The latest victim of Urban Outfitters serial biting is street artist Cali Killas. The store’s series of t-shirts copies Cali Killas’s signature “Beware of Hipsters” stencil, which is pathetic, albeit we don’t approve of the h-word either.
Urban Outfitters, one of the leading retailers of plagiarized t-shirts and clothing designs, is now selling color customized fixed gear bikes. Partnering with Florida-based online bike store Republic Bike, the new retail chain’s website offers customers an online interface to easily choose a garish combination of colors for their $399 ride. The new 24-pound bikes are then pieced together on a first-come first-served basis and shipped out. But so far, the Urban Outfitters Bicycle Shop hasn’t exactly won the support of the biking community. Their take below. Read more »
The mini-Macy’s of downtown inspired fashion, Urban Outfitters, thinks fixed gears are sooo cool as you can see by this web promo. Especially when you match them to these energy wasting, soft-soled Gola line of sneakers—quite considerably the worst type of footwear when riding a bike, real cycling shoes have super stiff soles. Sure, they’re not going to enhance your two-wheeled commute, but in all fairness, they will coordinate nicely with some of their equally roily graphic tees, not to mention the possibility of really taking the plunge, and topping off the tracky-ness with this atrocity. |Johnprolly|
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