London’s Slam City Skates is celebrating its 25th anniversary and with that presents an apparel collection and video lookbook. Next to some in-house apparel, Slam City collaborated with Fergus, Silas and James Jarvis on a couple of pieces. Furthermore they present the ‘City Rats’ trailer, a skate film officially releasing December 2011, featuring many skaters from the Slam City team. Also make sure to check out their new website and online store.

After the jump you can check out the full 25th anniversary lookbook.

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With Silas making its way back into the European market this season, the brand which is now based in Japan, has collaborated with London’s Slam City Skates on a small capsule collection.

The collection consists of beanies, two t-shirts, a jacket and a waist bag. All pieces feature double branding and come in several colorways. Look out for a release soon at Slam City Skates in London.

Check out the full collection after the jump.

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After setting up shop in Slam’s Covent Garden store basement earlier this year, Emerica once again teamed up with Slam, along with their friend and illustrator Arran Gregory, to produce an exclusive collaboration version of the Laced shoe.

Featuring Arran’s distinctive custom artwork on the insole and box art, and the Slam ‘rat signal’ logo on the tongue in homage to the London skate scene, the shoe is a classic make up with a black suede toe piece and canvas upper. The sneaker is available exclusively at Slam City Skates stores and in their online store. Also make sure to check out the video here below, featuring Arran Gregory and Emerica UK rider Tom Knox.

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UK retailer Slam City Skates is turning 25 years old next year, so they have some really good things in the pipeline. Just released is the Summer 10 lookbook featuring work from both Mark Ward and Ed Templeton as well as the upcoming Slam City Skates x Emerica shoe, a collaboration within the current Emerica and Altamont concept basement store.

More looks follow after the jump.

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Gareth Skewis, co-owner of Slam City Skates, talks about the Altamont x Emerica concept store in the basement of Slam City, Covent Garden.

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From 6th – 17th April 2010 professional skateboarder, owner of skateboard company ToyMachine, photographer, illustrator and painter Ed Templeton will be exhibiting his show ‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’ at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London. For more info check slamcity.com / elmslesters.co.uk / facebook.com/emerica.europe.

Elms Lesters
1-3-5 Flitcroft Street
London
WC2H 8DH
t: +44 (0) 20 7836 6747
(nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road)

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Emerica and Altamont today open a concept store in the basement of iconic London based skate shop Slam City Skates. From the press release: “You can now check out the largest selection of Emerica and Altamont products available under one roof in Europe. And if you’re tired from strolling around in London for a day, you can always have a rest on the Victorian chaise lounge in the basement. Just sit back, watch and get inspired by the Emerica and Altamont team riders that you see skateboarding on the big plasma screen.” To coincide with the grand opening (Saturday, March 20th) there will be promos and giveaways throughout the day.

More looks at the Slam City Skates x Emerica x Altamont Concept Store after the click.

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London’s premier skate shop, Slam City Skates, has released a new set of New Era caps. They present a felted cap, a quilted nylon cap and a classic snap-back cap. The quilted cap is inspired by the famous Barbour jacket and also features a corduroy brim. The caps come with premium linings and subtle branding, with all three featuring a simple 3D embroidered “S” on the front panels.

The new Slam City Skates New Era Caps are now available in-store and online.

Detailed images of the caps follow after the jump.

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Located in Neal’s Yard, near London’s Covent Garden, Slam City Skates is one of the worlds most recognizable skate shops. A friendly place. A well stocked place. Their new look book covers some of the great new garments and product bearing the stores name and logos. Tees, hoodies, New Eras and a great collaborative piece from Penfield are all part of the mix. 
Head to the jump to look at what they’ve got to offer.

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Known for straight forward, if not a little graphic, depictions of youth culture, Larry Clark has generated his fair share of controversy. Yet, films like Kids and Wassup Rockers are vital investigations of street and skate life. Teaming with Fuct seems pretty natural, and the collaboration works seamlessly. London’s famed Slam City Skates has the Fuct x Larry Clark x Tif t-shirt in stock now.

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Penfield got together with London’s iconic Slam City Skates store to work on a messenger bag. They kept it very classic and only added some Slam City tags on the front and back of the bag as well as a nice custom inner lining.
The bag is now available for purchase and goes for 45 Pounds.

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London’s iconic Slam City Skates has released a new series of own branded t-shirts. Several designs have been released, each coming in a multitude of colorways. They are now all available in store and online.
Have a look after the jump at some more.

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London’s Slam City Skates collaborates with WESC on a t-shirt. The t-shirt features a photo taken by Henry Kingsford, and has now been released. Also they just released their latest series of decks – the Established Deck, a classic design hinting at the long history of the store in London.

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Slam City Skates, one of the UK’s finest skateboard stores, has released some more t-shirts of their own. This time they worked with artist Arran Gregory on the Bear Safe t-shirt. The tee features a massive bear graphic over the front and the Slam City Skates logo. It comes in several colorways and is available now.
Also the store announced an upcoming New Era collaboration fitted cap. The cap comes in black and features a simple 3D embroidered “S” on the front panels. More on the release soon.

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