Create and Destroy

DUCT TAPE

2012-01-30T16:37:00.000-08:00

Vans Steven Caballero 20th Anniversary - "Duct Tape" Halfcab or Cut-off Fullcab.
Only 20 pairs made and 5 pairs per Supreme store: Supreme New York, Supreme Los Angeles, Supreme London, and Supreme Tokyo Harajuku. (Possibly sample sizes [9-10.5] since the box label number is different and it has sample print behind the tongue.)
Also, each pair is numbered and signed by Steven Caballero himself. (Check the video)
The pair that I got is the one you see on the video (below).

#3 of 20.

Vans Half Cab 20 Supreme Edition from Off The Wall TV on Vimeo.

heART AND SOLE

2012-01-19T00:49:00.000-08:00

At: Yojie Shabu Shabu Japanese Fondue and Sake Bar.
501 W. Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles 90015

GOOGLE - END PIRACY NOT LIBERTY

2012-01-18T14:59:00.001-08:00

Google took action about the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Internet Protocol Act) by censoring their "Google" logo.

More info here: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
(Sign the petition after - if you agree)

WDYWT - W)TAPS x VANS SK8-HI (018)

2012-01-16T00:31:00.001-08:00

KOBE BEEF BURGER FROM WEILAND BREWERY

2012-01-12T19:54:00.001-08:00

Weiland Brewery - Kobe Beef Burger with grilled onions, bacon, pickles, tomato, lettuce, and their famous garlic fries.

BENTO BOX FROM MITSUWA FOOD COURT

2012-01-09T21:06:00.001-08:00

This bento box is from Mitsuwa food court. (I forgot which one, but it cost around $8-9)

Consist of: salad, (miso?) soup, tonkatsu (pork cutlet), rice (I added the seasoning/red crushed peppers), shrimp and vegetable tempura.

DONER COMBO

2012-01-07T23:37:00.001-08:00

This is the Doner Combo from Spitz.

Ordered: A sandwich; The Classic in Beef, in Street Cart style, and the side is Street Cart Fries (but it cost $2 extra).

SUPREME x TOKION BOX TEE

2012-01-05T14:33:00.001-08:00

Quite rare to see this box tee for sale...
Released on April 29, 2001.
For better pictures of the shirt, check out: Knee High Media.

DIVNITIES '11 WINTER COLLECTION RELEASE DATE

2012-01-04T23:11:00.001-08:00

Divinities will release their 2011 Winter Collection tomorrow at 7PM (Pacific Time).

THANK YOU DIVINITIES

2012-01-03T22:59:00.001-08:00

Thank you Divinities!

DEATH BEFORE HOMEWORK CORRECTION

2012-01-02T23:21:00.001-08:00

Divinities changed the other color for the Death Before Homework tee.
So instead of burgundy, it'll be navy.

NIKE ELITE SOCKS - "CHRISTMAS" LEOPARD

2011-12-31T18:43:00.001-08:00

They are customized socks only available from Nike Vault.

EARLY CHRISTMAS

2011-12-21T22:27:00.001-08:00

Thank you Tantum and RIF-LA!

DIVINITIES WINTER COLLECTION 2011

2011-12-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

Divinities just release the preview of their winter collection.

Click - "Read more" for more pictures.

SUPREME EAGLE PATCH CAMO HAT

2011-12-18T21:24:00.000-08:00

Finally found this hat! It's brand new with tags and for a good price!!!
I would give a shout out, but I don't want people to message him for older Supreme stuff. Haha.
Thanks again! You know who you are!

W)TAPS x VANS SYNDICATE 018 SK8-HI AND ERA

2011-12-13T22:42:00.001-08:00

Well, I got them last Monday (12/05/11) at Supreme, but I didn't want to post them up yet because I've been busy for a while and didn't wanna keep on giving away info on where to get 'em...

The Era's were a pick-up for somebody.

DON'T ASK IF THE ERA IS FOR SALE BECAUSE THEY BEEN SOLD!

Stitched on Vans "S" Syndicate logo instead on print.
They also use the pro insoles on them.

"Wings" underneath or the other side of the "Vans" tab/tag.

NEW ERA LA GRAND OPENING

2011-12-11T22:29:00.001-08:00

I woke up quite late and arrived at New Era LA super late.
I missed out on the VIP membership card which is 30% off for 1 year. The line was too long so I went back to Fairfax to eat and hang around for a bit until the line is done.
Came back around 4PM.

New Era Los Angeles exclusives.

That upstairs room is basically where process of customizing a hat. That's if you win a session or an appointment?
A couple of apparels around the store.

Of course, there's a snapback section

If you can't afford the real snake skin bill snapbacks by Don C, New Era got this faux snake skin snapback for you...

They also have a section for collaborations...
A couple streetwear brands...

NBA Section.

New Era History corner.
There are other materials available for hats and other styles as well.

MLB section.
I want those 3 LA Dodgers World Series hats, but I don't know about the white lining inside...

New Florida Marlins hat.

TVs hanging showing the twitter feed and a couple of sports.
Register counter area.

Twitter feed on the tv screen.
You could hardly see my tweet because it's loading so slow.
"...to buy. Haha."

Thanks Melloe/New Era LA.

This mini hat/cap is pretty cool.

Size 4-1/4

RIF-LA 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY RECAP

2011-12-10T23:37:00.001-08:00

Arrived at RIF-LA with Drew around 5:30PM? and they were already preparing the store for the party.
Shout out to the people who reads my blog. You know who you are.

