Vans Covent Garden UK

Oct 6 10 under Events | Comments Off

“After a successful run on Carnaby Street, VANS expanded its footprints over to Covent Garden in London, and had just opened up the new VANS Covent Garden Store for all who go “off the wall”. The new space is designed with VANS’ icons and heritage in mind. For instance, the famed Waffle Sole is now a display mural on the wall for the latest footwear, checkerboard decals and the VANS logo sprawl across the store. Check out detailed images of the new space, and if you bring the flyer in the post over to the new spot before November 30, you can enjoy 10% discount off your purchases.”

Check out the jump, for pics of the new shop. Peep the cool shoe wall, designed in the OG Vans Waffle Sole design!

Check out the store after the jump!

Vans OTW: Asia Launch Party in Shanghai Video

Sep 29 10 under Events, OTW | Comments Off

Words from Hypebeast:

“To compliment the recent Vans OTW Asia Launch Party in Shanghai coverage, we present to you a video of the events as well as short candid responses from the Vans OTW Advocates. To help promote the lifestyle-driven Vans OTW cause, a group of Advocates were chosen and include Mister Cartoon, Eric Elms, Dimitri Coste and The Blackouts. With an eclectic background to each entity, they have each helped drive the diffusion label’s agenda thanks to their strong creative work. The party and event took place at Kin. The multi-faceted creative space is comprised of a DJ school, a retailer and a cafe which will undoubtedly serve as a convergent point for all things creative in the bustling Chinese city.”

Director: Steve Zeitzoff & Chris Yormick
Edited & Colored: Chris Read

Vans OTW: Asia Launch Party in Shanghai from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.

Vans OTW: Asia Launch Party (Hypebeast exclusive interview)

Sep 20 10 under Events, OTW | Comments Off

Hypebeast recently had the chance to interview the official “OTW fam”, the advocates chosen by Vans, to spearhead the OTW line. Recently they went to Kin, in Shanghai, to launch the Holiday 2010 line. The Vans OTW Asia party included a select few locals to take in the various visual pieces created by the now-four Advocates. This included newly added advocate for OTW, but not new to Vans (see Syndicate), Mister Cartoon and a live mural session, photography from The Blackouts, a large-scale 21 print sets by Eric Elms, and motorcycle-based photography from Dimitri Coste based on his father’s racing pedigree. Read more on the entire feature here.

‘Now I Remember’ Art Show in West Hollywood Starting this Saturday

Sep 11 10 under Events | Comments Off

From the Vans.com blog:

“Off the back of the Japanese based exhibition entitled ‘Now I Remember‘, New Image Art, Los Angeles brings this awesome exhibition to the US with never before seen images. “Now I Remember” brings together eight different personalities as they each share their own photos captured with their cell phones. With the widespread use of the cell phone for capturing life’s most spontaneous moments, this exhibition provides a glimpse into the daily lives of this colorful cast of characters including Todd Jordan, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Jen “JR” Reynolds, Jerry Hsu, Curtis Buchanan, Tino Razo, Aron Bondaroff, and Neckface.The show opens on September 11th at 7pm, running through October 2nd, 2010.”

New Image Art
7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Tel: 323 654 2192