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Recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, an 18,000-capacity sports arena in Paris, on June 14th, 2007, the CD captures the exuberant multi-media spectacle of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's first hometown show in 10 years in front of a capacity crowd of thrilled fans. This two-disc set is packaged as a bound book and contains an enhanced cd featuring five extra tracks from the show's encore and 50 pages of photographs shot on tour.

You can purchase the album now via the Colette online store for 25 Euros.

Here we have a great new piece by Rogues Gallery, the Baffin Sweat. It come in jersey, with shawl collar and kangaroo pocket in charcoal. Looks good by itself and also with a shirt. It's now available at Gargyle.

Head Porter Plus is certainly one of the most consistent labels in the market and produce solid collections season after season. In their latest feature, Honeyee presents the Head Porter Plus Holiday 2007 collection. The collection consists of a nice mix of sporty outerwear and subtle mature styles. With Head Porter Plus you can never go wrong, as the line is so simple on one side, but features high quality materials and innovative details.

Some big names out of the Japanese fashion and art scene model the new collection in the feature. Check it out after the jump.

Arkitip Issue 043, in collaboration with artist Parra and Loomstate has been released. an Arkitip + Parra + Loomstate Organics reusable tote bag has been produced exclusively for this issue. Inside the issue you find the works of Parra, Robin Cameron, Nieves Pick, Rasmus Norlander and many others. Once again an outstanding issue, limited to 1500 copies. Grab it now here.

Nokia will soon be releasing their latest high end phones, the 8800 Arte Series. Coming in at prices between 1k-2k USD, they are not cheap. With a 2-inch display, 3.2 megapixel camera and 1 GB of memory, this fancy device even sports an anti-fingerprint coating to keep it looking sharp. Complete with a leather pouch and noise-canceling bluetooth, it might actually be worth its money. In our opinion its the kind of phone for people that want something stylish and something for the longterm.

Here we present you another part of the Neighborhood Fall/Winter 2007 "Voice Of A Generation" collection. As usual Neighborhood presents re-interpretated classics such as Duffle Coats, Down Jackets, Pea Coats and more. Waterproof zippers, gore-tex linings and other technical aspects give these pieces a more modern flair. They also present a nice range of accessories such as gore-tex gloves, beanies, scarfs and a golden Zippo lighter.

Check out the latest Neighborhood products in detail after the jump.

Tyler Brulé is the founder of one of our favorite magazines, Monocle, and previously also founded Wallpaper Magazine as well as a creative agency. Japanese company Beams now sat down with the creative to talk about his latest venture Monocle. Also for those of you that read Monocle, you probably realized that they have created a series of bags with Porter Japan, the famous luggage company. The interview goes into detail on that collaboration. Read it here.

Another time Vans and Japanese store chain United Arrows got together. This time they collaborated on a less popular model, which right away makes it a little more interesting actually. The two brands worked on the Vans Mountain Edition SP and released it in a gold and silver colorway. With Christmas around the corner, brands seem to jump on these colors, if you remember the most recent Supreme x Oakley drop!

The entire upper of the sneakers is made up in gold and silver respectively. The gold model also features a black croc skin stripe, the silver one the same in white. More pictures after the jump.

Hiroki Nakamura of Visvim presents their latest products, the Visvim Folk Series. The Folk Series seems to be a new line under the Visvim label very much inspired by native and folk life. Unlike all the other Visvim footwear it features thinner soles and almost has a used look to itself. Not only the look is different from other Visvim footwear, also the materials used differ. For the moment we don't know much about it, but as we find out more, we'll let you know.

After the jump another shoe out of the Visvim Folk Series.

Ato Matsumoto's take on a sneaker has produced a new style of footwear that has yet to make it out of Japan until now. oki-ni.com has an exclusive distribution deal on the Ato Cow Hide Boot, recently spotted on the feet of Kanye West. This high top is currently in demand and features 2 velcro straps and comes in a mix of patent leather and regular premium leather. Not due to be released in Europe or the US until January next year, oki-ni has secured the deal to bring these to you first.

We already presented the black and white models to you, now oki-ni also offers the red colorway of the sneaker. It certainly is not a shoe for everybody, but if you are looking for something out of the norm, this is the way to go!

We have seen lots of merchandise with the Colette mascots in the past including clothing, bags, Bearbricks and now they bring the Caperino & Peperone Candle Set. The box set consists of overall 3 candles - Stromboli, Paris and Tokyo.

