Recoat Gallery (in Glasgow, United Kingdom) is coming to the end of its first year… and to celebrate they’re holding a live paint jam at the gallery on August 15th from 6pm onwards where SHEONE, O.TWO and Stefan Plaetz will paint alongside REKOR, LYKEN and ELPH. The following day on August 16th, their birthday exhibition entitled The Bothan Spynetwork shows from 7-10pm. Scott Wilson of Slamxhype will be curating the show. 25 artists will be showing, including legendary New York graffiti artists such as Futura, Stash, Crash and Daze, world famous fashion photographer, Fatsarazzi, and renowned toy designer, Klim Kozinevich (just to name a few!). This is ill!!!

Come out and celebrate an amazing event dedicated to street culture represented by a wide variety of artists working in different media, coming from different backgrounds… Plus the first 3 people attending will receive a Vestal watch and the first 20 people will receive a limited edition t-shirt that has the signature of every participating artist on the back. DOPE!

There’s more…After the opening get down at a Recoat X Goodlife party from 10pm- 3am at the Art School, 168 Renfrew St, Glasgow. FREE entry folks.

I’m a pretty casual girl, I like to be comfy, especially on the weekends. San Francisco weather is pretty mellow and a t-shirt and hoodie will serve you well through most of the year. On Sunday, I had to run some errands so I threw this together.

Kicks: Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Highs
Pants: Chinos, J. Crew
Top: “Imagine” Tee, Mama
Hoodie: Tonal Heart-Quilted Hoodie, Mama
Sunglasses: Gucci
Bag: Futura Laboratories

All Photos: OWH2007

See the rest of the outfit after the jump . . .
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FLOM…For Love or Money. Said to be the rarest sneaker of them all and by far holds a huge bounty…if you could even find one for sale. This Nike SB Dunk was master minded by the master mind, Futura 2000 in 2005. Designed to coincide with the opening of his FL (Futura Laboratories) store location in Fukuoka, Japan, only 24 pairs where produced. 3 pairs where raffled at the opening and the rest gifted to friends and family. All in all there are 13 countries currencies represented on the shoes: Malaysia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, France, Singapore, Canada, United States, Brazil, Thailand, Australia, China, Switzerland and Japan. In an interview with Futura on NikeSB.org he shares some of this inspiration behind the shoe:

“The initial idea comes from the STAR WARS bounty hunter: (4LOM) this acronym meaning (FOR LOVE OF MONEY). I’ve been a huge SWARS toy collector for some time and he (4LOM) was my favorite character. However I was always at conflict w/his name. I thought he should have taken a romantic approach and not one of mercenary. The subtle difference(s) between (of & or) are in fact not that subtle at all.”

Read the full interview here.

During this particular “Playmate” shoot we wore white gloves and Haz Mat suits. Although we are ballin’ enough to cut up hundred dollar bills and other funny money we are a few thousand short to pay for or acquire a replacement for such a gem of a shoe…could you even imagine the horror had nail polish split on them!!! We don’t even wanna go there. So, then, the question still remains: For Love or Money…which do you choose?
*Please note that we here at M.I.S.S. Crew are in fact not ballin’ and no currency, international or domestic, were actually harmed during this shoot.

Download the M.I.S.S. April 2008 calendar here.

Download the M.I.S.S. April 2008 desktop here.

Art Direction: Smoke & Mirrors Creative
Photography: Gabriella Davi-Khorasanee
Nail Art: Smoke & Mirrors Creative
Model: Myra
Post Production: Liz Baca
FLOM Nike SB Dunk from the private collection of The Dark Side Initiative

If you missed out on March’s “Playmate�?, never fear! You can download the Desktop image here and the calendar here.

If you missed out on February’s “Playmate�?, never fear! You can download the Desktop image here and the Calendar here.

If you missed out on January’s “Playmate”, you can download the calendar here and the desktop image here.