from time to time.

[VABapESta]

Still keep it strictly Bathing Ape, Ice Cream & BBC Rockerr

[solefareal90]

loving everyones responses, and thanks to all those who appreciate the thread.
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What were you guys first impressions on BAPE? What really got you into buying the clothes and thinking that it was ok to wear the funky colored sneakers and the all over print hoodies? (post your first BAPE piece, memorabilia or just say what the item was).

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I was looking at an issue of DUB magazine with nigo on the cover and i was like.. who the hell is this guy? sitting on Phantom with camo on and brazil flag colored sneakers? Prior to that when BWS NY first opened, i was on the bus going to the city with my mom and she was reading a newspaper. There was a spread on "sneaker culture" (back when it was booming) and this dude was holding up snakeskins and red/white/blue og's. I was like oh shit? the hell are those. prior to that... i remember seeing them on vintagekicks.com. i believe thats when i became obsessed with bapes.

ill post pics of both later on tonight or tomorrow.

[realmisr]

-
What were you guys first impressions on BAPE? What really got you into buying the clothes and thinking that it was ok to wear the funky colored sneakers and the all over print hoodies? (post your first BAPE piece, memorabilia or just say what the item was).


I loved Bape since the first time I saw it. My first piece of Bape was the navy DC all over print hoodie with the batman ears...that was my first purchase because it stood out above all overs. I actually wanted the white one, but at that time, it was rare and more expensive.

http://img241.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/3/0/2/3/kazumicky333-img360x600-1286703543101010_160306.jpg
Not my photo, took this off yahoo jp.

I bought it for around $400 via Stay246 online. I was so damn excited when I first got it that I wore it during the summer, hood up, thinking I was the shit. And I noticed the stares the second I stepped out the door. It was an amazing feeling...I'm sure half of the people who were staring were just thinking how ridiculous I looked, but I'm sure half of them liked it too. I didn't give a fuck, I knew I was wearing Bape and it was some exclusive shit, so that was it for me.

I think it was ok for me to wear colorful shit back then was because I was in high school. Nike SBs were hyped up like crazy so it pretty much goes hand in hand with Bape. Colorful sneakers - Colorful hoodies. Made perfect sense to me.

[b's-fresh]

My 1st bape item, purchased march 05 :)

http://i56.tinypic.com/21n31qf.jpg

[BabyMilo718]

haha that's a great story realm, felt the same way when I wore loud colors. my first item was this:
http://www.mybapeshoes.com/images/Bape-Shoes/bapes-shoes-13.jpg

lol i kid

first two items i was referring to were these: (from cliffedge and kixclusive, respectively)
http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/10/84/12944801/2_709495179l.jpg
http://www.kixclusive.com/images/PRODUCT/medium/177.jpg

loved these two pieces dearly, but my feet shrunk? and so sold them and my tee was L, which wasn't even baggy back then, but somehow now I'm a S. makes no sense. also got a milo phone cleaner but i'm sure we've all seen those anyway so no need to post a pic of :]
keeping up with sole's question, what first got me into Bape was when I accidentally stumbled upon the Heartbreaker video. I remembered so many years back I saw air force ones with a star instead in Jamaica in the inner mall Coliseum I think it's called, and that's when I began research... just took me 4 years later lol. I think there was a song that referenced them too that reminded me, but not like today where its more obvious, this was back in 07. Any who long story short, saw the video, instantly fell in love. It also helped I had relatives in Japan and they filled me in on some stuff too and Japanese street culture etc. I appreciated the fact that they were wearing loud colors and by its own standard, in a clean subtle way. I think of crs (no homo) but because its true, people rock what they want, and its indeed true. At the same time though IMO, people should not rock Bape like idiots or like this:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/yagit80/CIMG1588-1.jpg

I would like to smack anyone who wore Bape to this disgrace cause this ain't cool nor fashionable, not even entertaining.

[Bape_lovers]

bape x kaws and angry ape tee from HK BWS

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Bape_lovers/S8000361.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Bape_lovers/DSC00359.jpg

[jkaws]

this a great thread btw props to solefareal90....... but just to give my take on Bape; it's true it is a lifestyle above anything else. Most of my footwear is Bape and most of my clothes is Bape I have clocks, catalogs, the stickers on my phones and I love it. I got into Bape when they were making what in my opinion I call timeless pieces with the whole Original Fake x Bathing Ape collabs and the Marvel x Bathing Ape Bapestas. In that time period I remember there being lines to get into Bape on regular days when nothing was really going to drop. The lines were made cus the quantities were more limited back then and you wanted the only medium or large in the store. Since then they have had some great releases but to me it seems like Bape had hot release after hot release after hot release back then. Maybe it was the culture back then, maybe it was how much the media embraced Bape back then... IDK. But Bape is one of those brands I will always wear regardless of whatever the fashion is at a paticular time. I remember a couple of years back there was a rumor that Nigo would not release any hoodies for a whole year and we here at the forum went crazy lol. He went on to release hoodies that year anyway, but maybe this is what he was trying to avoid... giving us too much too fast.

