This week Alife will be releasing their new Holiday 2011 footwear collection. Consisting of high top, mid top and low top styles the Alife sneakers have taken a rather subtle route these past years and have become much more contemporary compared to the beginnings of the brand. Premium leathers are featured on the uppers with minimal branding. Most styles are heavily inspired by iconic sneaker silhouettes, with Alife adding a bit of their own flavor to it.

Check out the full collection preview after the jump.

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After Patta, the Alife Rivington Club gets together with Warrior Footwear. Working on the Classic low top, Alife added a hand-painted upper and woven logo tag to the canvas sneaker. As such, no two sneakers are the same. A release is scheduled for this coming Saturday, August 13th, with each pair going for 50 USD.

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In our latest feature, we catch up with Rob Cristofaro and Arnaud Delecolle of ALIFE to speak about their Private Property furniture collection, produced by UHURU. Kathy Grayson of The Hole sums up the initiative in the following quote:

This is not the cold customization of Koons making BMWs and Murakami making Louis Vuitton bags, where “marketing art” merges with culture. This is taking something that makes the public private (graffiti) and making it into an object that can be privately owned. It’s a morsel of design and crime: if design is the total control of your environment to make aesthetic decisions and refine your visual environment, crime is the anarchy that fucks that all up.

To learn more, read our full Alife x UHURU: Private Property feature with Rob and Arnaud of NYAD.

Also be sure to check out the NYAD Private Property microsite (by HD MADE) here.

For those interested in purchasing items from the collection, visit the blacklots.com auction site.

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American label ALIFE offers a look into their Summer 2011 collection which will be available tomorrow, June 10th at all ALIFE flagship shops. Overall the approach is classic American sportswear with the usual clean, yet bold, ALIFE aesthetic. They’ve got you covered from head to toe with new caps, tops, bottoms and footwear. Have a look.

More looks follow after the click.

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For Spring/Summer 2011, Alife releases a new MOC shoe with a thick, logo-embossed gum sole, tie detailing and black suede/leather upper. The shoe also features deodorizing cork insoles.

More views after the jump.

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Alife presents their new range of Summer 2011 sneakers. The brand has worked hard on their footwear offering these last couple of years, adapting to the new market needs. The outcome is a more refined and clean collection of styles, that span over both the athletic and more fashionable markets. The brand continues to be innovative in terms of materials, fusing new and old with interesting looks as a result.

Check out the various silhouettes to release this season after the jump.

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Alife presents three new colorways of their low top Moc sneaker for Summer 2011. The slip-on sneaker comes in three suede options this season, featuring a cork footbed with an embossed Alife logo. Primitive has the sneakers in stock now.

Take a further look at all colorways of the sneaker after the jump.

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Alife and Hidden Champion magazine from Japan once again get together and present the Special Book Volume 3, entitled “ALIFE SAVES”. The issue is dedicated to the terrible happenings in Japan and as such showcases art, fashion, lifestyle and the prosperous life in the city through to spread the message of “protecting the good life”.

Next to the Alife Spring/Summer 2011 apparel and footwear collections, the magazine is filled with photography by Alife Tokyo and Alife New York. It will be handed out free, starting April 28th. Furthermore they have produced “Alife Saves” posters and t-shirts. The t-shirt will be sold in all Alife stores around the globe to support Japan in this difficult time.

Take a look inside the magazine and check out the t-shirt after the jump.

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From the Alife Spring/Summer 2011 Footwear Collection we present the Everybody High Official. The high top sneaker comes in three canvas colorways with suede accents on the heel and logo print on the side-panels. The sneaker is now in stock at Flauge.

Take a further look at the sneakers after the jump.

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With roots in skateboarding and graffiti, Alife are one of the most well know names in US Streetwear. Their functional, well branded apparel – such as this chino twill, olive camo 5-panel cap – reflects their culture well. Available at End.

