Celebrating the official launch of our Envee Apparel Shop, we will be giving away four of our of our BRAND NEW Limited Edition t-shirt’s “Envee Streetwear” for both Men and Women.

How do you win a free t-shirt you ask?

You can enter by subscribing to subscribing to the Envee Apparel Newsletter or by following us on Twitter. (Details below) You can also you use both methods of entry, giving you 2 entries into the giveaway and increasing your odds of winning.
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By now most of you have seen the Nike “Coraline” Dunk Hi, created for the launch of the 3D animation movie that is in theaters right now. Here we show you now a special set, coming in a wooden box, limited to only 15 pairs worldwide. This wooden box set was made for the 15 best sneaker stores around the globe. St. Alfred from Chicago, has one of them.

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In addition to it’s blog, Envee Apparel has an eCommerce store. By visiting the store you can look through and purchase the latest Men’s and Women’s graphic tees from Envee Apparel. All orders over $50 receive free shipping. See website for details.

You can use the shop icon shown here, that is listed on our blog bring you to our shop any time. See the photo below. If you run into any trouble with the new BETA site, email us so we can help you out.

This seasons theme is “Know Your Destination”. Some people wander through life not knowing where they are headed or how they will get there. This them focuses on the choices that people make that put them on the path to their destination, be it the high road or the low road. To each their own, everyone has a reason for their choices and you can’t knock someone for the choices they make if you haven’t been in their shoes.

The Low Road
The Necromancer and Envee Skull tee’s focus on the darker path. Everyone has skeletons in their closet, some come out to creep the night and some stay in the darkness, plotting and sneaking. Can you suppress your inner demons? Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed.

The Middle Road
The Legendary tee spotlights the battle between the high and low road. Let everyone that you see, know you mean business and you are something legends are made of.

The High Road
The Evolved Essence and Guardian Angel tee’s focus on the high road. Someone once said “Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” Live your life as you would like to be remembered. Guardian Angels are thought to be spiritual beings that are “assigned” to assist people here on Earth in various ways. Whether there is one angel per person, one angel for several person or several angels for one person is open to question. But whether you believe in them or not, or whether you want one or not, believers insist that you do have a guardian angel.

Like the artist and designer who inspired the new collection, Louis Vuitton is heading downtown for its new Stephen Sprouse collection.

This week, the company’s boutique on SoHo’s Greene Street will be transformed into a Sprouse destination in time for the collection’s arrival.

“SoHo is a special place for the entire launch of the Sprouse collection,” said Daniel Lalonde, Louis Vuitton North America president and chief executive officer. “It’s in the proximity of where Stephen Sprouse hung out, so we are going to give the entire store a Stephen Sprouse feel. It will have a lot of reminders of Stephen Sprouse. We will be giving it a new identity.”

For instance, the company is wrapping the store in vinyl and spray painting neon graffiti all over the facade. The window display will feature a 6-foot neon light installation in Sprouse’s Rose motif. The store’s interior, enhanced with black brick wall facing, will also be sprayed with the neon graffiti. Read more »

After an unavoidable launch delay, we are ready to print!

Here at Envee Apaprel we have spent weeks scouring the world for the best quality t-shirts that were strong, stylish and feel great on your body without harming the environment. Our Screen printer uses eco-friendly and environmentally conscious printing options that include water based and phthalate-free plastisol inks, biodegradable cleaners and fair-trade certified organic cotton t-shirt options.

In our commitment to produce apparel while straying away from methods that hurt the environment we have formed a relationship with LifeWork LLC. They are the one-stop source for authoritative business and technical information crucial to starting and building a profitable decorated apparel business.  Most of us try to be conscious of how our daily choices are affecting the environment. Being proactive about preserving the environment means evaluating our professional choices as well. Who doesn’t want to make a positive impact? For you, going ‘green’ professionally may be as simple as taking public transportation to work or as complex as tracking your carbon emissions and trying to live carbon-neutral. Living green can take many forms. However, the environmental movement has become a mainstream, ongoing and important part of society and commerce.

BMW has just revealed new images of the new BMW 750i. The new model will make its official debut at the Paris Motor Show on October 2nd. It will go on sale later that same month across the pond on Europe. The American debut of this vehicle will take place at the 2008 L.A. Auto Show with sales to begin in Spring 2009. There are two engine types expected to be offered when the vehicle is officially launched. The first is a 360-hp 750i and the second is a 400-hp 750Li. The pricing for the new BMW 7-series will be announced as the official launch date arrives.

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We’re not sure why the music industry thinks consumers want to buy even more physical media, but it can’t seem to stop pumping out plastic in a futile attempt to stay relevant — this time it’s an initiative called slotMusic, announced today in partnership with SanDisk and several major retailers. The 1GB slotMusic microSD cards are preloaded with DRM-free 320kbps MP3s, and are aimed primarily at mobile phones — the idea is that you’ll be able to buy music and listen to it without having to sideload it onto your device using your computer at home. Sure, we can see the appeal of that, but when we half-facetiously asked SanDisk’s reps if they expected us to carry around a stack of individual microSD albums, they didn’t laugh when they said yes, and even told us that slotMusic media binders would be available at launch — no, they weren’t kidding. We’re not sure anyone’s going to be sold on going back to lugging around physical media with the iTunes and Zune WiFi stores out there, but it sounds like we’ll be seeing quite a push for this from retailers and the labels — and artists are apparently enthusiastic about using the full 1GB of space to include content beyond basic liner notes and cover art. We’ll see when these launch around the holidays — if we had to guess, we’d say this is just Ringles and CDVU+ part III.