[jkaws]

i was waiting for your response my dude. haha

Man.. BAPE in NY is just.. idk man. These kids ate it up. I personally feel like we need a more diverse staff at BWS like how it was back in 05. You rarely see any JPNESE homies in the shop anymore. It just doesnt feel the same. These kids rock the shit so so soo corny man, and i can say that because i witnessed the change. Being there from the very beginning allows me to say how corny these dudes are. They have no knowledge on the brand. They don't know how it used to be.

werddddddddddddd i feel you. I thought i was hating cus Im not as young as I once was. lol

[outsydah]

white camo crewneck on the right around early 2006, and then others followed lol
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5646/dsc00743j.jpg

[solefareal90]

i spy evisu! Stitched Gulls?

[outsydah]

yessir, they're the one with the stitched tiger on the other back pocket. came with the wooden box that i also still have (minus the jeans)

[vitruz]

first item
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2056/p9250012.jpg
always like military stuff more than colourfull
but one of my first item was the london camo hoodie at my first visit at london store

[DUNCAN99]

too bad i lost all my pics when my computer crashed last year :(

but my first purchases were made in the London Bape store. I bought 2 pairs of bapesta's (one in orange/white and one in white/grey/neon green), a bapehead logo t-shirt in black and 2 key chains (one in cotton candy color and one in olive/sand/orange). i still have all. Good times :)

[TWhITe]

I think i seen bapes in the same newspaper you seen it in maine...my initial reaction was, "who the fuck is gonna pay 200+ for a pair of knock off uptowns???"...But then i see this feature pic in the XXL magazine and my addiction/obsession started:

http://www.xxlmag.com/Features/2005/aug/Clipse/2.jpg

I then spent the next couple of days to find out the name of the brand...then my home girl said, "you know it kind of looks like those shinny patent leather fake looking uptowns"..i got the name from there, found the store address online, headed to the store thinking i was going to buy out the store until i saw the prices..lol..i just left with this tee:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/spragga004/IMG_8443.jpg

And the rest is history....:cool:

[solefareal90]

i thought the same thing yo. Im like "yes, gonna go shopping"... i walked out with a Milo tee (that i no longer have, stupid me). I couldn't believe the prices they wanted for jackets. I remember having a long convo with L (manager at the time) about why kaws were 220 and madstas were 200. He had to break down the collab and all that goodstuff. But still, i didn't even know who Kaws was. I had heard about him but i never knew what he did.

[jinikari01]

i saw my first roadsta during my college days at a 3-d design concept class. this was back 2000... i thought that shit was hilarious and ridiculous.... shinny and colorful was not my cup of tea back in the days. i then saw them reappear on m-flo's MV DOPEMAN.

like twhite said and the rest is history...

[A5H]

Haha I bought a fake animal kingdom hoodie because I had no idea what the fuck bape was and that it was 'exclusive'. Then I read more and more about it, threw the fake away and started buying up shit I liked.
I still dig all over camo stuff and even recently bought a black cotton candy hood because I always wanted one.
If I like something I'll wear it. Who gives a shit if internet hypebeasts say colour is dead?
Be a boy brushed in colour living in a monochrome world if that's what you like.
The only possible reason people would get online and bitch about clothing is if they are insecure little fucks who are obsessed with being 'current'.

[problemchild909]

Animal Kingdom hoody in the back right back in Mid 06.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f77/problemchild909/IMG_3360.jpg

The Cotton Candy stas were one of the first ones I bought. Cassidy's Hotel video WUUT UP! I had a pair of Green/Red Mexico colorways and the Blue/Maize that I bought with these too. I don't have pics of the Mexico colorway unfortunately.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f77/problemchild909/DSC03096.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs223.snc1/7023_951835681523_2262842_52315340_4124304_n.jpg

EDIT:::::::::

i saw my first roadsta during my college days at a 3-d design concept class. this was back 2000... i thought that shit was hilarious and ridiculous.... shinny and colorful was not my cup of tea back in the days. i then saw them reappear on m-flo's MV DOPEMAN.

like twhite said and the rest is history...

Pretty sure Roadsta's or even design were NOT out back in 2000 lolololol

[jkaws]

I was actually a bit intimidated to walk in. Lol i didnt know what to expect. i almost barfed when i heard 86 dollars for a kaws milo tee.

