From the Kris Van Assche x Eastpak collection comes an exclusive black leather backpack, only available at Paris’ colette. The bag will be available June 20, 2011 and is limited to 30 copies.

Yesterday the new Erik Parker solo exhibition at Paris concept store colette opened its doors. Entitled “Re-Upped”, the German born, in New York living artist presents lots of new paintings in his signature colorful style.

colette
Rue Saint-Honore 213
75001 Paris

A full recap of the exhibition follows here.

When it comes to these kinds of projects nobody can mess with Parisian concept store colette. Just a couple of weeks ago Nike presented its new French Away Team Kit, paying homage to the iconic white/navy striped pattern, made famous as well by designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier. I think we can all agree that the jersey came out very nice.

With The Away Project, colette is celebrating the Away Kit by bringing on collaborators from all sorts of areas, presenting their product also with the “mariniere” striped pattern. Included in the line-up of collaborations is a watch with Swatch, pen with Montblanc, perfume with Comme des Garcons, bag with Longchamp and Chanel, scarf with Hermes, macarons with Laduree, cosmetics with YSL and more.

colette will setup a fully striped corner on their 1st floor on March 28th and the project runs until April 9th.

Now head on after the jump to see all the product from The Away Project.

Today, French artist So Me marked the latest artist to take over the customization portion of the Chanel x colette Pop-Up Shop in Paris. Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana even stopped by to get her very own So Me x Chanel bag. See many more images of different custom bags and event attendees in our gallery. “Come on, it’s only Chanel.”

Be sure to check out our coverage of the Kevin Lyons and Fafi events from earlier in the week.

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Today we had a chance to visit the opening of the Chanel Pop-Up shop hosted in collaboration with colette. On display were an assortment of classic Chanel products, such as quilted bags, leather gloves and various apparel. Guests were treated to cupcakes, and artist Kevin Lyons, who recent held an exhibition at the shop, was on hand customizing bags and adding Chanel influenced imagery to the space. Overall an impressive event with many more to follow. The pop-up store is also located close to the colette store, so make sure to pass by.

Photography: Mathieu Vilasco for Highsnobiety

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Parisian boutique colette teams with Reebok on an exclusive Court Victory Pump. No surprise here, colette applies their signature blue color to various locations on the shoe, as well as adding their namesake and logo. The black nubuck is a solid departure from your standard Pump release. Look for a mid-March drop.

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Today the latest exhibition of artist Kevin Lyons opened its doors at concept store colette in Paris.

“Kevin’s latest show for colette consists of a number of drawings, illustrations, paintings, prints, and installations that explore the vibrant, colorful language of reggae and dancehall culture. Both a student and an avid collector of early reggae and rock steady, Lyons combines his formal interests and skills in illustrated simple characters, bold typography, and the fun rolling poetry of the language itself. The sheer volume, variety and repetition of this poetry and the visual screaming monsters who repeat it al throughout the space creates its own silly but heartfelt rhythm. Dancehall style bump and grind is encouraged.”

Tonight the new WeSC x Fatsarazzi Collection was also launched at colette. As you can imagine, the crowds came out for the two events. The exhibition is running until February 26th.

Photography: Mathieu Vilasco for Highsnobiety.com

Check out a full recap of the exhibition after the jump.

For the launch of the Simon de Pury exhibition at colette, entitled “PURYPARISGRAPHY”, the store got together with the artist and G-Shock to produce a limited edition series of G-Shock watches. The watches come with custom back engravings and packaging made using the artist’s photographs. Overall there are 2 different watches, each limited to 20 pieces, releasing at colette on January 19th.

Check out the other watches from the series after the jump.

Paris creative agency La MJC and colette got together with New Balance to create the “Vivre Sans Temps Mort” 1500 sneaker. The slogan used for the sneaker is one of the core slogans of the agency since the very beginning and describes a state of mind that is restless. The upper of the sneaker comes in a nice red/white/grey combination, using lots of premium leathers and mesh. Produced in the Flimby factory in the UK, the sneakers will be released at colette and in the Cool Cats online store December 18th.

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Norse Projects’ latest project sees them align with their French friends at colette and Armor Lux. The package is comprised of six different modified classic Breton items – pea coats, scarves, knit caps and sweaters – curated by Norse Projects for colette, and produced by traditional Breton outfitters Armor Lux. Each piece features a double blue line, which references the two dots of colette’s logo and the partnership between Ccolette and Norse Projects. These products will be available from December 3, 2010 at Norse Projects, colette and Dover Street Market.

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