Month: February 2005

In the previous post, we mentioned the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Many of the stores here are the same big branded chains you can find in any shopping mall in the US, or for that matter in any major industrialized city around the developed world–Starbucks, Banana Republic, BarnesContinue Reading

Almost every major city of the developed world seems to now have an Apple Store. Tokyo? Got one. New York? Of course. Paris, Yup. Los Angeles? No. “No?” you say. “What?” you ask, “LA doesn’t have an Apple Store?” OK, let’s clarify: LA doesn’t have “an” Apple Store; it hasContinue Reading

The first of a series of graphica images from the City of Angels this past week show the logo painted on the wall of the dining patio at Pink’s hotodog stand. This famous LA weiner shack near the corner of LA Brea and Melrose avenues in Hollywood was opened 66Continue Reading

In this shot, a shopper in a hoodie checks out the freshest kicks at the A Bathing Ape store, Busy Work Shop, in SoHo, New York City. Ivan Corsa Photo

Here’s another interior view from the front of the A Bathing Ape store, Busy Work Shop, in SoHo, New York City. Caught in the snap are a couple of A Bathing Ape staff and a customer. Ivan Corsa Photo

Taking photos inside the new A Bathing Ape store, aka Busy Work Shop, in New York City is forbidden, as in most retail spaces. So without a telephoto lens, the best snap of the shop’s interior was straight through the front. Here we see the interior design and some ofContinue Reading

The the signage at the new A Bathing Ape store consists of the brand name, logo and shop name etched in a large plate glass window. The Ape logo is directly inspired by the Planet of Apes iconography. Nigo, the Japanese designer and founder of the A Bathing Ape brand,Continue Reading

This is a shot of the storefront for the new A Bathing Ape store in NYC. The store is called “Busy Work Shop,” and occupies two floors in a newly renovated space in SoHo. Ivan Corsa Photo

In late December, with little discernible fanfare, the first ever official North American outpost of the exclusive, quasi-underground Japanese clothing label A Bathing Ape (also known as BAPE) hung out its shingle on a cobblestone street in SoHo, NYC. Here is a shot of the main store window display, whichContinue Reading