[jkaws]

FUCKKK now i wanna take a picture of my stas and shit! lol

[problemchild909]

Those are all old pics i gathered from my photobucket lol

[SupremeTeam]

Pretty sure Roadsta's or even design were NOT out back in 2000 lolololol

lmao youre right, I don't think they released till 06

[jinikari01]

LOL good you to know you guys are all detail oriented.
must have been a bapesta then.... or maybe this wasn't ape kix....
but the shit this japanese girl had was shinny and colorful... or is my mind playing ticks on me.... anyways she was great in bed that is fo sure. lol

give an old skool a break mang trying to remember back in my hey days in college. lol

[b's-fresh]

Yea its funny u guys mention the price shock, lol same thing here...i walked in to bws 1st time jan. 05, i looked around and of course what REALLY got my attention was the swarovski stuff, i remember asking mia what the price was on the black pullover full swaro college logo she said somethin around $500+ i was like WTF??? sure enough a few months later i copped the crewneck version, couldnt help it that shit was too fresh.

[sneakerz 101]

I remember when my paper wasnt right and I had to settle for crazy camo hoods lol
lol we used to call it the poor man's camo hoodie. Good times... I'll still wear bape regardless of how people feel about it. I'm actually picking up pieces that I always wanted these days.

[blis]

problem child if u dont want that grey chomper hoody and its a large ill take it off your hands

[Asami]

I still remember going into a local sneaker store and after buying some sneakers asking them if they sold Bape, since I heard about it a few days earlier. Back then the store would have a few tee's in every now and then, 150 euro's each.. Anyway, shop owner told me about Anytime in HK and lucky me, I was going there 2 weeks later.

This was actually before the HK Bape store even opened, so Anytime was pretty much the only place to get stuff. I was so impressed by the whole atmosphere around it, the way that the store pretty opened when the shop owner felt like it, the whole vibe there. When we were heading there I saw one of the employees on the street, decked out in Bape.. Shit was surreal. Anyway, bought a shirt there for $120 or something, which was beyond ridiculous but I just said fuck it.

A few months later my mother went to the New York store for me, so I gave her the address and all. I get a call ''hey I'm in front of this store with a lot of colourful sneakers on display and a line-up with atleast 100 guys.. Is this it?'' Such memorable stuff. She brought back a sweater and the catalog and it was just crazy, pretty much EVERYTHING in the catalog was just too fuck dope.

Same as when I first entered a Bape store in Japan, it really felt like a kid in a candy store. When I first moved to Kyoto I had to wait 3 hours for some application forms, so I headed into the city without even the slightest clue where the Bape store was but with the sole purpose of finding it. Completely jetlagged I just asked random people on the street for atleast a hour (old Kyoto store wasn't that easy to find) until I got there, over exhausted but so happy. That feeling of walking down the hallway before you turn around the corner and entered the actual store.. People that have been there know what I mean, one of the best feelings when entering a Bape store. Kinda like entering the BBC part in the Tokyo store and walking through that dark corridor with the BBC motto on the wall in neon letters.

Man I could tell Bape related stories for hours, such good stuff.

[wGmds]

im writing a short memoir about going to wait in line to go to the book signing 2 years ago. fucking school.

[armas3cr3ta]

Dammm that day was freezing!!!!!! But was a fun day

[Playahater]

Same as when I first entered a Bape store in Japan, it really felt like a kid in a candy store. When I first moved to Kyoto I had to wait 3 hours for some application forms, so I headed into the city without even the slightest clue where the Bape store was but with the sole purpose of finding it. Completely jetlagged I just asked random people on the street for atleast a hour (old Kyoto store wasn't that easy to find) until I got there, over exhausted but so happy. That feeling of walking down the hallway before you turn around the corner and entered the actual store.. People that have been there know what I mean, one of the best feelings when entering a Bape store. Kinda like entering the BBC part in the Tokyo store and walking through that dark corridor with the BBC motto on the wall in neon letters.

Man I could tell Bape related stories for hours, such good stuff.

LOL YES!!!

Exact same thing with me, hit up Tokyo for the first time and my first spot was Bape Harajuku. Got off the flight @ 6am, felt totally fucked after a plane delay and being awake for 30 hours straight, slept on the Narita Express and immediately dropped my bags off at the hotel and managed to get to JR Harajuku.

Took the next 2 hours (in brutal heat and humidity) searching around for the store despite walking past it a few times :o Finally found it and wow, was in heaven. Loved the entrance at BBC but like you said Asami, felt like a kid in a candy store.

[jkaws]

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad146/jose_castillo1/2010-11-03171553-1.jpg
still have my 1st bag ever

[b's-fresh]

I remember having a long convo with L (manager at the time).

Leo?
101010

[solefareal90]

yeah ^.

