In the Klouds with Keinemusik

also flat sneakers vs dad shoes, BAPE is looking fresh, Snob & Answer with Jaden Smith and Dries van Noten's new perfume IN THE KLOUDS WITH KEINEMUSIK In this FRONTPAGE story, the Berlin DJ collective looks back on their remarkable rise from local heroes to international party-starters, in conversation with Benji B. “We really want to keep the feeling that we’ve been building for 15 years now.” - Rampa. [READ MORE](   SNEAKERS WHEN FLAT SNEAKERS THRIVE, WILL DAD SHOES SURVIVE? By Jake Silbert © MIU MIU Dad shoes have cast a long, chunky shadow across sneakerdom for the better part of a decade. But, as they say: the bigger you come, the harder you fall. Flat sneakers are about to bring their titanic progenitors down to size, ushering in a new era of exclusively low-profile shoes. Or are they? The flattened footwear boom may not necessary spell thick-soled sneakers' doom, given the splintered state of sneaker culture. But it does signal a greater sea change that threatens their dominance at the very least. At most, the flat footwear movement foretells bigger, more complete transformation. [READ MORE](   STYLE BAPE IS... LOOKING SERIOUSLY FRESH AGAIN By Lei Takanashi © BAPE BAPE has undeniably beat Supreme, Stüssy, and Palace in at least one lane. It's the first out of the world's biggest, most established legacy streetwear brands to release its Fall/Winter 2024 lookbook. It's crazy to see that BAPE is still very much a part of the streetwear ecosystem despite NIGO's exit from the brand in 2013. A decade later, BAPE is still a hypebeast staple that's somehow finessed its way out of a long overdue lawsuit with Nike. BAPE STAs aside, it would be remiss to just look at BAPE today as a brand only known for Ape Head T-shirts and those Soulja Boy steppers. Instead, what we're seeing from BAPE now is a re-invention of sorts. There've been bright spots along the way — [BAPE x Highsnobiety, for instance]( — but as of late, BAPE is really starting to hit the retro sweet spot of old. [READ MORE](   SNOB & ANSWER THIS WEEK: JADEN SMITH By Jaden Meggyesy © THREE SIX ZERO For the latest installment of Snob & Answer, we talked with artist, actor, and self-proclaimed architect of sound Jaden Smith about life, liberation, and his latest single “Roses.” [READ MORE](   BEAUTY DRIES VAN NOTEN’S NEW PERFUME BREAKS ALL THE RULES By Alexandra Pauly © DRIES VAN NOTEN Dries Van Noten isn't quite done celebrating his retirement. The legendary Belgian designer, who presented his [final collection]( for his eponymous brand on June 22, has left us with another parting gift: Mystic Moss, a new perfume. Van Noten, who [expanded his design universe]( to include beauty in 2022, has been working on Mystic Moss since launching his debut fragrance collection, centered around "impossible combinations" — notes and ingredients that, at first glance, you'd think would clash. [READ MORE]( [LATEST STORIES]( [SNEAKER TRENDS]( [STYLE]( [CULTURE]( [BEAUTY]( [SHOP]( Download the Highsnobiety App [Instagram]( [TikTok]( [Discord]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Facebook]( © 2023 Highsnobiety, Genthiner Str. 32-34, Berlin 10785, Germany This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You can [unsubscribe]( from this list. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms & Conditions]( | [View In Browser](