The set is now available in the Colette online store for 50 Euros.

Here we present you one of the nicest pieces out of the current W)Taps Fall/Winter 2007 collection, the A-2 Leather jacket. It comes in a chocolate brown colorway, two pockets on the front and lots of nice details. The white W)Taps label is above the left pocket as usual, other details include a logo application on the zipper cover and the print "Against" under the collar. Many brands came this season with such a classic leather jacket, that we see since many years from brands such as Ralph Lauren. Inspiration drawn from oldschool flight jackets. But this W)Taps version is definitely one of the nicest ones.

Detailed pictures of the jacket after the jump.

Here a look at the upcoming Louis Vuitton Journeys episode with Catherine Deneuve!

The Puma Argentina has been successfully brought back from the archive this year and so far Puma has already released some interesting variations of the sneaker. Here we present you now the Puma Argentina Winter. The shoe feature a premium leather brown upper with orange accents. Brown and orange has and will always go nicely together. The most interesting part about these sneakers is the Thinsulate insulation, which will keep your feet warm and dry this winter season.

The limited edition Puma Argentina Winter is now available at End. More detailed pictures after the jump.

Self Edge and Iron Heart have come together to bring you the world’s first pair of jeans designed from the ground up for cyclists. It was only a matter of time, that somebody would take the needs of the cycling community into consideration on something as basic as denim.  Months of testing and analyzing where other jeans failed during extended use while cycling led to the creation of the SEXIH03 - to create a middle ground between fashion and functionality.  For those that enjoy artisan Japanese denim, cycling, and fashion these are the ultimate pair of jeans. Made in Japan from the world’s heaviest weight denim coming in at twenty-one ounces per square yard.

Special features on the denim include: Extra belt loops at the rear of the waistband to avoid torn loops from backpack usage and to prevent the pulling down of the waistband if a belt is worn while riding, spring loaded clip metal key fob hanging from front belt loop, reinforced crotch rivet, crotch cross-stitch moved 1” forward to delay crotch blow-outs and for the comfort of the rider, rear pockets sized to fit a mini U-Lock, higher rise in the back, lower rise in the front for maximum comfort and mobility and more.

Only 125 pairs of the selvedge indigo model and 25 of the non-selvedge black model were made. Both will be retailing for 360 USD. The SEXIH03 and SEXIH03BK will go on sale in-store on Saturday November 24th and will be available at www.selfedge.com on December 1st.

After the jump detailed images of both models.

Supreme will be releasing two new original colorways (chrome and gold) of the Oakley Frogskins model. It seems like Supreme wants to make sure you got the right sunglasses for Christmas.

On November 19th, the Oakley/Supreme Frogskins will be available on their updated online shop (U.S. only).Otherwise they will be available at the NY and LA stores on November 20th, Japan locations on November 23rd. More pictures after the jump.

Record label Stones Throw onces again gets together with Dutch artist Parra for some t-shirts. This time they release two collaborative t-shirts, coming in a black and a white colorway. The t-shirt will be sold exclusively on the Stones Throw US Tour Nov./Dec. '07. If you make it to one of the show dates, make sure not to miss this goodie!

We reported about the recent release of a book by artist Marok. Now the artist launched the book at Beams T Japan and along he made a t-shirt. Both the t-shirt and the book are now available.

After the jump more pictures of both.

With the 485 Collection, The North Face finally presents an urban collection that is not targeted only at the sports enthusiast, but simply innovative urban sportswear. The 485 outerwear collection breathes an urban, artistic spirit into trusted quality and innovative materials.

All pieces in the collection are both breathable and water resistant, as they use Gore-Tex for the entire 485 collection. The jackets come in black, olive and brown and stay overall subtle, concentrating on the essentials.

We are glad to see The North Face moving this direction. The collection has been released this season and is now available at The North Face retailers as well as online. Check out some more pieces of the North Face 485 Collection after the jump.

The Garbstore website finally launched. The brand that calls its style "unfamiliar vintage" has presented a really interesting first collection this season. The website gives you some more insight into the brand and they will also launch an online store shortly. You can already check out all the styles. Another interesting thing is, that the online store will carry Garbstore and also Japanese brand Mountain Research, which is pretty much impossible to come by in Europe. Mountain Research is also a very interesting brand, taking each season one theme and entirely dedicating themselves to this theme.

http://www.garbstore.com

Check it out for yourself!