10char

[newtobape]

1st love
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs420.ash2/69795_443836755193_716525193_5733650_6711786_n.jpg

[blis]

http://www.xxlmag.com/Features/2005/aug/Clipse/2.jpg



i remember reading this article on the train ride home from going to bape, and my bro just got a brown baby milo hoody and one of the clipse was wearing the same hoody in the article. i miss those days....

[Mars]

i need this picture in higer resolution...

[TWhITe]

good luck...took me like a hour to find that one

[Mars]

That's why i need a fuckin' time machine ah!

[Bape_lovers]

still remember ANJIN's lineup pic..best days..LOVE BAPE...still regret i sold my yellow camo shark

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/anjinzuka01/Aoyama/DSC01623.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/anjinzuka01/Aoyama/DSC01621.jpg

[FogTownEazy]

still love bape,still cop old and new items,wether it be a jersey,hoodie,button up,cap,socks,the quality and designs still make me go "ooooh"

[solefareal90]

yo wheres the link to that flickr Blover

[Bape_lovers]

i used the images on my site yrs ago :ohwell:

[Troyk1m]

yo wheres the link to that flickr Blover

lol i have most of anjin's pictures saved to my folder, I can post up a grip of pics if you all want them; heres one I thought was dope, dude is killing me with the swarov run dmc bape shirt
http://i55.tinypic.com/2d0bb4z.jpg

[Mars]

Yo post the pics please !

[creepycookie]

i need this picture in higer resolution...

try tineye.com

[Troyk1m]

Yo post the pics please !

Alright, but ill make another thread for it later, not trying to hijack this one since I have over 60 pics in that folder;

As for bape, I still rock it in my fits; hell my favorite bape hoody released just last year (black friday shark; perfect fit, black hoody, but with enough details to make it not boring :rockon: ), I have a couple of items but they are all very subtle (actually they are all monotone lol). I still never see it around here (Northern VA), seen twice on the streets. First time it was some random douche walking on the street wearing a fake red camo hoody, it was good for a laugh. The second time was a person who used to post way back in the day; his name was Startrakrida or something of the sort. Ran into him at some store head to toe in bbc/bape. Anyways im still looking for argon bapes in my size and a BBC logo varsity :nerd: if youre sitting on them give em up :typing::cell::ranger::car::heartbeat:

[b's-fresh]

yeah ^.

10char

He was cool, he held me down on a few releases back in the day.

[solefareal90]

word. we're still pretty close friends. real cool dude.

[SupremeTeam]

Alright, but ill make another thread for it later, not trying to hijack this one since I have over 60 pics in that folder;

As for bape, I still rock it in my fits; hell my favorite bape hoody released just last year (black friday shark; perfect fit, black hoody, but with enough details to make it not boring :rockon: ), I have a couple of items but they are all very subtle (actually they are all monotone lol). I still never see it around here (Northern VA), seen twice on the streets. First time it was some random douche walking on the street wearing a fake red camo hoody, it was good for a laugh. The second time was a person who used to post way back in the day; his name was Startrakrida or something of the sort. Ran into him at some store head to toe in bbc/bape. Anyways im still looking for argon bapes in my size and a BBC logo varsity :nerd: if youre sitting on them give em up :typing::cell::ranger::car::heartbeat:

shout outs to me for hooking you up with that black friday shark :rockon:

[LoUiEvUiTToNd0n]

man u guys are bringing back the good ol' days...

[Troyk1m]

shout outs to me for hooking you up with that black friday shark :rockon:

100% Neal, great service too brother :hat:

[blis]

i need this picture in higer resolution...

i have the mag floating around my room somewhere, ill search for it in a lil. i think the pic in it is that size though, not sure.

[DUNCAN99]

anjin's pics were the best.. the line ups were crazy

[blis]

found the mag, that pic wasnt in it, but these of the clipse where.
december 06
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9493/img0593dg.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2497/img0590u.jpg
http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/4593/img0589z.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/431/img0586gm.jpg
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/646/img0584mn.jpg

[Mars]

thank you man

[paulio4prez]

still remember ANJIN's lineup pic..best days..LOVE BAPE...still regret i sold my yellow camo shark

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n60/anjinzuka01/Aoyama/DSC01621.jpg

fit is sick. makes me wanna buy those jeans again lol

troy post up those pics man, for good ol days sake.

[solefareal90]

man, i want everyone to start coppin' bape again.

[Mars]

You already know maine, just the beginning.

[solefareal90]

seriously. Theres no reason why there can't be a rebirth or something like that. I'm not gonna lie, i rarely wear bapes. i usually just throw on nikes or jordans. but i'm really looking forward to a few pullovers and crews. I hunting down a black KISS logo zip up. hopefully i find one.

