Peferfect examples of minimal yet over the top design

the legendary bathing ape stores. maybe the originator of the super limited edition t-shirts that went for 100+ bucks. can you believe he just started with t-shirts? when they first started opening no one knew where they were. i'm missing busy workshop..it one of the harder ones to find. bape-2796

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they used to not let anyone even take a photo of the front of the store from what i hear. i took about 4 and a guy came out and politely asked me no more.

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in the middle of the store there is a pool of bean bag bananas that kids can play in (do a search on flickr for one)

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i just happened to come across this one.

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the identity is still one of my favorites. even though folks say it is played out, i still really respect it and dig the brand.