Patta has partnered with Chinese sporting shoe brand Warrior Footwear and German writing instruments company Staedtler to present a mini collection for back-to-school season.

The plimsoll Club model comes in 3 basic colors: red, blue and black. All three feature canvas uppers atop a white midsole, pen-scratched by hand with Staedtler permanent markers and waterproof coated. The woven side tag carries Amsterdam’s signature triple X and Patta branding can be found on the sockliner and on the midsole tab. Each pair comes in custom packaging, and includes a set of Staedtler stationery containing a corresponding Lumocolor 318 Permanent marker, Mars Lumograph HB pencil, Mars Plastic slide sleeve eraser and a mini writing pad. A set of matching Patta Script logo t-shirts (sold seperately) have been produced to complete the set.

The Patta x Warrior x Staedtler mini collection goes on sale on Saturday July 30th and will be available in store at Patta and at warriorfootwear.com.

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We’ve teamed with Warrior Footwear to give one lucky reader a pair of sneakers, a t-shirt (their choice from Warrior) and a Flying Pigeon Bicycle (as seen above.) Really, everything you need to enjoy the spring. For those who haven’t heard of Pigeon, like Warrior sneakers, the Pigeon bikes are really relevant in Chinese history:

“Throughout the 1960s and 1970s the logo became synonymous with almost all bicycles in the country. The Flying Pigeon was the single most popular mechanized vehicle on the planet, becoming so ubiquitous that Deng Xiaoping — the post-Mao leader who launched China’s economic reforms in the 1970s — defined prosperity as “a Flying Pigeon in every household”. (wp)

To enter the contest all you have to do is comment on the Facebook discussion. Good luck!

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In the 70’s, Warrior basketball sneakers were a much sought after status symbol in China. After they became no longer objects of desire. Now a young Chinese-born graphic design student of Helsinki decided first to photograph those who, in China, still wear them (elder and poor villagers doing physical labour) and then to gather all pictures and publish them in a book, released in limited edition.

The book will be sold in a special packaging along with a pair of original Warrior sneakers. Shumeng Ye tries to redefine the idea of the label “Made in China”.
A very interesting project and it’s always good to remind people what was out there. Colette will have the pack in stock soon.