Our Taiwan-connection, Bruce, came visit us in Shanghai this week. Really great to catch up with, as always, and of course, we went kicks shopping together.

He got the new Air Wovens on his feets walking into Shanghai though, so that was one less item to hunt for here. I decided to get myself a pair of Stan Smith, actually, my first SS ever. I opted the original colorways. Always stick to OG colors if available, that’s what I say.

Some nice G-Shocks arrived as well. I kept the all-white 6900 and the blacked-out 5600, one of each for myself. The white, I must say, doesn’t keep well, it has something to do with white resin material. Oh well, the one-tone looks nice though.

Lastly, one of my favorite shoes in the rotation lately; the JV Chuck Taylor. Like the weathered effect and the side zippers. Perfect for those too lazy to tie shoe-laces, someone like me~

It was sometime last year, during one of my routine visits to Taipei, I was introduced to the mixed-metals works of Kopo. Kopo has his workshop set up near the university district, and sculpts his works in that very space where it also serves as a storefront. His sculpts are very impressive, and the fact that the whole production route is ran within Taiwan, I was keen on working with him on a series of items for VEIL. After a few sit-downs with Kopo, we decided on various accessories items to make for Spring of 2012. So, after a few months, we now have the goodies to roll out just in time for the season.

First, we have this skull ring we titled “VENGEANCE”. Consider it as the “part 2″ to our “ANGRY SKULL” silver ring from last year we made with Volt (Taipei jewerly maker). This Kopo sculpt has a more aggressive look to it. Unlike the silver ring, this VENGEANCE ring has an open-size, which makes gifting much more easier. The skull ring comes in 3 colorways; silver, vintage bonze, and the matte black. To some of our customers, the best about this might be the fact that due to this material used, the VENGEANCE ring doesn’t cost an arm and a leg! This was in fact one of things we wanted to make sure when we started this collection; the VEIL accessories line can be more affordable.

The Spring accessories collection consists of rings, necklaces, and bangles. Please stay tuned for the informations of the other new items.

Somewhere in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

I was at a wedding dinner, these were the legs of the best men, bride’s maids. Yup, over 20 of them, all winged-out~

Found this Star Wars fan-flim about my favorite character Boba Fett on YouTube. The quality of this film is actually quite good. Enjoy it, fellow SW fans!

Boba Fett Chronicles: The Hunt for Varrada (part 1 to 3)

We love Star Wars, because it excited us to recreate basing on its storylines and characters. Tons of fan films were made over the years, and no matter the quality, it is evident that the hearts were there. Mad respect to those who got their hands dirty and create such wonderful spin-offs from this movie franchise.

The adFunture brand has been quiet for a minute, but we’ll be coming back this year hard. Currently working on a few new figures, most of which I’m sure you’ll dig. This is the perks of running a small scale toy company instead of a corporate, I suppose. We never had to meet any annual target nor quantity, and that allowed us to not releasing products for the sake of releasing new products for our agents, or dealers. Sure, we made quite a few misses in the past 10 years, but who hasn’t. With the economy much fragile now, we will be even more careful on deciding on what to produce. If we don’t truly truly love it, then there’s really no point of making it. I hope this simple model will sustain adFunture’s lifespan. 10 years already, let see it till the end.

Here are a few random shots I took in the past week.

City of Shanghai, Pudong district.

Went to our friend’s, Eric Chan, new space opening. Eric offers furnitures and sound systems here in Shanghai, and I found this one quite interesting.

I never get tired from looking at Parra’s works. Noticed the 2 decks Parra designed for Enjoi when I visited BoFung’s studio last week. Just saw the news about Parra collaborating with Stussy this season, looking forward to those as well.

Care package from KENLU.NET !!! Hot looking collab they did with Li Ning recently. Kenlu.net x Li Ning CONQUER. Thanks for hooking it up, guys! Having worked with Li Ning sports brand in the past, I must say that they are definitely upping their game in terms of colorways and out reach.

To start things off for 2012, we got together with sports brand Li-Ning once again to collaborate on a new series. Our last sneakers project with LN released exactly 12 months ago, so this seems like the right time to drop some new ones. Taking the Chinese sports brand to a different direction, we proposed two new outdoor boots as our collaborative platform, dubbed “7-Holes Booats” and “MotoTie Boots”. For our special series, we opted to use “Mountain Soul” as the name, reflecting on VEIL’s past outdoor series products. With easy wearability in mind, we used black and beige across 4 items with a mix of nubuck leather and suede. Our graphic print was lasered in, the effect is very nice. Nothing flashy, just visible details and quality.

