“Don’t Romanticize Entrepreneurship” – The Transit KL Crew | From The Thread Episode 14

This week’s podcast presents another knowledge filled one, as Arma and Hariz from Transit.KL cover a broad range of topics, from how Arma was finessed by his partner Shaq to start Transit Mart, how the mart curates its inventory, and the vast differences in local support when we look to our neighbors across the pond,… Read more »

St Savantgarten “Bootlegged” Upcycled Jacket series ‘16

As you may know from our previous post, Stakes has released their latest summer and spring lookbook called the “Savantgarten Bootlegged”. This time around, they have extended their product line to feature a new and unique upcycled jacket as well as a long sleeve piece too. What’s interesting about this collection is that it adds the… Read more »

Stakes: “MESSAGE: HOME”

Stakes Shop has something to show you guys with their recent release of “MESSAGE: HOME”, a 6 minute and 5 second short video for the “Savantgarten Bootlegged” series. For those who missed out on their “MESSAGE: HOME” screening last week, feel free to click on the video below (only viewable on laptops/desktops). For a better audio experience, please do watch… Read more »

Stakes SS16: SAVANTGARTEN

This week, Stakes released their latest summer and spring collection called the “Savantgarten”. The new product range features a reversible vest with canvas cotton on one side and water resistant nylon on the other, and one Zen Punk canvas jacket. For the headwear collection the hats are all numbered at the back, with each piece having its… Read more »

Stakes presents: bastardmalaya, Fever Till 44

Combining avant-garde visuals and influences from the new atlanta trap scene, Stakes presents to us the boys of bastardmalaya (Orang Malaya, their producer – f r s & Bastard *from left to right in the slide above). A little background on Bastardmalaya: it began with Bastard’s electronic group, Hoaxvision, where they were looking for new… Read more »

DON’T SHLEEP LOOKBOOK VIDEO

Head’s up everyone! Stakes Shop released its lookbook video for the Researcher P.2: DON’T SHLEEP capsule which you can now purchase on their online shop. It’s quite a long video for a lookbook but trust me, there are hidden messages in the video and it’s your job to figure it out. Everything happens for a… Read more »

DON’T SHLEEP: Official Lookbook by Stakes

This is it. The official lookbook for Researcher P.2: DON’T SHLEEP by Stakes. This capsule comprises 6 short sleeve t-shirts (heather grey/mustard), 2 DON’T SHLEEP Urban Desert Caps (Grey/Burnt Orange), 2 limited 11oz mugs (Old Man Green/Lotus White), and also a comic zine in collaboration with SEBURBA. All photographs were shot by the talented Nazirwn.… Read more »

COMIC ZINE: STAKES X SEBURBA

Stakes Shop will be releasing a comic zine, which consists of a story written by A.B. and Seburba. The zine is also fully drawn by the talented folks of Seburba. If ya’ll loved the Researcher 2014 & Researcher 2015: Part 2, “Don’t Shleep” collection, why not cop a zine! the comic is in ties with… Read more »

STAKES

Known for their 80’s Anime, early 90’s digital internet aesthetics and hip-hop/punk music influences, Stakes is a homegrown brand that has been establishing it’s mark ever since 2012. Driven by it’s ‘Lotus’ logo, Stakes carries their offerings with 3 main principles which are: Rigorous research, mutual respect and self discovery. The birth of the Researcher 2014… Read more »