BAPE on Kakobuy Spreadsheet
BAPE on the Kakobuy spreadsheet is mostly tees, with the Shark full-zip hoodie and the SK8 STA shoes as the headline items. Belts, socks, caps, a crewneck, a polo and the Aape wallet fill the rest, plus collabs with adidas, Crocs and Timberland.
The Shark hoodie belongs in hoodies, the STA in shoes — both indexed on the Kakobuy Spreadsheet.
The Shark hoodie, the camo, and the STA
The Shark full-zip is what this brand is bought for, and it is a hard garment to make well because the graphic wraps a zip. The teeth and the eyes are appliquéd and embroidered onto a hood that splits down the middle, so the two halves have to align when the zip is closed — check that in a photo with the hood zipped, not open. The face on the back of the hood and the shark motif on the sleeve should both be dense embroidery with clean outlines.
Camo is the second thing to judge, and it applies across the tees, shorts and the hoodie. ABC camo is made of the ape head hidden in the pattern, so on a good print the head shapes are legible when you look for them and the colour separation between layers is crisp. Muddy edges between camo colours are the most common flaw. The Milo tees and the Bape Milo prints are simpler and come down to placement and centring.
The SK8 STA is the star-panelled leather sneaker and it comes in a huge colourway listing here — the check there is the shape and stitching of the star panel and the crispness of the panel edges. There are also adidas Superstar, Crocs and Timberland crossovers in this grid. Sizing on the clothing runs small by Western standards, so size up one for a normal fit. USD prices. Back to the Kakobuy Spreadsheet.
