Case East recently met up with Kuok Cheong Yew, the founder of Soundmaker Studio based in Penang to gain some insights regarding the independent music scene in Malaysia. In the video, Mr. Kuok explains how he started his career as an independent musician, why he opened Soundmaker Studio, the struggles of expanding a career in… Read more »
Author Archive: Julian Leong
Timberland Brings Madness To KL
After Timberland’s successful collaboration with Japan-based brand ‘Porter’, Timberland brings Madness to Kuala Lumpur with their new silhouette, TYPE-TB01, in three different colorways. Shawn Yue, the founder of Madness launched a capsule collection with Timberland, dubbed TYPE-MD01, which includes a 6′ boot using Gore-Tex Fabric and Leather materials. Shawn, inspired by Timberland’s iconic Yellow Boot,… Read more »
The Black Cement-Inspired, Air Jordan 32 ‘MVP’ Is Coming Soon
As the new Air Jordan 32 silhouette made its debut last year, we would definitely expect to see more colorways for the silhouette. We know Jordanheads are all anticipating the Air Jordan 3 ‘Black Cement’ to retro soon, but before anything, Jordan brand offers us the Air Jordan 32 ‘MVP’, a ‘Black Cement’ inspired colorway. This… Read more »
The New Year Resolutions That Never Made It
We are all well aware that 2017 is coming to an end but before we end the year, let’s rewind back a little to the beginning, the times when we made new year resolutions that we were all so keen to fulfill because this year was going to be ‘different’. Here’s a list of new… Read more »
Brave Through All Terrains With The Vapormax Flyknit Utility
Nike is always full of surprises. Nike introduces a new look to their Vapormax line, the Air Vapormax Flyknit Utility for consumers who are looking to go through all terrains on ‘air’. The new silhouette introduces an extended ankle collar with the newly designed lacing system. The new lacing unit, easily observable being a growing trend… Read more »
The Long Awaited Gatorade-Inspired Air Jordan 6’s Are Dropping Soon
In this month of December, we observe Jordan brand releasing an entire collection consisting of different silhouettes, inspired by colors from thirst-quenching drink Gatorade. Last week, the ‘Like Mike’ pack were released on Nike and several basketball retailers where Jordanheads were impressed. By end of the year, we are expecting to see another Gatorade-inspired Air Jordan… Read more »
Lebron’s ‘King’s Rook’ Is Back To Invade The Courts
If you have been playing basketball since young, you may have heard of Lebron’s first signature shoe, the Nike Air Zoom Generation. Nike is re-releasing the second OG colorway of this iconic shoe and it has been given the nickname, ‘King’s Rook’. The meaning behind this nickname comes with a dual meaning representing Lebron’s first… Read more »
RE/DISCOVER WORKLIFE: Lee Jeans x Tapau TV
Lee Jeans Malaysia is back with their campaign, ‘RE/DISCOVER WORKLIFE’, this time round featuring TAPAUtv. Watch the video to find out how TAPAUtv redefine their workplace and how they find joy in what they do, having a good synergy amongst their team, always giving their 100% in delivering value to their audience when it comes to giving… Read more »
Buyer “Patterns” Every Reseller Have Met
Malaysia has been blessed with various limited sneaker releases this year and whenever there are limited sneakers around, who do you usually see in the queues and on FB groups? Resellers, but today we are on their side, to really understand the ups and downs of being a reseller when it comes to customer service.… Read more »
CONFIRMED: “The Ten” Collection Dropping At Off-White’ Store This Weekend
As some of you know or may have visited Off-White last weekend for their opening, many of you asked whether Off-White’s collaboration with Nike, ‘The Ten’ collection will be dropping. Well, guess what? We have news that will make every hypebeast jump off their chairs and a hint (if you’re a hypebeast) would be that you… Read more »