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Who created BAPE clothing?
Nigo
A Bathing Ape/Founders
Nigo (ニゴー, Nigō, born Tomoaki Nagao (長尾 智明) on December 23, 1970) is a Japanese fashion designer, DJ, record producer and entrepreneur best known as the creator of the urban clothing line A Bathing Ape (Bape).
Who was the first to wear BAPE?
We know for a fact that it wasn’t Lil Wayne because Curren$y himself said he put Wayne on Bape’s. So who was the first rapper to wear Bape? As it turns out, it was actually Biggie. In a recent episode of Complex’s Sneaker Shopping, Soulja Boy, aka ‘Big Draco’ claimed that he was the first person to wear Bape’s.
Who is the owner of BAPE?
I.T Limited
A Bathing Ape/Parent organizations
Who made BAPE ape popular?
When then-teenage rapper Soulja Boy scored a number one hit song with “Crank That,” he name-checked the label: “I got on some Bathing Apes.” Suddenly a brand that was started in Japan was on the lips of the music industry’s biggest stars.
Why is BAPE so expensive?
One of the reasons why its so expensive is because of all the hype surrounding it and the marking. There are a few BAPE items that sell out quickly and they’re hard to keep in stock. The high demand is what allows the brand to raise the price and as long as people are willing to pay the price it’s going to stay high.
Is BAPE bad?
The product is mostly made in China. The quality, though still good compared to your average mall brand, is really nothing special. BAPE is expensive because it’s an expensive brand for kids with too much money, and that tongue-in-cheek treatment of its customer just ended up also being one of its strongest appeals.
Why BAPE is so expensive?
Who is the founder of BAPE A Bathing Ape?
Brief History of Bape – A Bathing Ape. The brand’s full name is A Bathing Ape in Lukewarm Water and was founded by Nigo in 1993. This designer, producer, drummer and DJ has been an active part of the Teriyaki Boyz, a Japanese hip-pop group hailing from Yokohama that contributed to the OST of Fast & Furious – Tokyo Drift.
Why did the BAPE brand become so popular?
That was it; BAPE entered the cultural zeitgeist and claimed its throne as the pinnacle of flashy, expensive streetwear. Though the BAPE story wouldn’t be the same without its meteoric rise to success in the States, the brand’s newfound popularity brought with it a number of problems.
Who are some famous people that wear Bape clothing?
Bape is a popular Japanese street fashion brand and with many celebrities appearing in magazines and catalogs wearing Bape’s clothing.
How did Bape become a streetwear institution?
Where many of those brands legacies remained, at least in America, confined to the worlds of streetwear, Bape managed rise to the level of mass consciousness.