[Playahater]

found the mag, that pic wasnt in it, but these of the clipse where.
december 06

Wrong issue, it's August 05.

http://www.xxlmag.com/Features/2005/aug/Clipse/index.html

Random pic from earlier this year in Tokyo,…was in Harajuku and these 3 guys in head to toe came outta nowhere reminding me of the glory days

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4638112735_6bd5d1674f_b.jpg

[armas3cr3ta]

im trying to get my hands on that run dmc crystal tee i know someone that has it hopefully he will sell it to me =[

[TWhITe]

Wrong issue, it's August 05.

http://www.xxlmag.com/Features/2005/aug/Clipse/index.html

I Look in my magazine stash and low and behold:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/spragga004/IMG_8444.jpg

Here goes a better look at those pics Mars:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/spragga004/IMG_8446.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/spragga004/IMG_8448.jpg

[blis]

i love how jay z is on the cover of two separate issues with the clipse featured in em

[vitruz]

lol jayz is everywhere

[jkaws]

Wrong issue, it's August 05.

http://www.xxlmag.com/Features/2005/aug/Clipse/index.html

Random pic from earlier this year in Tokyo,…was in Harajuku and these 3 guys in head to toe came outta nowhere reminding me of the glory days

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4638112735_6bd5d1674f_b.jpg

u know how pictures are worth a thousand words? thats just worth 2 to me.... HOLY GRAILS

[solefareal90]

hahahaha ^
the dude on the left has the best fit for sure

[jkaws]

This thread is temptin me to go back to bws to add to this.
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad146/jose_castillo1/2010-11-05133348.jpg
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad146/jose_castillo1/2010-11-05133415.jpg
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad146/jose_castillo1/2010-11-05133428.jpg
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad146/jose_castillo1/2010-11-05134840.jpg

[jkaws]

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad146/jose_castillo1/2010-11-05145722.jpg

[Troyk1m]

troy post up those pics man, for good ol days sake.

Picture thread will be up this weekend, its gonna take me a while to do it because I have over 60 picture in that folder and tinypic makes me do a fucking security check EVERY PICTURE lol. I'll do it anyways cause these pictures will make everyone all warm and toasty lol

[solefareal90]

what other brand you know has this amount of people on line? and not even for a piece of clothing..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrxtE75r9iM&feature=related

[valencia]

Picture thread will be up this weekend, its gonna take me a while to do it because I have over 60 picture in that folder and tinypic makes me do a fucking security check EVERY PICTURE lol. I'll do it anyways cause these pictures will make everyone all warm and toasty lol

i use google picasa, i find that much better than tinypic

[jkaws]

what other brand you know has this amount of people on line? and not even for a piece of clothing..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrxtE75r9iM&feature=related

that was the line for the ds!? o_0

[b's-fresh]

what other brand you know has this amount of people on line? and not even for a piece of clothing..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrxtE75r9iM&feature=related

Thats amazing, there is no other brand on the planet that has this much pull.

[Mars]

Thank you Twhite !

[problemchild909]

seriously. Theres no reason why there can't be a rebirth or something like that. I'm not gonna lie, i rarely wear bapes. i usually just throw on nikes or jordans. but i'm really looking forward to a few pullovers and crews. I hunting down a black KISS logo zip up. hopefully i find one.

I have the crewneck in black! It's gorgeous, except people for some reason thinks it says RAPE instead of BAPE

[solefareal90]

Haha, the pullover is sweet too. id take either one at the moment.

[Yom]

someone was saying about the staff in the NYC store

id probably go to the Nagoya bape store more if the staff there now werent a bunch of dicks (which is EXTREMELY rare here) maybe its cos i vocal how crap some of the new stuff is and the og stuff is much better lol

i miss the old store tbh, much much smaller but the guys there were great.

thats y i buy online mostly now

the tokyo stores are still good though, the staff there are really nice

[solefareal90]

yeah, i was talking about the staff here. dont get me wrong, all cool dudes. im cool with them all personally but i miss the old staff.

[jkaws]

Thats something about bape ny. Im not wat u would call a regular but i go enough to say bape ny has always kept a cool staff. Unlike the guys at Supreme and other shops around there.

[b's-fresh]

I have the crewneck in black! It's gorgeous, except people for some reason thinks it says RAPE instead of BAPE
I get that all the time too, its pretty obvious its a B not an R, ppl see what they wanna see.

[ProtocolSnow]

Thats amazing, there is no other brand on the planet that has this much pull.

