Everything Dropping at Palace This Week

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Palace Skateboards, the UK streetwear brand, has introduced its eleventh drop for the Spring 2024 season, featuring a lightweight collection filled with athletic-inspired apparel. Highlights include the baseball-inspired Mesher Jacket in three colors, adorned with gold-trimmed branding and arm patches, and items celebrating the Year of the Dragon with a flamed dragon Triferg logo.

The range also offers multi-colored designs, mesh football jerseys, coordinating shorts, and denim pieces featuring bunny rabbit designs.

The collection will be available online and in-store starting April 12, with availability extending to various global regions including the UK, Europe, Japan, and through the “Palace_Skateboards” WeChat store on April 13. [HYPEBEAST]

Westminster Menswear Archive Opens Its Umbro 100: Sportswear x Fashion Exhibition

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This April, the Westminster Menswear Archive celebrates Umbro's centenary by showcasing its significant impact on the sportswear industry and its collaborations with over 60 renowned designers and brands, such as Kim Jones, Virgil Abloh, and Supreme. Highlighting the partnership with Paul Smith in 2002 as a pivotal moment for sportswear and fashion collaborations, the exhibition presents over 120 Umbro styles. It explores the evolution of sportswear and fashion over the last 100 years through five themed sections: “Manchester”, “England”, “Tailored”, “Replica” and “Diamond”. The exhibit, which features iconic pieces from collaborations with various design partners, underscores Umbro's role in integrating sportswear into global fashion trends. The Umbro 100: Sportswear x Fashion exhibition is currently open at the University of Westminster. [HYPEBEAST]

WACKO MARIA Delivers New Jean-Michel Basquiat Collection

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WACKO MARIA has revealed its Spring/Summer 2024 collection featuring the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, marking the fourth installment in their collaboration series. This latest collection showcases Basquiat's Equals Pi, Untitled from 1984, and a self-portrait across Hawaiian shirts with all-over prints, continuing the tradition of using the shirts as canvases similar to the collaborations in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The collection is now available at WACKO MARIA stores, authorized dealers, and online, priced at ¥36,300 JPY (approximately $240 USD) each. [HYPEBEAST]

BAPE x COMME des GARÇONS Unveils Spring/Summer 2024 Collection

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Since 2020, BAPE and COMME des GARÇONS have been collaborating on seasonal collections, and they're set to release another Spring/Summer line. This BAPE x CDG collection combines both brands’ graphics and signage, featuring workwear styles with hickory stripes and chambray fabrics, accented by neon colors and bright lettering. Highlights include a hickory stripe rain jacket with a short-sleeved silhouette and matching shorts, along with graphic tees featuring co-branded lettering and designs.

The collection will start to become available on April 13, with the rain jacket and shorts releasing in June, promising more innovative pieces from this long-standing partnership. [HYPEBEAST]