Reading time!

I got a nice big delivery from the land of the rising sun on Saturday (made my weekend it did!). In it contained several out prints mags that i'm trying to collect and two limited edition Bathing Ape books i've been after for the longest time. I bought my first two copies of Asayan last year and i've been hooked ever since. Don't know much about the mag itself apart from it contains some really nice editorials (that i can't read) and some awesome shoots from brands such as Bape, w)taps, neighbourhood and goodenough from yesteryear . I recently lost an auction for 25 or so copies including the elusive #1, but in hindsight its better i missed out, the fun is in the hunt as they say. Secondly there are the two Bape books. First up is 'With the Bathing Ape' issued around 1999/2000 as a commemorative piece for the first Bape Hong Kong store. Funnily enough i've got a spread in one of my Asayan magazines that documents the project from start to finish. One interesting fact about the book is each page is folded then French bound, meaning you have to cut along the fold to reveal the contents, nuts! Well i've cut mine but i'm not gonna show. I'd rather continue the mystery....ha.... Oh and there's my fave of the lot, 'Bape Mania' #2. More of a look book (spring/summer 2000) if anything with a brief interview with James Lavelle. Loads of product and random shoots inside. I'll update when i get my hands on a scanner as taking pics of each page with a digi cam is a tad tedious.




'With the Bathing Ape' comes with a large poster and 4 postcard type prints, nice.




And there's James Lavelle. Can someone explain to me why so many people hate him?