UNIQLO's 1st store in Taiwan opened a couple weeks ago and had 4,000 people in line :rockon:

[Yom]

u should have seen the queues for the forever 21 and H&M harajuku store openings lol

all day waiting

but these are usually for openings

Bape consistently had/has queues just for item releases

[Starky D]

someone was saying about the staff in the NYC store

id probably go to the Nagoya bape store more if the staff there now werent a bunch of dicks (which is EXTREMELY rare here) maybe its cos i vocal how crap some of the new stuff is and the og stuff is much better lol

i miss the old store tbh, much much smaller but the guys there were great.

thats y i buy online mostly now

the tokyo stores are still good though, the staff there are really nice

yup! tokyo staff were all good loved the japenglish that was going on lololol

to be honest in the uk they're all fine too it's always been that record shop vibe though

[Bape_lovers]

HK ape store is good too..all them are nice

[Troyk1m]

im cool with them all personally but i miss the old staff.

Izzy :cool:
http://i56.tinypic.com/2uhpuvt.jpg

[problemchild909]

That girl is Flyyyyyyyyy

[BabyMilo718]

omfg the kaws chomper varsity, fml :[

[armas3cr3ta]

damnnn i havent seen her in ages and i know she was trying to sell all her bape stuff

[SupremeTeam]

yea i think i seen her whole album of clothes she was selling

[blis]

izzy was the coolest chick, always remembered me when i went in there.

[TWhITe]

wish they still had eye candy like her @ bape nyc

[BapeManTaiwan]

Man. now that I see what it has become and what people are wearing... I know some stuff now still looks good, but when you think about it, if you could be head to toe in Bape... shit that is fly as hell no matter what. it's also not the same out here in Taiwan. Actually it was never like "all that" out here at least when I started in the game about 4 years ago. I remember at that time all the stores were selling out of all the stuff and Taipei store was dead as hell. Bape was, still is, and forever be the best in my mind.

[REEMO184]

a bathing ape is still much alive in my heart. Og pieces and classic designs only.
We rockin' it hard in paris and we are still reppin' the ape. Bape is a lifestyle and once you taste it you can never forget it. I rarely go out without wearing some bape, even if it's just an accessory.

The bape movement is dead in the general public eye and i can understand it, recycling, nothing exciting in the collections, you can usually only find 1 or 2 nice items in each new collection and that's it.

But like i said, it's a lifestyle. Bape has an awesome past and you have to go back in time to find the real bape and i think we should all revive the brand by wearing the classic pieces that made bape so popular, that's what i'm trying to do here in paris !

"---i know in ny the brand is definitely not what it used to be, and everyone from new york knows why" explain ?

exactamundo!

[REEMO184]

Izzy :cool:
http://i56.tinypic.com/2uhpuvt.jpg

Izzy was soooooo slamming!

[lilmcgun]

I personally always liked the look of bape and how it stood out from everything else to me. Sadly my 'first' item was a fake bbc DnD hoodie haha. I didn't care, I was in grade 8 when I bought it and didn't want to blow hundreds of dollars on a sweater. But my first actual piece was last month from 007, a reversable baby milo hoodie and I love it. I get positive comments on it all the time :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/rc_bman/th_IMG_0382.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v389/rc_bman/?action=view&current=IMG_0382.jpg)

[wGmds]

YOU GOT YOUR FIRST REAL ITEM LAST MONTH?! you joined the forum in basically 2008. thats odd. am i just reading that incorrectly?

[b's-fresh]

Mia & Mitch, wow this is a throwback picture..
http://i55.tinypic.com/21n2rdv.jpg

[mmfrancism]

^i remember that chick wow! i swear i seen her around last year

[jkaws]

i actually stopped by Bape today.... I was the only customer... Then i thought about this thread. lol

[mmfrancism]

and i remember runnin into izzy(she def didnt know who i was) at the d&d deli on spring st( og bapeheads would know the upstairs dining room was the spot) i said yo you work at bws wadup!

[mmfrancism]

i hear some people are gon be linin up at bape tomorrow for the cudi tees. hype hype!

[jkaws]

yea, I love kid cudi.. i love bape but i cant line up for that tee. i dont feel its worth it. that chomper jacket izzy has or the silver surfer stas come back out ill be there with my hand warmers ipad, ipod, and sleeping bag.

[mmfrancism]

i feel embarassed to say this but i might as well get it out in the open.
my first bape purchase were kawstas but i bought them when bws nyc released the marvel collabs. i panicked when i saw those kicks and thought man they prolly cost $600 so i didnt bother to ask! i missed out on surfers, hulks and cyclops fml

[jkaws]

i feel embarassed to say this but i might as well get it out in the open.
my first bape purchase were kawstas but i bought them when bws nyc released the marvel collabs. i panicked when i saw those kicks and thought man they prolly cost $600 so i didnt bother to ask! i missed out on surfers, hulks and cyclops fml

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[mmfrancism]

i know....
i was 16 lol i only had like 260 on my pocket that day anyways

[jkaws]

i feel u. work always made me miss hot releases.

