Recently Vans OTW held a massive event in Berlin during Bread & Butter and invited not only their latest advocates, including Lupe Fiasco, to town, but also Mos Def. They performed on stage in Berlin for hundreds of fans that had to fight to get a ticket for the exciting evening.

Check out the official video recap here below.

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Our video interview with Lupe Fiasco from that same night you can check out here.

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The Element Emerald Collection is a consciously crafted men’s lifestyle product line, focusing on environmentally friendlier materials and manufacturing processes. The collection was designed for the needs of our maturing industry and the organic style evolution of our culture. The name Emerald symbolizes the highest level of green, emphasizing the premium quality and eco-conscious roots of the collection.

Last week we stopped by their launch event in Berlin and caught up with artist and Element Emerald Advocate Thomas Campbell who created a 4-meter wide wall piece to celebrate the occasion. Enjoy.

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PROJECT NEW YORK took place from January 16 to 18 2012. Check out the video below for a recap of the event.

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On Wednesday night Vans launched its Spring 2012 OTW footwear line during Berlin Fashion Week as part of a 3-day pop-up House of Vans experience featuring live performances by the Patta Sound System, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and new OTW advocate Lupe Fiasco.

The free exhibition by the Vans OTW advocates included photography by Parisian Dimitri Coste, an art installation by Brooklyn-based Eric Elms and vinyl toy art and sculptures by Hong Kong resident and new OTW advocate Chris Kong.

Lupe Fiasco performed crowd favorites “Kick, Push” and “Superstar.” Live music played throughout the venue and Yasiin Bey brought the house down with an inspired performance of classic favorites and new material.

Photography: Robert Wunsch/Highsnobiety.com

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Yesterday ahead of Art Basel Miami, design fair Design Miami opened its doors for the preview day, showcasing the work of exhibitors from around the globe.

“Among this year’s highlights are a solo exhibition of the work by architect, sculptor, inventor and morphologist Dr. Haresh Lalvani at Moss Gallery, Studio Job’s Containers II series at VIVID Gallery, a site-specific installation by Designer of the Year Award winner David Adjaye, and Erwin Redl’s installation Crystal Matrix II at Swarovski Crystal Palace. As part of the show’s series of satellite exhibitions, the Miami Design District presents in collaboration with the Buckminster Fuller Foundation, utopian architect Fuller’s 1970s Fly’s Eye Dome alongside Lord Norman Foster’s reconstructed Dymaxion car.”

Check out the full preview here below.

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Last Friday G-Shock kicked off their new global event series, Urban Proof, in Berlin, following up on the Shock The World Tour.

The evening started off with DJ’s, beatboxers and artists battling it out against each other on stage, in front of a big crowd in the Berlin Kreuzberg district. Next to showcasing the latest G-Shock watches to be released in the coming weeks and months, the entire place was nicely outfitted with G-Shock design inspired objects and product – from G-Shock oversized cushions, skatedecks to G-Shock watches engraved into large stones and projected onto the walls, you clearly knew what you came for. Heavily branded? Sure, but for the most part tasteful, thus it did not bother us at all. The more chill battle part at the beginning of the night was followed by a full on party until late. Berlin knows how to party, but we all knew that before.

Photography: Highsnobiety.com

Check out a full event recap after the jump.

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As part of the next Pitti Uomo 81, taking place January 2012 in Florence, they have teamed up with Tokyo Fashion Week to bring the VERSUS TOKYO project to Italy. First started in Tokyo this season, the project brings together a line-up of 20 Japanese brands that are still today, even though some of them have been around for a while, not very well known outside of Japan. This coming January mastermind JAPAN, Sasquatchfabric, SOE and Phenomenon among others, will be showing their collections to the European market. We cannot wait to check it out and report from the event.

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On November 25th, 2011, G-Shock will be celebrating its URBAN PROOF event in Berlin. For the occasion the watch brand has invited 10 international artists to compete in the categories Urban Art, Soundsystem, Beatbox and Breakdance. For the battles G-Shock and splash! each have put together teams to compete against each other in the various disciplines.

