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Quiet Life x Katsuo ‘Jump On It’ Capsule Collection

The Quiet Life present the latest from their ongoing collaborative instalments as they team up with Japanese illustrator Yusuke of Katsuo design.

Taking cues from 60′s pop art, Yusuke applies his illustrative artwork to a 19-piece range that includes woven shirts, tees, long sleeves and pull-over hoodies, as well as a selection of headwear and socks. The release will sit inside the second delivery of the Quiet Life’s second drop from Autumn/Winter 2014 and arrives in a seasonal palette of greys, tans, blacks and whites. We are big fans of the curvaceous character designs and light hearted type that accompanies it. It definitely brings something new and exciting from the brand, sitting well against the mainline collection. Our top picks include the embroidered pocket tees and 6-panel, with the all over print shirts catching our eye too!

The lookbook below, shot by the brands founder Andy Mueller, takes us around Yusuke’s work space, giving us a closer look at the man behind the collection.

The Quiet Life x Katsuo capsule collection is available now at www.urbanindustry.co.uk. For more information visit www.thequietlife.com

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Converse CONS X Polar Skate Co.

 

Following sneak peeks of the collab surfacing on social media on Monday night, Converse CONS and Polar Skate Co. offer a closer look and set a release date for their first collaborative effort and we couldn’t be more excited!

Taking each brands artistic direction into consideration, CONS and brand ambassador Pontus Alv (founder of Polar Skate Co.) deliver a seven piece collection featuring footwear and apparel pieces based on subtle designs and performance.

Starting with the footwear, the CONS CTAS Pro undergoes its latest rework with all of the shoes performance features in tact. Sitting on top of a clean white midsole and complementing toe cap, the collection offers black, natural and blue colour options with additional detailing in the happy/sad logo on the heel tab and inner tongue labels. Despite the subtle approach to the shoes design, there is no lack of technical features, with durable premium suede uppers, moulded multi-density Lunarlon sockliner for added comfort and impact protection, as well as traction rubber vulcanised outsole and waxed laces. The result is an extremely wearable, skate ready shoe.

Rounding off the collection is a complimenting apparel collection made up of four t-shirt designs, with illustrative back prints on white and heather grey crew necks and full-body abstract prints on black and white collared tees.

Polar Skate Co. founder Pontus Alv had this to say on the release:

“We are stoked to work with Converse CONS on our first collaborative collection, we’ve wanted to create a super-clean Chuck Taylor Pro in suede right from the beginning of working together. They skate really well, they look great and they last”

The Converse Cons X Polar Skate Co. capsule collection is available in limited quantities exclusively in Europe from Friday the 26th of September and will be released globally on Saturday the 4th of October. The collection will be available at the following stockists;

Slam City Skates

Flatspot

Consortium

Jamboree x Side Project Skateboards capsule collection

Jamboree x SPS 2

Inspired by the skate and surf culture of 1960’s america, Jamboree store have linked up with Texas based pop-up Side Project skateboards to present a capsule collection of cruiser boards.

The collection features seven one of a kind boards hand crafted in the US from Cherry Wood and Walnut Wood, each selected for their robust nature and grain finish. Each board is individually numbered, includes laser etched dual branding and arrives in a number of bleached colour ways. The set up is completed with Bennet Vector trucks, seismic Cambria wheels and Horween leather risers.

The limited capsule release is available now on the ‘Mercantile’ platform at jamboreestore.co.uk. The boards are priced at £250 each and include a limited edition commemorative screen print.