Last we saw A Bathing Ape’s Bapesta, it had gone back to experimenting with patent leather, which helped make it famous since the silhouette’s inception. Now, BAPE seems to be trying to once again disallow passers by from staring at your bapestas by draping a set of five of them in foil. The set of five Bapestas come in pink/white, red/white, purple/white, blue/white and copper/white. While the midsoles, shoe laces, and inner lining come in white, the uppers, outsoles and actual BAPE logo on each shoe all come in the pair’s particular foil color. These are set to release from select BAPE retailers soon- dropping from BAPE New York and BAPE Los Angeles this coming Saturday November 21, 2009. Do you like the foil or patent leather pairs better?

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Last we heard from A Bathing Ape they were revving up for the release of another URSUS, this time in a low-top cut. Now, A Bathing Ape is welcoming the Fall 2009 season with “Ostrich” leather detailing on their classic Bapesta’s. Releasing in brown/black/white, red/baby blue/white, and all-white colorways, these Bapesta’s can now be scooped up at participating Bape retailers nation- and worldwide. Which one of the three do you think beats out the other two for “best of the pack?”

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Bape is still showing love for the U.S. stores in New York and Los Angeles by releasing a few more colorways of the Bapesta which will be exclusive to the aforementioned stores. The Bape Bapesta Store Colors are featured in two colorways to represent each store. LA rocks a very Lakers-esque colorway, with a white leather upper consisting of purple and blue patent leather panels, and yellow on the star, lace area, and outsole. The NY edition sports a less vibrant colorway of white, purple, silver, and black. The white leather upper is contrasted by purple and black patent leather, along with a silver star to go along with the lace area and outsole. These colorways, along with other store colorways, are available today at Bape LA and NY.

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Bape U.S. is stepping it up with two U.S. exclusives in the form of two colorways for the Bape Bapesta. The Bape Bapesta Tiger comes in white/purple and white/black colorways, both using patent leather for the purple and black parts. The Bape star uses regular leather and strikes across the Tiger print at the heel. Both shoes use white midsoles and outsoles that sport the offsetting colors. The purple pair is a Los Angeles exclusive, and the other is exclusive to Bape NY; both released today.

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A Bathing Ape has just released its latest pack for the Bape Bapesta. The Bape Bapesta Woodland Pack consists of four colorways, using earth tones, except for the last pair, which features a bright, fruity colorway. All four shoes use full leather uppers, no patent here. There is a Bape logo on the back heel to set this pack apart from other Bapestas. They each go for $191 and are available now online and in stores.

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After seeing the Bape Bapesta Metallic Pack, A Bathing Ape makes us wonder why another Bapesta was made in a metallic colorway when a metallic pack was just made beforehand. This time though, the Bape Bapesta comes in a metallic gold/metallic silver colorway, which is a combination of the metallic pack’s two colorways. The upper is completely metallic in gold and silver, and is contrasted nicely by a white midsole and grey sole and inner lining. The stitching found throughout the shoe is also metallic, to complete this metallic shoe. These are Aoyama store exclusives but there are limited pairs elsewhere.
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