Urban Proof is the continuation of the SHOCK THE WORLD TOUR that toured the globe in the last couple of years. US Beatbox legend Rahzel (The Roots) will compete against French talent Eklips and Marsimoto Sound System will have to proof itself against other contestants, which you can be sure will be some exciting battles to be watching live.

After the battles, there will of course be the official party with acts including Murkage, DJ Ron and Hudson Mohawke.

We have 6 tickets for the invite only event that you can win. How can you win your ticket?

Just tell us why you want to attend the event in the comments of this post or on this Facebook Post and we will then announce the winners on Tuesday, November 22nd.

The full event flyer with act details follows after the jump.

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Last night the much anticipated 2011 Victoria Secret Fashion Show went down. Next to Maroon 5 and Nicki Minaj, Kanye West also performed on stage and brought a surprise with him – Jay-Z. West was already supposed to perform at the show a couple of years ago, but had to cancel at the time, due to his mother’s passing.

The show obviously provided for the usual eye candy and unlike most other fashion shows takes a much more fun approach, with models dancing, clapping and just in general being more relaxed. Kanye was on stage wearing his upcoming Nike Air Yeezy 2 sneaker and the bomber jacket from the soon to release Versace for H&M collection.

More images from the Kanye West and Jay-Z performance, as well as the fashion show follow after the jump.

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This week, Le Baron opened up in London’s Mayfair area. Originally established in Paris by André Saraiva, the new Le Baron London locale promises the same French attitude and rock n’ roll vibe. For the opening, André and his close friend Olivier Zahm (of Purple Magazine) outfitted the space with various street art and photography installations, while Phil Bush provided the music.

Photography: Olivier Zahm

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NEXT: The future of T-shirt graphics from T-world on Vimeo.

1,000+ T-shirts on display
150+ T-shirt artists, designers and labels
40+ exclusive portrait photographs by Nicole Reed
15+ T-shirts of the future from high profile local and international artists and designers

From November 4 to December 11, the intriguing industrial spaces of Sydney’s Cockatoo Island will come alive with the Outpost Project – a world-class showcase of street art. Within the cavernous steel confines of the Heavy Machine Shop lies NEXT, a vibrant display of Australia’s most comprehensive collection of graphic T-shirts.

Presented by T-world, in conjunction with aMBUSH Gallery, NEXT is dedicated to the past, present and future of the T-shirt industry.

Directed by VERSUS

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To celebrate their soon to release collaborative collection, Versace and H&M hosted a runway show in New York City last night.

Outfits showcased on the catwalk were of course from the Versace for H&M collection, which brings together different styles from the Versace archive. The long-awaited collection for H&M features such iconic pieces for women as draped metal mesh dresses, silk-crêpe dresses with gold buttons, multi-coloured panel print dresses and the classic Versace studded leather jacket, while for men there are sharp suits, printed sweaters and print shirts, and studded leather jackets and trousers. For women the collection is certainly more interesting, because we do not see a lot of men being able to wear the colorful all over print styles.

Obviously the event was packed with celebrities and Prince actually performed. The collection will go on sale on November 17th, 2011, at about 300 H&M stores. More images from the runway show follow after the jump.

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Union Los Angeles will host the FUCT 20 Year Visual Exhibition on Thursday October 27, 2011 at 7pm.

Erik Brunetti defined rebelliousness for the Generation X of skate boarders and street wear consumers, through unconventional and often controversial designs and ad campaigns released under his brand name FUCT.

FUCT got it’s initial push shortly after it’s conception, when New York City’s UNION took notice to the brand and offered to become it’s exclusive US retailer. This was 1991.
FUCT is celebrating its 20 year anniversary with a visual exhibition presenting selected works (released and unreleased) by artists who contributed to the brands visuals: Erik Brunetti, Pushead, Larry Clark, Wes Lang, Alexis Ross, Mr. Cartoon and many more.

