Artists like Pharrell and Clipse may have put BAPE on the map, but it was Japanese fashion designer, DJ, and producer Nigo who founded A Bathing Ape. Having parted ways with his brainchild ...

From his era-defining tenure at Bape to his more recent collaborations with Virgil Abloh for Louis Vuitton, Nigo has long been at the forefront of making streetwear feel like a coveted commodity ...

Dimitrios Kambouris//Getty Images Pharrell Williams and Nigo. "People were giving credit to Lil Wayne for blowing Bape up into the mainstream," says Lawrence Schlossman, brand director of in-the ...

Nigo recalls the era before streaming when CD ... You could very well call a certain period in early 2000s hip-hop the “Bape era.” From the iconic Clipse record Hell Hath No Fury to Pharrell ...

Following their debut collaboration at the beginning of the fall, Nigo and Nike are bringing back their Air Force 3 with a new colorway and a campaign that invokes his history with Bape.

Lil Wayne may have been caught up in the fake BAPE craze of the early 2000s thanks to NIGO, the brand’s creator. Well, that could’ve been how it all played out circa 2006-2007, according to ...

Today's show comes to you from Tokyo, where my guest is fashion designer, DJ and style icon, Nigo -- the man behind cult brand A Bathing Ape. The BAPE phenomenon began in 1993, with a small shop ...

Shortly after relocating to New York, Cudi learned about A Bathing Ape, the wildly popular and exclusive Japanese brand founded by NIGO ® in 1993, and fell in love with its loud graphics and ...

This chronicle of Nigo’s career began with necklaces with fist-size ape heads inspired by A Bathing Ape, the culture--shifting streetwear brand Nigo founded in Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood in ...

The Nigo-funded Japanese streetwear label, Bape, has been one of the most influential brands in streetwear since its founding back in 1993. The ethos of the brand includes its child-like graphics ...