A while back we got a look at Lacoste' Steel Racquet collection. Today we get short history lesson on the brand as well as its founder. All four styles include the M85 Mid (seen above), the René Lacoste, Broadwick and Europa, all feature a mixture of metallic fabrics in leather, mesh or reflective material and are contrasted by brown leather details that replicate the handle of the racquet. René Lacoste SR features suppers of metallic mesh with brown leather detail replicating that on the handle of a racquet, a fitting tribute considering that the shoe was also created by René Lacoste himself the same year he invented the metal racquet.

The three other styles in this capsule also have a mix of metallic fabrics on the uppers and the brown leather handle detail. Broadwick SR has leather uppers in matte steel colour, while M85 Mid SR has mirrored metallic steel leather with some metallic mesh accents on the ankle. Europa SR rounds out this capsule with uppers in the matte steel leather and metallic mesh. The Lacoste Steel Racquet Collection is available now worldwide. Learn more at 24teeth.com

Kanye West is making his rounds throughout the corporate scene as of late. Yesterday, we saw him stop by the Facebook Headquarters and today, after officially joining Twitter, he swings by their offices as well. Like before, Yezzy drops a few verses from his upcoming album due out September 14th, 2010 better known as G.O.O.D. Music Day. Check it out below.

With production by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park, Lady Tigra puts the visual treatment to her newest cut "Bass On The Bottom". We have to give a nod to Justin Diener and Cinematographer Andrew Sachs for putting together this visual. Playing off the Blackploitation films of the late 70's combined with the early beginnings of the Hip Hop movement, the presentation is a action packed short movie for all intensive purposes. Wild and crazy- Lady Tigra gets it in. Check it out.

California based Creative Recreation has been putting in work in the footwear game for a minute now and are always looking for ways to improve on their marquee models. Having seen the highly popular Cesario done up in a slew of different colorways over the past several seasons, they apply one of the hottest and most trendy motifs to the silhouette, camouflage. The print covers the entire sneaker from heel to toe and is finished nicely with a vulcanized sole. Check for these to drop at select Cre8tive Recreation accounts in the coming weeks.

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Today we take a sneak peek at Gant Rugger' upcoming Spring/Summer 2011 collection. This following after their impressive "Road Trip" lookbook which dropped back in February. The refined pieces offer the brands interpretation of mid-century American sportswear from their signature Rugger shirts to madras. We're really feeling the patterns and color schemes with some designs utilizing a collegiate feel and others reflecting casual notes.



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A corner stone in street culture, Living Proof has officially released its 5th Issue just in time for the summer. It features a bevy of artist interviews and features with the likes of Todd James, Josh Cheuse, Claw Money, and Jim Houser, amongst others. In addition to those main pieces, the issue also boasts a conversation about collaboration with photographer Peter Sutherland, Jim Drain using the pages of the magazine to create a small ‘zine, Erik Foss speaking candidly about his work and life, the beautiful paper sculptures and drawings of the incredibly talented Jen Stark, and a fashion story of downtown darlings shot by Curtis Kulig. Pick it up now through their online webstore.

MADE offers creative minds the freedom to exchange ideas and work together. Moreover, it is a dynamic forum where creatives from various fields can develop a vision. Made challenges artist to step out of their comfort zone, develop something extroidinary, bring it to life and to transcend the limits of their own minds. For their latest installment of "Visions of Visionaries", they link up with the legendary DJ Neil Armstrong to talk about his passion for music, how it all got started, his work with Jay-Z and much more. Peep it below.

Fresh off the Grand Opening of their new store in Amsterdam, Red Wing gets back to the business of providing high quality footwear. The two classic work boots seen here stem from their latest collaboration with Woolrich, a first for both brands. The combination of these two well well respected and revered labels brings a new perspective to the industry and is hands down one of the best of the year. The boots incorporated the historic construction of Red Wing alongside the highly popular aesthetics of Woolrich with leather and plaid on the upper, detailed stitching and vibram soles. Definitely a good look for the fall.

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The good folks over at Upper Playground were kind enough to send over some detailed images of renowned street artist David Choe' latest endeavor into the Vinyl Toy industry. They team up with Japan’s Good Smile Company to become the official distributor for David Choe’s “Munko” Vinyl Figures. The toys were initially seen as simple sketches on David's blog, and now following the premiere of the physical Munko toys at San Diego Comic Con in Giant Robot's booth, Upper Playground is the exclusive wholesaler and distributor for the line of figures.

Upper Playground has continually been impressed not only by Good Smile Company's detail and intricacy in their vinyl figures, but also by the innovativeness of their other ventures, and are very excited to begin this partnership between their companies. The "Munko" line of figures comes in three unique sculpts: Munko, Munkosaur, and Munkette. Munko, is offered in 3 colors and 2 extremely realistic textures. Munkosaur comes in 3 color ways with one in a concrete texture. And Munkette comes in 3 unique color ways.

The figures are available in a set of all 12 toys and individually by blind-box. Both sale versions are available to the public at the Upper Playground web store.

Following up on the great Jake Davis, the acclaimed photographer and filmmaker introduces his latest piece from his reoccurring visual series, Test Shots. In the new short, he captures the style of Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti of Partners And Spade. Established in 2008, Partners & Spade is a storefront and studio on Great Jones Street in the NoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan.

The studio produces films, books, apparel and conceptual products as well as marketing and branding projects for select corporate clients. The storefront, open on weekends to the public, presents a constantly re-imagined group show of artwork, objects, collections and ideas generated by an ever changing cast of collaborators. Both Spade and Sperduti showcase a low key style with throwback K-Swiss and Desert Boots, to the clean button downs. Check it out.