[lilmcgun]

YOU GOT YOUR FIRST REAL ITEM LAST MONTH?! you joined the forum in basically 2008. thats odd. am i just reading that incorrectly?
Nope lol, I had an account before this one too like in 06 that was deactivated. I pretty much waited till I had my own credit card so my parents didn't shit all over my face at how much some of the clothing costs, but I got it for 180 so it was pretty cheap.

[BabyMilo718]

daaam chief. you jumped on bape right as the shitty releases started taking over. that sucks bro.

[jkaws]

:/ ........ go on cliffedge u might find some heat. lol

[lilmcgun]

Yeeeah, trying to pick up olds stuff as I go, as much as I like some of the clothing, it's still not worth the money to me when I can go buy other stuff for 1/2 cost usually. Kind of a Crooks whore, so I'd have to like a shirt/hoodie/whatever more then what I could get from them haha.

[Troyk1m]

^CROOKS?!?!?!!!!!
wtfwtfwtfwtfuckouttaherewiththatbullshit

[jinikari01]

Nope lol, I had an account before this one too like in 06 that was deactivated. I pretty much waited till I had my own credit card so my parents didn't shit all over my face at how much some of the clothing costs, but I got it for 180 so it was pretty cheap.

Yeeeah, trying to pick up olds stuff as I go, as much as I like some of the clothing, it's still not worth the money to me when I can go buy other stuff for 1/2 cost usually. Kind of a Crooks whore, so I'd have to like a shirt/hoodie/whatever more then what I could get from them haha.

1. $180 for that milo reversible.... cough *overpaid* cough cough
2. "Kind of a Crooks whore" no, kid you are a crook whore and should stay a crook whore if you think ape is worth not worth the money. lol

btw don't take this personally bc i didn't take any of what you said personally either:cool:

[BapeManTaiwan]

^^ dude it's funny. Some people gave up Bape for the hundreds, crooks, rogue status, and sbs. IDK why anyone would do that... I know this doesn't have too much with what you said, but I just wanted to say something regarding crooks.

[valencia]

not everyone can afford bape, give the guy a break

[newtobape]

just dont be that guy who has one bape key chain or t shirt or a pair of stas and rock it with like polo, hundreds jordans crooks foam postites and bullshit like that and be like IM FRUSH TO DEFFFFFF.

[lilmcgun]

just dont be that guy who has one bape key chain or t shirt or a pair of stas and rock it with like polo, hundreds jordans crooks foam postites and bullshit like that and be like IM FRUSH TO DEFFFFFF.

rofl i definitely do not. And its not that i cant afford it, i just have better things to spend my money on. And crooks is pretty low key in my city which is why i like it.

[SupremeTeam]

just dont be that guy who has one bape key chain or t shirt or a pair of stas and rock it with like polo, hundreds jordans crooks foam postites and bullshit like that and be like IM FRUSH TO DEFFFFFF.

they gettin money!!!!!!!!!!! or so they all claim ... all the dudes on my block LOL

[al11588]

Ugh, Crooks is that Karmaloop brand right. -_- Anyway, I think Bape today, as a brand is strong due to the collaborations. I find it funny when wearing something related to Bape that someone says, “Yo man Bape is played out yo” when his or her favorite rapper wears it in the newest music video.

[BapeManTaiwan]

andddd I just totally changed my outlook. Buying more Bape as we speak.... lol. classic heat

[Troyk1m]

^In the last couple months ive picked up a few items ive been searching years for in brand new condition for steal prices. All I need now are some Blue Argon Bapestas and ill be good. Never thought i'd find a season 1 bbc varsity in my size, that has given me hope for them argons :nerd:

[BapeManTaiwan]

i was pretty i sure i saw pondon or somewhere have quite a few OG argons in ur size for about retail prices...

[solefareal90]

I think its funny how when BAPE stuff is posted on hypebeast... 70% of the people hate on it. saying "bape, grow up"... haha, people stupid as hell. they need to grow up forreal.
-
How does everyone feel about the hate that surrounded bape over the years? Do you guys respect the ones that used to wear bape and now they call it 'old news' ? (maybe thats an obvious question)...

[bapesta94]

If it weren't for Bape, I would still be wearing AE and Lacoste polos

I fell in love with the brand immediately, and could never buy anything until I joined Bt2 and BT a few years ago. I'll admit, from Bape, I have explored other brands and styles.. but in the end I always purchase and wear Bape products. I have the most respect for the brand.

I miss the days where WDYWT was full of Bape fits and alot more members posted on here. I know I don't anymore, but it's because the forum isn't the same. People seem to have moved on to other brands.

I know I wasn't there to experience it, but I remember when people were lining up every time a Bape hoody came out, and then could sell it for 2x retail because everybody had to have it..

