In May 2008, Upper Playground, celebrity tattoo artist Mister Cartoon, and photographer and director Estevan Oriol opened a series of four distinct retail locations in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles, including a pop up store that features a rotating theme of unique fashion and art concepts for short periods of time.
Beginning on August 14, 2008, the pop up space will be transformed into a tribute to film legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as part of their upcoming feature film from Overture Films titled “Righteous Kill.” The film will be released in theaters on September 12, 2008.
SA Studios Global, the creative agency of Oriol and Cartoon, was selected to create the film’s iconic poster, in addition to managing the street and grassroots marketing for the movie. The space will become the exclusive promotional headquarters for “Righteous Kill” and feature a tribute to the film’s stars. Highlights of the space include a customized movie poster wall of all of De Niro and Pacino’s films, and plasma screens throughout the room showcasing Oriol and Cartoon’s favorite scenes from Pacino and De Niro’s film repertoire.
In celebration of the film, SA Studios Global has also collaborated with Upper Playground, to create limited edition “Righteous Kill” apparel.
WHEN:  
The “Righteous Kill” promotional space will be open to the public: August 14–September 15, 2008, Tuesday–Saturday from Noon–8 p.m.
WHERE: 
The Righteous Kill Space (Next door to Upper Playground & The Last Laugh)
131 East 6th Street
(Located between Los Angeles Street and Main Street in the Santa Fe Loft Building)
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Have a look at the rest of the apparel after the jump.

San Francisco-based apparel and art company Upper Playground, photographer and director Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon are excited to announce the unveiling of a series of four one-of-a-kind retail establishments in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. Each storefront will offer customers a unique fashion and fine art experience. In celebration of the new properties, the three entities will host anopen house on Saturday, May 31, 2008 that will feature a special art exhibit and appearances from some of the world’s leading designers involved in the project.
Upper Playground is the pioneer of combining fashion and fine art. In celebration of the new store opening, there will be a special art exhibit featuring the works of Usugrow, Sam Flores, Jeremy Fish, David Choe, Herbert Baglione, San, Retna, Saber, Alex Pardee, Ron English, Doze Green, Slick, Armsrock and David Ellis. Many of the featured artists on display also contribute designs to Upper Playground’s apparel line.
In addition to Upper Playground, the new venture includes “The Last Laugh,” which will house the Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriol retail experiences.
The fourth location involved in the new retail project will be a rotating concept that will house unique fashion and art concepts for short periods of time. During the open house, it will feature a display of custom motorcycles from 1998 AMA 250cc Champion-turned motorcycle designer Roland Sands and limited-edition fashion pieces from designer and model Tony Ward’s line, Six in the Face. From August through September the site will be transformed into a truly unique promotional experience for the upcoming feature film from Overture Films called “Righteous Kill” starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. SA Studios Global, the agency of Estevan Oriol and Mister Cartoon, was selected to produce the iconic poster for the film. The space will become the exclusive promotional headquarters for the film and will feature a shrine to the film’s stars.
Upper Playground & The Last Laugh
125 E. 6th Street (between S. Main St. and S. Los Angeles St.)
Downtown Los Angeles, California
Wow, not one store, but actually 4 ventures will be opened and it sure sounds like it is worth passing by once in a while. Even if not for the clothing, there seem to be many other reasons to check out the space. The hype around opening retail spaces in Los Angeles does not seem to find an end.

Mr. Cartoon and Super Rad Toys are about to release the third version of their Lost Angel toy – the Brown Pride Edition.
“A singular LA artist, Mister Cartoon showcases his unmistakable, often imitated but never duplicated artisty and lifestyle  with this new Brown Pride edition loaded with new signature Air Force 1’s, boombox, Sidekick, slingshot top (wifebeater), Dickies style shorts, plaid boxers and of course flocked wings.  Then there’s the next level accessories (unpictured) — a Joker x Nike collabo shirt, tattoo gun and rosary beads. ” Via Vinylpulse.
More news to come when we get closer to the release.

Tradition celebrates their first anniversary tomorrow night, February 2nd. For the occasion the store has not only planned an event and exhibition, they have also aligned some collaborations with some of the brands and people that they respect and carry in store.
They got together with artist Axis, with Mr. Cartoon and also with UNDR-CRWN. With each one they created a 1 year anniversary t-shirt that will be available as of tomorrow. Each t-shirt comes in several colorways.
After the jump you can have a look at the other t-shirts, and also at the details of the event of tomorrow night!

Most of the Vans Syndicate Holiday 2007 collection we have already showed you. It consists of the Mr. Cartoon Sk8 Hi’s, the Gusset Half Cabs and the latest installment of the Vans x W)Taps collaboration. Here we can finally show you some good pictures of this last collaboration, consisting of an Era and a Sk8 Hi. They come in all black with the uppers made up of black premium suede and canvas. The canvas parts feature a red devil design. The Vans Syndicate x W)Taps “Red Devil” pack is part of the Rad BMX Series.
The Mr. Cartoon Sk8 Hi’s and the Gusset Half Cabs are already in store, but you can check them out again after the jump. The W)Taps collaboration in getting into select stores now.