Now that A Bathing Ape is operating a NYC and LA store, they came out with two winter plaid New Era Caps, featuring the local favorite MLB team on the caps. The caps are now available at Cliff Edge.

Also this partnership we have already announced. Finally Colette (storeguide) will come to New York City (well, for a little while at least) thanks to Gap. Below all the details on the roll-out of this project.

“Gap has commissioned renowned Paris boutique colette to create a special one-month installation in Gap’s rotating concept store adjacent to the New York City flagship store at 54th and 5th Avenue. The collete x GAP store will be open from « September 6 through October 5, 2008. This exciting endeavor marks the first colette store in the United States, making the brand’s sought-after items available to U.S. consumers for the first time ever. Similar to the Parisian store, colette x GAP store will offer a mix of hard-to-find products from around the world and cater to an ever-evolving mix of genres and tastes alike.”

Something to look out for!

After Nas, Alife this time got together with Q-Tip. The t-shirts come with the "Lyrics To Go" slogan on the back and some of his lyrics on the front. The t-shirt comes in black and white.
The t-shirts will be released at the Rock The Bells tour, where Q-Tip performs with A Tribe Called Quest.
More detailed images after the jump.

Nike is definitely serious with the recent addition of the Nike Sportswear collection. On the 8th of August, the day of the Beijing Olympics Opening, they will be opening a Nike Sportswear flagship store in New York City. It will be a dedicated, stand-along Nike Sportswear store and it seems like it is not a pop-up but a permanent store in Soho. There will be a series of pop-up stores, such as the ones at Opening Ceremy LA and NY , but this will be the only permanent store.
Nike Sportswear Flagship Store NYC
21, Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013

New York’s Classickicks got together with Vans to collaborate on a series of models for this summer. They worked on the Era and on the Mid Skool ‘77. The Era comes in four different make-ups, each featuring a mix of colors on the panels. The Mid Skool ‘77 stay a little more simple and comes in red and blue, with canvas and suede on the upper.
Classickicks did not work with embroideries, prints or any of those techniques that we end up seeing all the time these days on mostly over the top designed shoes, that might look good on your shelf, but not on your foot. They only played with colors and panels and one can still see right away, that this is not a regular Vans shoe. Congrats on that.
Here you see the sneakers still in sample stage, but very soon we will be able to show you detailed images of the final production shoes.
Check out all six sneakers out of the Classickicks x Vans Summer 2008 collaboration after the jump.

In celebration of the release of the new NaS album, coming out in the US on July 15th, Alife has made a collaborative t-shirt and matching lighters.  100 packs produced for sale, available exclusively at ALIFE NYC on Tuesday, July 15th.
Check out the back print of the t-shirt after the jump.

ALIFE and Reebok are proud to introduce the ALIFE for Reebok collection: 4 classic Reebok silhouettes realized entirely in canvas for the first time.

Featuring DuPont technology, the all-canvas uppers have been coated in Teflon, making them stain and water resistant while still allowing all of the breathability of traditional summer weight canvas.

The men’s pack features the ERS 5000, a very clean running shoe that was originally introduced in 1993, in three colorways: White/Yellow, Grey/Blue and Black/Red. ERS stands for Energy Return System and the 5000 was the pinnacle product within the ERS category which also included the ERS 1000 and 2000.

The women’s pack features the Ventilator, the Pro Legacy Mid and the Freestyle High, three different iconic styles originally designed for three different functions: running, basketball and aerobics, respectively.Like the men’s pack, the women’s pack also features White, Grey and Black canvas uppers.

All six shoes feature fully leather-lined collars and insoles, and each shoe comes with three additional pairs of shoe laces, each packaged in a custom printed lace-bag.

Available this Saturday, July 12th exclusively at ALIFE NYC, ALIFE LA, ALIFE Vancouver and ALIFE Tokyo and available next Saturday, July 19th at select retailers globally. Limited edition T-Shirt available this Saturday, July 12th exclusively at ALIFE flagship boutiques.
Detailed images of all sneakers and t-shirts as well as laces after the jump.

Billionaire Boys Club will be releasing a NYC exclusive New Era Cap. The cap will be released today exclusively at the New York flagship store.

Having already shown you the Miami exclusive AM 95, its time to shed light on New York’s version. The Manhattan skyline is featured cleanly along the profile of the shoe, which features the same light sensitive croc print we’ve seen on some previous models. Black/Yellow has also become something of a traditional NYC brand. The shoe is only at select NYC QS locations. 
(via Kixandthecity).

We already reported earlier that Colette is closing on July 7th until August 25th for renovations. The new interior of the store is created by Masamichi Katayama of Wonderwall, whom you should know well by now for creating all Bape stores as well as the Original Fake and many recent Uniqlo stores.
There will also be a mini Colette opening in New York on September 6th until October 5th. The pop-up shop will be located next to the Gap flagship store on 54th Street near 5th Avenue. Of course they will have a ton of collaborative product available just for the new location.
Last but not least they are promising a revamp of their website, which will mainly change the experience of online shopping and make it closer to their in-store experience.
Lots of good news!