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The inspiration for THE LOOTS CROWLIFE fitted baseball cap grew from an alternate logo. The image became a common image in their apparel line since their launch. It was only fitting to appear on a NEW ERA 59Fifty cap. As part of THE LOOTS Fall/Holiday collection the CROWLIFE cap will be available in 2 color ways; Tonal Plum and classic Black.

www.theloots.com

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For the launch of their Fall/Winter 2008 collection, Japanese brand Kiks TYO got together with Obey on a series of collaborative t-shirts. Featuring Shepard Fairey’s iconic and stylized Andre the Giant artwork meshed with KIKS TYO’s sneaker based imagery, the OBEY KIKS propaganda tees are available for pre-order now in a range of three designs.

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Fans have been waiting a long time for any updates on Kanye’s long awaited Pastelle clothing line. Finally some more news. One of the first items that Kanye will release under Pastelle is a line of sunglasses (shown above) in collaboration with Australian designers Ksubi. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the sunglasses “will feature limited-edition gold frames, which will sell for about $2000″ and will be designed by George Gorrow. The Pastelle sunglasses will launch this October. Kanye had the following to say about the collaboration…

“I love the sunnies Ksubi has produced over the years, and it’s an honour to collaborate with them on this first instalment of Pastelle frames,” West said. “George is an incredibly talented designer, and I’ve never met anyone who knew more about sunglasses and other cool stuff.”

Gorrow originally worked with Kanye designing his sunglasses for numerous music video shoots. He has also worked with other music heavy weights such as Mary J. Blige and The Rolling Stones.

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In celebration of that we are also featuring MTV’s Life & Rhymes of Kanye West video below. Its about 30-45mins long. It streams fast on high speed.

New Era and Zune have partnered up for a series of projects, including a podcast channel on Zune Marketplace and limited edition caps.

To celebrate the launch of each limited edition cap, New Era and Zune will host quarterly release events at one of New Era’s flagship stores or at Zune L.A., a new venue created to bring the Zune brand experience to life through creative expressions of art, music and technology.

The kick-off event took place on July 8th at Zune L.A. and coincided with the launch of the Travis Barker limited edition cap. Barker’s cap is also part of New Era’s exclusive “Capture the Flag” collection. The cap features a drum pattern inspired by an MP3 drum machine. The cap is graphite and black and is finished off with a black satin lining. Only 150 caps were released on the market on July 10th and are priced at $125.

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The final version of the Nike Sportswear website launched only this morning. You can read product stories, read up on the latest Nike Sportswear news and events, watch videos and most interesting they launched the Kicks Creator.

With the Kicks Creator you can mix unique patterns, graphics and color combos. Then you can save your creations, email them to your friends and post them up to the Nike gallery.

http://www.nikesportswear.com

Make sure to check it out!

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As Nike vamps up for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, we saw an increased attention to sports specific offerings. For the BMX events, a special Dunk Gyrizo was created. With that in mind, the recent Nike Sportswear re-launch in Beijing presented another opportunity for Nike to push its association with the extreme sport. The Lightning Bolts exhibition featured not only a live demo by Nike 6.0 riders, Mike Spinner, Maxime Charveron and Nigel Sylvester but also various other exhibitions. A series of artist customized name plates were on hand as well as a display of Michael Lau’s special Nike Blazer for the China BMX Federation.

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Nintendo has crossed over from making electronic entertainment machines to actual fitness tools. The Wii console is now a fixture in various fitness centers in the U.S., such as at the Manhattan’s Le Parker Meridien, which offers guests Wii rentals with the option of a personal trainer.

Earlier this year at GDC 2008, Nintendo announced that its Wii Fit hardware and software package will launch in North America on May 19. The games maker confirmed on Tuesday that the bundle will retail at a suggested price of $89.99, which will include the Wii Balance Board and the Wii Fit software.

Nintendo said that its Wii Fit package boasts “a dynamic mix of more than 40 yoga, aerobics, strength training and balance activities, Wii Fit provides consumers with a fun, easy and affordable way to incorporate exercise into their daily routines.”

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Upper Playground in association with superFishal announces the launch of three new graphic skateboards created by artist, Jeremy Fish. Each season, superFishal will offer a series of screen printed decks in which each graphic is created through collaboration between Jeremy Fish and another artist. For the Spring/Summer collection, Jeremy collaborated with three of the most prominent names in the contemporary art world; Sam Flores, Matt Irving, and Travis Millard. The screen-printed decks will be a limited release of 300 for each design and will retail at $80. Upper Playground and superFishal are also offering the decks in a set of three for $210, with the first 100 sets being signed and numbered by Jeremy Fish.

Make sure to also watch the video below with some background info on the decks.