[jkaws]

wat hoodie is this? to b honest ive never seen it. skip to 2:52 if you dont wanna heard these guys talk shit. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2fKkBXDIuE&feature=player_embedded

[teamelitejordan]

^seen a couple of those on yahoo jp
i think it's similar to this
http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g97115465

[b-mannnnn]

Like I said a couple of yrs ago.... true ape will stand when the hype falls. It's becoming like another brand such as Stussy, once hyped but still has it's fan base. I like the way things are going, don't have to pay rape for the things we really want.

[jinikari01]

^seen a couple of those on yahoo jp
i think it's similar to this
http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g97115465

BINGO!:thumb:

[GeneralDiaz427]

wat hoodie is this? to b honest ive never seen it. skip to 2:52 if you dont wanna heard these guys talk shit. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2fKkBXDIuE&feature=player_embedded

here is the same color.
http://3peat.jp/shop.html?/newest-large-40/-/page-1/S2-0386

[jkaws]

Thanks guys.

[jkaws]

btw this website is the shit i found of my kaws x milo shit ive alays wanted.

[TWhITe]

I dont know if its only me but i dont feel anyways on dropping a few hundred on a bape item but if it was another brand, i would think twice or flat out not get it cause i would think its over priced

[BapeManTaiwan]

I can know pretty much choose from almost all the great items becuz so many people want to buy all the other hyped overpriced crap that they fiend for, but when you buy bape you can buy more and for me it looks better than most of that junk all the other brands are coming up with now. I mean people said BAPE is dead, but other brands aren't coming out with good shit either. So you should remember that.

[crs-1]

I mean people said BAPE is dead, but other brands aren't coming out with good shit either. So you should remember that.

People who say "Bape is dead" are usually kids who buy it because its hyped and know nothing about its history.

Its a stupid comment because no brand ever really dies even if they stop making it and don't bring it back (which they usually do a few years after stopping it) the people involved with it still do things related to the brand/fashion.

It also depends why you buy something. If you are buying it because you like it and not because of hype then fact that a load of kids who jumped on the hype train think its dead isn't going to bother you.

[solefareal90]

name a few celebs that wore bape in the early days.
if you can find a picture that made you say "wtf is this"... post it up

[problemchild909]

I saw them at the store in NY back in 03 or 04....always a fan but never imagined dropping that much for shoes until I saw the Cassidy Video....

http://i53.tinypic.com/241oyg0.jpg

Haven't bought any bape in a minute though. The new stuff coming out is promising though. I rock a pair of stas at least once a day and my old stuff too, aside from the loud camos. Sometimes they're necessary though. haha

[solefareal90]

well the store opened in January, 05 if i remember correctly. Or was it late winter 2004?
Cassidy also wore the red/blue/yellow bapes in Hotel.

[Asami]

I mean people said BAPE is dead, but other brands aren't coming out with good shit either. So you should remember that.

True story, now that I'm back in Japan I did the usual rounds but pretty much everywhere I went it was disappointing.. Maybe I'm outgrowing some of this stuff but hardly any brand has really delivered consistently lately imo.

[b's-fresh]

well the store opened in January, 05 if i remember correctly. Or was it late winter 2004?
Cassidy also wore the red/blue/yellow bapes in Hotel.

December '04 :thumb:

[problemchild909]

well the store opened in January, 05 if i remember correctly. Or was it late winter 2004?
Cassidy also wore the red/blue/yellow bapes in Hotel.

It was right around their opening time towards the end of the year. 04' probably.

EDIT: December '04 :thumb:

Yes, this.

[solefareal90]

word. i just remember going there in jan and seeing mad people.

[SupremeTeam]

I started going in the spring of 05', just a few months after they opened, and there was never really alot of ppl in there

[b's-fresh]

I started going in the spring of 05', just a few months after they opened, and there was never really alot of ppl in there

REALLY? Every sat & sun at opening time there was a line down the block, and the store stayed busy for a few hours afterwards.

[SupremeTeam]

REALLY? Every sat & sun at opening time there was a line down the block, and the store stayed busy for a few hours afterwards.

Yeah. Not sure what days of the week it was but the the store always seemed empty to me. Kinda like no one knew about it or where it was

[b's-fresh]

Right during random times on the weekdays it wouldnt be busy, but during opening time on the wknds forget about it.

[csf xx bape]

There was a line every Saturday and Sunday back in '05/'06, even when people didn't know whether they were dropping new stuff or not.

I love the new stuff at Bape, all of the cut and sewn is soooo dope and the Planet of the Apes inspired tees are fire. They're taking it back to the essence while tipping their hat to where fashion is going in 2011. I like it a lot.

[Bape_lovers]

i remember going to HK store back to 07..when it opened...first time i had to lineup just to go to see some stuff in the store