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UC.503B.Curry
Caught Hannibal Rising on Sunday, not too bad of a movie. Lacking in excitement in most parts, i'd wish they'd play up on the gore or thrill factor like "Silence". Heck, i was disappointed with only a hint of incest from Gong Li's Lady Murasaki character [can't be helped, i'm a perv]
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ECxChampion.w)taps.fragmentxcasio.Serra
Followed up with an evening stop at the SoleObsession meetup. Gotta show some love [no homo] for the 'old timers'. Borne from the memories of summits and gatherings of yesteryear, its truly nice to have a pure gathering of sorts without the pretext of hype. Sure we still get the odds and ends of youthful hype: "er, can i just pop by to get the event tee?" and "what limited edition NB shoes are in the lucky draw?"
The tee helps to ease off the organising [since its individually run] and the shoes, well, true its used for advertising and enticing, but its simply giving up what we could spare. But thats prolly the way it goes with NB kicks, love em or hate em, its not gonna go on ebay.

The comings and goings - props to the Streething crew for showing support. Met Ben as well, still remember him from the days of Skool @ FEP. And the Bape-sponsored dude was in nbhd - a rarity! haha

[Left]:Anthony [Leftfoot], Mandeep [LimitedEdt], Eugene [the brain] cooking up more evil concoctions. [Right]: former hype-king, the real guru-guru of UC, Skinner and nobody acting cute [no homo]

[Left]: The NB spread [by the ever so humble Ant]-i so need those microzine's and FOPS. [Right]: hTm's are always welcome, but i'm lovin' the Orchard Streets and Junya x Nike vintage joints

[Left]:tennis balls and londons. [Right]: so-rare-it-hurts Clydes-Green "cash money" is gem
There were some cute chicks as well, props for turning up.

"The big cheese" aka "big kahuna" aka "da boss" aka "Mr A" spotting some short short skirts, whereupon being questioned for the photo-taking, deftly turned the attention to the hot hot kicks on display instead. hahahaha!

Mr Oderus doing the soapbox honours. Not only were kicks given away, we had crates of duty-free beer to boot! Beat that!
All in, it was a laid-back affair and i for one would hope there's more of summits and less of hype-meets. Props!
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dragon

Not only were the hungry dragons on the prowl, so were these! Widely mistaken for the HK-collab, unfortunately on a wider distribution, these have their selling points. They also feature the oil-leather and detailed stitching, however, they lack the individually numbered tag [hence the much much larger production nr's]. Saving grace is the "new balance" heel tab logo translated into Chinese characters. Thats prolly really the few times you're gonna see the trademarked logo font-type being "tweaked"!
pic courtesy of Skinner @ Leftfoot store, Singapore
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undercover A/W 07


Jun Takahashi's Undercover A/W 07 is reviewed on style.com"
A couple of pretty straight forward, pull-on essentials, but that "brains" carry-bag is much too sick - a must get for fans.
I'd say a pretty simple collection and that's easily digested and for the masses. But what's with the Jay McCarroll headphones/earmuffs effect?
Speaking of which, Jay's collection does give lots to think about when compared to above...

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let's hear it for the ladies
Its int'l womens day [3rd Mar], so what better way to commemorate than moving on to my fave part of blogging... :)
Keely & Avril for Arena
Dope issue this month with a double whammy:

Avril drop it like its hot on the cover,

Keeley brings the goods as usual
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JLH

Jennifer Love and her Hewitts do not disappoint at the post-Oscar party
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superfine Vic popping
Check out Vic in her Superfine's

still eye-poppingly hot devil of a bod:


i'm totally pooped, hitting the sack real soon
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Bling.charliebrowns.SoleObs.Christina(x2)
bling and you'll miss it

My sneakerbuddy in heaven Ibby [RIP] always said i had the knack of digging through ebay. Well, those were the days when it was really possible to get some really awesome finds, with novice sellers wrongly labelling their auctions or simply straight-up dudes/heads who didn't really care much about market-value etc and wanted to pass on their stash to the next head.
I'm sure he'd approve of my latest pick up, literally bargain basement for a bling bape item. I know there's lots of bape haters out there, and the crazecolor camo/BBC sh!tz don't really do it for me either. But truth be told, i've always loved bape [peep my writeups on the right collumn] and white/snow camo fits well into yet another of my loves:camo! The bling just adds that dash of exclusitivity, ya'know? haha!
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HF effect


You know you're the god-father and doyen of modern streetwear as we know it when you could burp loudly and every social etiquette handbook will be re-written, just because you're HF.
Like my bro S-78 has nicknamed, those Visvim "Charlie Browns" are matchmade to the new FBT's, as are to GDEH[jp] and RSNT tees.
Speaking of which, initially i really thought the Global-line [or G-line to acronym-lovin' otaku's] of Visvims should/could be dope. But upon 2nd look following the launch in state-side, it really does seem abit like mHi versus Maharishi isn't it? or Versus vs GianniVersace, or AX vs Armani... Only diff is, the price is the same [sadly], but somehow the design or look of the line doesn't really fit into my impression of the label. Earth tones and the odd dash of primary colors works fine enough for me, Hiroki
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Neckface Vans

Got the mailer that LE has got the exclusive drop on some Neckface Vans joints. Strictly for the fans, i'd say. With all respects, the young dude is talented and has great street cred, this just doesn't work for me.

All in, i guess most hype-kids will be queueing in overtime, cos like streetwear has evolved latey: "if you got the shoes, better cop the tees to mae an extra buck on ebay"
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SoleObsession: T minus 1 day
Last reminder for +65 dudes [i meant local dudes, not senior citizens], drop by the White Room tomorrow [5pm onwards, 4th Mar] for a small gathering of sneakerheadz.

Pics of the display frontal getting ready [pic courtesy of Eugene] and some stickies for arrivals
See ya there
White Room: 37 Hagi Lane S(189230)
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BlackSnakeMoan

This is so gonna be my movie-of-the-year so far [maybe besides Grindhouse, but thats another post]
Peep the excellent movie site for Black Snake Moan. I was gonna search for pics of the hot Christina Ricci, who acts as a nymph in the movie [woohho!], but ended up reading more into the movie plots, director and script-writers' thoughts instead. A must-see for sure
Of course, i can't leave you without at least a peek at the lovely Ms Ricci right?

Ricci as Rae and herself at the premiere
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Xtina in Houston
I'm liking her more each time i see her concert/paparazzi/promo pics


Who needs Britney [who?] when you got Xtina, plus she's not aneroxic and she's got womanly curves to boot?!
Shout outs to my man Juse, will dig for more chick pics to share! haha

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