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Alife presents their new Spring 2011 Sportswear Collection. Next to the usual t-shirts and sweaters, the New York brand will also be offering some nice shirts, as well as baseball jackets this season. As usual the branding is kept core and very clean.

Check out the full lookbook after the jump.

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When it comes to Alife footwear in recent years, the general direction was for prices to go down, but the same was unfortunately true for their quality. Last season the brand started introducing some new premium styles, including the popular hiking boot. Next to high quality leathers, the range also comes with Vibram outer soles. Of course the use of these materials and features results in higher prices, but we prefer that over low quality footwear.

Photography: Highsnobiety

Today we preview the Fall/Winter 2011 Premium Range, offering shoes, mid top boots, as well as hiking boots in a series of colorways. Check them out after the jump.

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Two solid new sneakers have releases from the Alife Spring 2011 Collection. The Public Estate Mid Woodstock comes in two suede colorways, featuring leather laces and a crepe outer sole, with added wingtip accents placed on the upper. The Northeastern Cadet is a low top sneaker, featuring leather and premium nubuck on the upper. We really like the tonal structure of the sneaker, and that they played with materials, rather than color to set accents. Both sneakers are now available from Kasina.

Many more images of all colorways of the sneakers follow after the jump.

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Alife got together with Japanese retailer And A to work on a pack of sneakers. The Wood Stock mid top sneaker comes with Wingtip details on the suede uppers, royal blue accents on the heel and lining, as well as leather laces and most importantly crepe outer soles. The two sneakers will be released at And A in April 2011.

More images of the sneakers follow after the jump.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

Directed by Alife, this video was shot and produced by longtime collaborator Cliff “The Crystal Pharaoh” Cristofaro, the man behind most of Alife’s video releases, and includes minimal soundtrack tidbits kindly “loaned” by British musician and producer Jamie XX.

Check out our photo recap of The Alife Art Machine here.

Below is a list of artists that have contributed to the Art Machine so far. The list grows daily.

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Today at Bread & Butter we took a first look at the upcoming Alife Fall/Winter 2011 Footwear Collection. Next to new colorways of the very successful Alife Hiking Boot, the brand continues to built out that section of the line, adding two more casual premium leather footwear styles in mid and low silhouettes. Furthermore  they present an interesting new slip-on style with tassel details and even in a shearling lined version.

Photography: Highsnobiety

Take a look at the upcoming Alife sneakers and boots after the jump.

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ALIFE presents a flagship exclusive G-SHOCK G5500AL-1 watch with a black on black reverse LCD display and special packaging. Limited to 200 pieces, the watch will be available for pre-order this Saturday, December 18, 2010 exclusively at Alife flaghip shops and online on The UpSet. Ships between December 27, 2010 and January 10, 2011. Zap.

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As part of this years Holiday drop, Alife presents a flocked Be@rbrick box set by Medicom Toy. The toys come packaged as a set in an entirely flocked box, and are identical, except for the size: the 100% Bearbrick is about 2.7 inches tall, while the 400% measures 11 inches. Available this Saturday, December 18th exclusively at Alife flaghip shops and online on The UpSet. The Alife x Crailtap x Girl board is out on the same day.

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The ALIFE CRAILTAP COMPLETE by GIRL Skateboards will be available this Saturday, December 18th, exclusively at Alife flaghip shops and online on The UpSet.

A true re-interpretation of the classic banana cruiser updated with modern hardgoods, top and bottom Alife graphic treatments, and clear grip tape to keep it all visible.
Its mellow concave coupled with a 14.5” wheelbase, Alife x Girl custom wheels, and re-sized Royal trucks (only available for this release), are a throwback to an era gone.

Board size is 8 x 28 7/16 inches, while the wheels are 52mm – 98 durometer.

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Alife has been teasing some of their upcoming releases this past week. Included in the teasers is a new grey flock Bearbrick with Alife logo on the chest, a clean set of skate wheels and their upcoming G-Shock watch. The wheels come in an edition of 150 and the watch in an edition of 200.

Take a look at all three teaser in more detail after the jump.

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