Have a look at works by Alexis Ross, Wes Lang and Mr. Cartoon (done in 1992) after the click.

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New York City born photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis is currently showing her “This Charming Man” exhibition in Tokyo. The event showcases intimate portraits of men who have inspired the acclaimed artist over the course of three years (2007-2010), where she lived between LA, NYC and London.

The current exhibition is being held at Gallery North Gate, located within Silas & Maria Daikanyama (Silas produced the t-shirts above for the occasion) and will be open to the public from October 22 to November 13. In light of this exhibit, we caught up with Shaniqwa to discuss her work.

Read our feature interview with Shaniqwa Jarvis here, which includes some exclusive photos.

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The MADE space in Berlin will be hosting its latest exhibition tonight, entitled ‘SCRATCH’N'CUT’. The exhibition is celebrating the art of the interdisciplinary “remix”. It brings together a group of internationally renowned artists from different disciplines and combines interactive video animation, live-music, sculpture and graphic art, creating a unique and dynamic audio-visual spatial installation.

Curated by Lukas Feireiss, works on display have been created by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Eclectic Method, Daniel Gonzalez and Jonas Liverod. The evening will also be hosted by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.

Here above you can check out the exhibition trailer and an interview with curator Lukas Feireiss, follows after the jump.

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Earlier this week we had the opportunity to visit the Nike Campus in Beaverton, Oregon for Jordan Brand’s Holiday 2011 Flight Forum. Centered on the latest footwear developments for Jordan’s star players Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade, Jordan gave a select group of media a first peak at the CP3.V, Fly Wade 2 and Melo M8 signature shoes. Rounding out the unveiling were several new CP, Melo and Wade endorsed sneakers as well as a full range of forthcoming Jordan brand apparel.

As part of the event, we also had the opportunity to wear test some of these shoes in Nike’s Bo Jackson gym. The most comfortable and responsive for this editor’s (admittedly amateur) style of play were the Melo M8s, as pictured above.

Have a look in our gallery as we “Fly Around, Fly Over and Fly Through” some highlights from the Jordan Holiday 2011 collection. Two shots to note outside of what’s mentioned above are the Carbon Fiber Jordan 2011s (for Jordan family only) and a portrait of legendary Nike designer Mark Smith.

Photography: Pete Williams/Highsnobiety.com

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Celebrating 10 years in existance, on October 29, 2011 visvim will host a retrospective Study & Practice exhibition at GYRE. Of course, in true visvim fashion, there will be event exclusive releases. (honeyee)

EYE OF GYRE 3F
5-10-1 Tokyo, Jingu-mae
tel: 03-3498-6990

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On September 30th, 2011, Terry Richardson opened his exhibition for the launch of his new book ‘Mom & Dad’ at colette in Paris. With Paris Fashion Week going on at the same time, you can imagine that the event was packed with designers, models and celebrities. Lindsey Wixson, Carine Roitfeld, Anna Dello Russo, Olympia Le-Tan, Renzo Rosso, Giuseppe Zianotti, Jeremy Scott, Nadege Winter, So Me and many others attended the opening event at the Parisian concept store. For the occasion colette also opened a Terry Pop-Up store, carrying among other things a collaborative Diesel t-shirt collection and Terry G-Shock Watches.

The exhibition will be on at colette until November 5th, 2011.

Further images from the opening follow after the jump.

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Vans & DQM joined forces to create The Vans DQM General store in SoHo. To celebrate the opening of the store Suicidal Tendencies performed at the House of Vans, while Ray Barbee and the Mattson 2 played at the store.

The Vans DQM General
93 Grand Street
New York, NY 10013

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As most of you will be well aware, Supreme London officially opened their doors yesterday to much fanfare from the locals. Rumor has it one fellow even queued overnight and didn’t buy a single thing. That’s dedication. One of our London correspondents rolled through Peter Street, snapping off several flicks of the queue and the folks within it. Some interesting looks…

Supreme London
2/3 Peter Street
London W1F 0AA
United Kingdom

Photography: Highsnobiety

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