LA-based lifestyle brand The Hundreds have teamed with Casio for an exciting G-Shock offering in the form of the GW 5610. In a theme similar to the yin and yang, the watch features a white strap and contrasting black bezel and negative display. This new product was first spotted at Berlin’s ‘The Bright’ trade show with a forthcoming release anticipated in either March or April 2012. For now, allow this image to serve as an official preview but keep an eye on the CONCRETE blog for more info.

Now available from Nike Sportswear is this new take on the classic 1989 Air Flow. Updated with Lunarlon cushioning technology, this premium version ditches the usual neoprene and suede upper in favor of brown perforated leather. Complete with brown laces, this tonal Lunar Flow Premium is available as a Quickstrike from CONCRETE.

Released this week was the first shoe to sport Nike’s patented Air-sole unit, as conceived by aerospace technology specialist Frank Rudy.

The Tailwind debuted at the Honolulu Marathon in 1978 before seeing a broad release the following year.

Returning in its OG form with a breathable mesh and suede upper, the pair boast a nylon tongue, retro branding, and waffle sole. The Nike Tailwind 79 is now available at CONCRETE.

Today we present you two interesting new hybrids coming from Nike. Nike fuses the Huarache with Free outer sole technology and 90’s basketball kicks, with the result actually being surprisingly good. From experience the entire hybrid game is not an easy one and most of the time goes very wrong. But we really like the outcome of these. They are lighter and more comfortable than the original, which is a win-win. All three colorways available now at CONCRETE.

Today we share with you, a picture recap of the recently held Walter van Beirendonck 2012 Fall/Winter runway show. Check out below for more pics and an in-depth analysis by Tim Blanks from Style.com.

Lust never sleeps. The title Walter Van Beirendonck gave his new show acknowledged the durability of our baser instincts. The clothes he made to accompany that acknowledgement won’t be matched on any other catwalk this season. Their combination of cartoonish joie de vivre and deeply sinister subtext was unsettling, a reaction that WVB has effortlessly courted throughout his career, as anyone who had the pleasure of seeing his recent career retrospective in Antwerp will know.

The collection was based around a literal face-off between masks: the kind that warriors in Papua, New Guinea, or voodoo high priests in the Caribbean paint on, and the leather kind that Western fetishists wear in big-city sex clubs. Van Beirendonck’s standard cast of African models wore these masks, most of them in an Elastoplast pink that was like a parody of Caucasian skin. He insisted that was simply because he liked the contrast, but the effect was profoundly disturbing.

And maybe it’s just because Van Beirendonck makes you think such thoughts, but it was hard to resist the idea that his sleekly civilized tailored suits were also a mask for a whole repertoire of beastly impulses. Lust never sleeps, remember. The designer certainly was full-on with his fetish references—not just the masks, but full-body leather waders, fluffy mohairs, and pointy little details such as the black rubber padlock around one model’s neck or the tiny tufts of fur that defined the fingernails on a candy-colored leather body glove. One set of waders, in leaf green leather, was worn over a jacket, shirt, and bow tie that matched. This outfit seemed particularly worthy of a psycho/sociological fashion analysis for the way in which propriety was restrained. The fact that it was all in cartoony colors hardly diminished its force. In fact, it simply highlighted the fact that the collection was a natural heir to Vivienne Westwood’s SEX shop or Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, two other instances of cartoon antics masking a lethal assault on the everyday. Stepping outside the Espace Commines into a drizzly Saturday morning, it was instantly, sadly obvious that the everyday will never, ever know what had hit it.

Berlin-based MADE has released their latest edition of Visions of Visionaries with Karl-Oskar Olsen, co-founder of Wood Wood. Take a trip inside his mind and enjoy the ride.

Wood Wood is available at CONCRETE.

With a new season coming up, and very first arrivals already entering CONCRETE. We’ve decided to highlight a recently added name to the CONCRETE arsenal: Chirstopher Raeburn with a temporary installation at our latest store in Papestraat, The Hague. Drop by for a peek, feel and chat.

One of our favorite Nike throwbacks of late has to be the Air Flow. The good news if that the Flow is about to really catch fire in 2012 if this electric blue and volt cherry colourway is any guide, not feeling the bright colors in these dark months? Fret not, the Flow has also arrived in a sober tonal black colorway, featuruing the usual mix of synthetics on the upper. Available as of now at CONCRETE.

Recently pictures have been surfacing of a smart new Nike Running campaign. With the Nike ‘Swoosh’ applied to the upper part of the benches, the sitting part of the benches have been removed.

Long time running CONCRETE favorite: Futura 2000 had his most recent solo conquest take place at Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont as the graffiti pioneer continued his signature abstract approach and his propensity to carefully balance his aesthetics. Cameras were on hand as Futura 2000 put spray can, brush and marker to canvas, preparing for what turned out to be a wildly successful show. For those of you in and around Paris, “Futura 2012 – Expansions” continues to run at Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont.

Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont
36-38 Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
France