Around 6:30PM - setting up the turntables and the "bar" area.

New t-shirts.

"MO SHOES. MO PROBLEMS."

Doors opened at 7PM, but around 6:40PM, people were already starting to show up in the store front.

I think after 5-10 minutes, a lot of people started showing up.
It got crowded inside right away and I stepped out...
Then, I missed out on the Pitfire pizza.
Murad and Dandee enjoying the Pitfire pizza.

Caught Jorge off guard. Haha.

Andre is famous for lurking around Little Tokyo and was featured in the 2 Year Anniversary shirt.

Had to move away from the door way to avoid blocking the way. I stood outside most of the time because it got too hot inside with all the body heat. Haha.
Is Zee looking at me? Haha.

Sneaker shots. (For some reason, I only have these 2 pictures. Haha.)

Jeff, Ab-Soul, and Deadline people.

Ab-Soul.

Still crowded.

Point of view behind the counter/DJ.

Corner point of view.

Carrot cake?

Happy 5th Year Anniversary!

RIF-LA 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

2011-12-07T20:52:00.001-08:00

NEW ERA LA FLAGSHIP STORE OPENING

2011-12-06T15:47:00.001-08:00

New Era LA Flagship Store grand opening on 12/10/11 at 11AM.

8001 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046

(That's the old Bape LA location).

The first 100 people to attend New Era's Los Angeles grand opening will receive a gift bag packed with:

A New Era® Custom 9FIFTY™ Skyline cap
A New Era® Los Angeles T-shirt
A VIP card granting you 30% off all purchases at New Era Los Angeles for one year (effective 12/10/11 - 12/10/12)*

Two lucky bags will be randomly stuffed with a $250 gift card to New Era Los Angeles*

The random recipient of one lucky bag will win a design session with a New Era designer, a $500 New Era Los Angeles Gift Card, and a New Era Backpack! During this session, the winner will get to design their very own custom cap and have it produced for sale at New Era Los Angeles!**

The store opens at 11am on Saturday, December 10th, so get in line early to get your gift bag and the chance to win one of these awesome prizes!***

From: New Era

TOO SMALL

2011-12-02T22:04:00.001-08:00

Yeah, I bought this Supreme x Champion Hooded Coaches jacket, but it fits quite small for me.

Box logo hoody was a pick up for somebody.

JUST MOVIES

2011-11-29T21:46:00.000-08:00

Black Friday pick-ups and Saturday (11/26/11).

From Best Buy.
- Ip Man
- Mortal Kombat 1 & 2.

Then went to Supreme to pick-up the scarf for a friend and they did a restock on the Shadow Plaid Camp Cap.

Then on Saturday, got the Real Tree Camp Cap from New York (Supreme NY did a restock), went back to Supreme to pick-up another scarf, and got the upside down Lakers logo from Hall of Fame.
Corduroy pants are from Old Navy for $20!

ACRONYMJITSU

2011-11-23T18:44:00.000-08:00

While I was waiting for my next class, I was in the library computer lab watching Acronym's demonstration videos of their jackets.
Their jackets are very dope, but very expensive.

I think if you were to see a ninja, this is probably the jacket that they're wearing. Haha.

ACR-FW-1112-M from ACRNM on Vimeo.

I like this jacket - E-J4TS AKA The Suicide Bomber Jacket.
If you probably wear this jacket in the airport, possibly expect some problems? Haha.

Available at Union.

FOR SALE: NAVY W)TAPS x VANS SK8-HI SIZE 8.5

2011-11-20T22:08:00.001-08:00

For sale - 005 W)Taps x Vans Sk8-Hi size 8.5

FIRST TIME IN THE LA ZOO

2011-11-18T22:19:00.001-08:00

My first time visiting a zoo and the Los Angeles Zoo.
Well, I went with my friend Romar for our Anthropology 101 class project which is to observe primates and write about it.
Since I was already here, might as well go around check out the other animals.

Overall, I enjoyed and was a great experience, but it was just too much walking. Haha.

A meerkat. I thought it was some kind of squirrel. Haha.

A flock of flamingos. There are 3 kinds, American (bright colored - the one in front), Chilean (mostly white ones), and Greater flamingo(?).

Nubian Ibex. Those horns are quite enormous.

I was really happy to see giraffes in person and able to see how tall/big they are.
Well, in picture, the male wants something to happen and the female is playing the hard-to-get girl. Haha.
It was quite inappropriate if it did happened because there was a lot of children around. Haha.

Fully zoomed in to capture this.

"No feeding the animals."

A chimpanzee having lunch with banana leaves.

Chimpanzee family chillin'.

Francois Langur or Francois leaf monkey. They are actually from Southeast Asia. Not from France. Haha.
Check out the info in LA Zoo website - Francois Langur

I think this hippopotamus or hippo is still young because it seems quite small for a hippo.

I don't know if you could see it, but there's a snow leopard sleeping...

Squirrel monkeys.

This one here kept on going around the cage - very active.

This jaguar was going around in circles.
I think this jaguar was messing around with the people trying to take a picture.
Everytime it gets close, it would move fast and then he slows down after it's away from the people. Haha. (That's why this picture is like in motion.

Seems like a lonely vulture.

I was amazed by actually seeing a gorilla in person.

This orangutan actually stopped literally while I was trying to take a picture.

Mother and child.

Lonely zebra...