We give you a first look at the Swagger Fall/Winter 2008 collection, entitled "The Protagonist". The collection consists of several themes, as usual offering a variety of crazy all-over prints and patterns. 
Swagger offers a full cut & sew collection, as well as a pretty complete range of accessories in the new collection, including jewelry, hats, caps, bags, belts and more.
Get a first taste of the new Swagger Fall/Winter 2008 collection after the jump.

Japanese brand Resistance got together with Springcourt to collaborate on their classic mid top sneaker. Springcourt has made a big entrance into the US market in the past months and convinced with their simple, yet quality sneakers.
The Japanese brand produced a military green/black and black/red colorway of their sneaker, adding an all-over cross/skull print onto the sneakers and a collaborative embroidery on the tongue.
Have a look at some more detailed images after the jump.

Most of you should know by now that the Beautiful Losers exhibition has stopped in Tokyo, Japan, this week. Many of our favorite artists are part of the exhibition. The movie also just started in NYC, check for the schedule here.
This weeks highlight was a screen printing lesson given by Tetsu Nishiyama of WTAPS. The designer showed step by step on how to create a t-shirt with a screen printed graphic. Pics via The Lucky Lefty.
Many more images to follow after the jump.

Japanese brand Mule got together with artist Stefan Marx to work on a series of t-shirts. The artist created a strong set of designs, both playing with photos, his artwork and strong slogans.
The t-shirts will be releasing at Dedue on the 18th of August.
All in all a very round series. Check out the other t-shirts in the series after the jump.

Japan’s Loopwheeler is hard to beat when it comes to quality fleece products. Their vintage machines can only produce 8 sweaters per day and that is also reflected in their quality. The recent project with Nike Sportswear got the name of the brand out there, as it was very much underground up until then.
Here we give you a look at their Fall/Winter 2008 collection. The brand presents some very interesting hoodies with pocketing on the back, stadium jackets as well as zip jackets with patching. Via Slamxhype/Loopwheeler.
A detailed look at the line-up after the jump.

XLarge Japan got together with Disney to collaborate on some t-shirts. The t-shirts feature Mickey Mouse and come in black and white. Expect more to come in this series.
Check out the other colorway after the jump.

Along with the release of his book, Tim Lawrence has also collaborated with Stussy on a matching t-shirt. The t-shirt carries the same name as his book, Love Saves The Day, which reports about American Dance Music Culture in the 70’s. On the back the t-shirt features a disco ball.
The t-shirt released in Japan today.

A new Reebok Court Victory Pump is about to be released. It comes in a nice summer colorway, turquoise/orange with white accents. The base of the sneaker is turquoise, all plastic parts orange and on the backheel they placed a orange/white checker pattern. All in all a nice colorway for the summer.
XLarge Japan stores will be releasing the sneaker on June 20th.
More detailed images after the jump.

That BMX is now an official discipline in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, you should know at least since we launched our Micheal Lau Interview, where the HongKong based artist talks about his role in designing the Chinese BMX team jerseys.
Today we can show you the Japanese jerseys, which were also designed by somebody that should be quite familiar to you – Tet from WTAPS. WTAPS designed the jersey and it is made by Nike.
Check out more images of the Japanese jersey after the jump.

Here we present you a new Japan Exclusive coming from Levi’s. They added skeleton hands to the 505 model on the front pockets in the form of prints. The denim comes in 2 washes and is now available in Japan.
Check out more detailed images and the other wash after the jump.