BAPE Panda Hoodie

Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Ed Lau

BAPE, Panda, A Bathing Ape, hoodie,

No, I didn’t buy this…it’s not my picture (I would’ve done a better job…). Heck, I don’t think you CAN buy it yet even if, for some reason, you actually wanted to.

Yes, I own a few items from A Bathing Ape but there comes a point when the offbeat, kitschiness of their designs just become ridiculous. I was on board with the Shark hoodie since it was…different. Heck, the Tiger hoodie looked awesome until I saw the full design sans Kanye West sunglasses (after which point it looked like someone had eaten a bag of Cheetos and threw up on it). But once they got to the Fish, I knew the idea was dead. I do like the detail with the bamboo (if you hold your hand to the panda’s mouth, it looks like it’s eating bamboo…) but the whole full-zip thing is over. Still, despite what I assume is a price tag upward of $400, I imagine these will sell like celebrity sex tapes.

So, if you have the strange urge to make John Chow fastball some rocks at your face on sight…

Picture from HypeBeast.

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  1. Leo said on February 29th, 2008 at 12:29 am

    Looks gay. Actually, it’s worse, it looks wannabe gay.

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  2. Stephen said on February 29th, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Nah. Can’t say I like that at all, though it would be kinda funny to show up at John’s house with them on, zipped up like a bunch of “Panda-ologists”. Run amok in his house and start jumping up and down on his couches :lol:

    Reply
  3. James - DigitalKeyToInfo said on February 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am

    Wouldn’t that be like a death wish with the Panda Killer at large?

    Reply
  4. Mike Huang said on February 29th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    These clothes are EXPENSIVE!!!

    -Mike

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  5. Stephen said on March 1st, 2008 at 12:08 am

    Strength in numbers :D

    Reply
  6. [...] to add to it to spruce it up. However, I’m not like Ed and would not be willing to spend $400 on a hoodie, or Michael Kwan’s brother who is like Kid Carson, though I do like to look good, but not a [...]

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