“Mountain Soul” Moto-Tie Boats

“Mountain Soul” Moto-Tie Boots

“Mountain Soul” 7-Holes Booats

“Mountain Soul” 7-Holes Booats

These 4 items will drop at VEIL Taipei Store and selected Li-Ning Stores in Mainland China. Yup, these, while are limited in quantities, are not exclusive to VEIL Stores. You wanna see the exclusive editions? Will show you them a bit later.

Everyone struggles with staying motivated through the winter. The new adidas Oscillate Warm running shoes make it a little easier to get out there thanks to breathable CLIMAWARM™ to keep your feet warm and dry, as well as a flexible upper and heel-to-toe cushioning. With the launch of this new model, we were invited by adidas’ Germany headquarter to design a special colorway. We titled VEIL’s edition the “Purple Swamphen”.

The color palettes chosen resemble the large bird with a very loud explosive call. Evidence shows that the Romans kept Purple Swamphens as decorative birds at large villas and expensive houses. They were regarded as noble birds and were among the few birds that Romans did not eat. We chose this subject as a reminder of what’s out there in the environment, as there are so many wonderful species facing extinction, we should enjoy their existence while they last.

As part of this Purple Swamphen Pack, we are offering 3 t-shirt colorways and a VEIL backpack with matching colors. Designed for short trips, the backpack sharing the same title has multiple divisions to store your laptop, clothes, and of course, a dividable lower section for your camera, sneakers, or whatever you take with you for your route.

Expect these items to hit our Asian accounts soon. Please stay tuned to the VEIL website at http://veil.hk

Apparel brand VEIL started rolling out its Fall/Winter collection. Its latest release included some seasonal basic items, which are just in time for this weather. Here are a few pieces from the recent drop.

Military Shirt L/S

Washed Denim Button-Down Shirt

SPARROW Crew-Neck Sweatshirt. As one of the brand’s key visuals, this sweatshirt only comes in grey.

CLIMAX Crew-Neck Sweatshirt

DIGITAL TRIBE Fleece Zip-Up Hoody

DIGITAL TRIBE Fleece Zip-Up Hoody

More items can be found at the VEIL Taipei Store and various authorized dealers.

Vist the website for more details. http://www.veil.hk

As my girl was complaining so much, I paused on sneaker shopping for a while. A short while. Upon my return to the shopping mood, or should I say when she was in a better mood, I immediately went back and hunt down the grey SKY FORCE II Vintage that I missed when I was in Taipei. I opted for the black and red colorway when I was there, and holded out on this grey one, but then I said “no, I need the grey as well” You guys know how it is.

So, I was glad to know that a shop actually kept a pair of grey for me after I expressed my likings on one of those mico-blogs. Got it! Happy!

VEIL 2011 Fall Collection looking good in our studio. Actually a small part of the collection came in, we are expecting a bigger shipment next week. Most of the items were pre-ordered by our clients, so I am actually still waiting to see which items I’ll get to keep a piece or two for myself. I have my heart set on the denim shirts and the military shirt. Love what Suzzy did with the details. Will post up the goodies after I get proper photos.

Got gifted by Adidas, as they hooked me up with this pair of Mega Torsion Flex M. Love the leather plus performance look/feel of this. Had the urge to go running when I saw this~ but of course I didn’t go.. Thanks Gigi!

Worked with the guys at Protest Design Company again, this time on this Feather Bangle for VEIL. We released this in Mainland already, the reponse was very positive. This was only the first drop of a series we got going with PDC. Yeah, expect to see more. (That VEIL x New Era 59Fifty is not out yet~~ wait for it)

Always like what UNDEFEATED do with their collaboration designs, some more than others of course. Copped this in Hong Kong when I was back home last month. The TOP-TEN model from the adidas Originals B-Side Series, and this was designed by UNDFTD. Black and white made it easy to wear on a more often basis, and the use of extoic skins added the magic. Nothing too crazy, but nice enough, and most definitely cool enough for my taste.

This week we started our work on the VEIL x Adidas project as well. Well, should say “start”, it started quite a few months ago actually, there’re much more to be done until we show you what we made. This is quite exciting for our team. Stay tuned if you like what VEIL has done so far.