A Bathing Ape (Bape)

After years of working as an editor and stylist at Popeye magazine and with Jun Takahashi of Undercover, Nigo created A Bathing Ape. His love of the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes served as inspiration for the company name and logo. In particular, A Bathing Ape is a play on the Japanese proverb "A bathing ape in lukewarm water," which is used to jeer the opulent and slothful Japanese youth. Yet those are actually its very first clients.

The A Bathing Ape brand can be found all over the world. A few locations to mention are Hong Kong, New York, Taipei, London, and Paris. However, the Kyoto location is the best owing to its Bape Gallery, which is used for a variety of events and art exhibitions that Bape sponsors.

Despite the fact that cargo is A Bathing Ape's trademark pattern, it frequently works with other companies and incorporates popular media figures like SpongeBob, Hello Kitty, Nintendo, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics to release other designs. These images are used on hoodies, goods, T-shirts, accessories, coats, and shoes from the Bathing Ape collection. In addition, A Bathing Ape has worked with numerous other well-known companies, like Pepsi and Coca-Cola, as well as popular artists, including The Weeknd, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, and Travis Scott.

Detailed Information:

• Founded: 1993
• Founder: Nigo (Tomoaki Nagao)
• Headquarter: Tokyo, Japan
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BAPE.OFFICIAL/ (448K followers)
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BAPEOFFICIAL/ (248.7K followers)
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bape_japan/ (2.6M followers)
• Website: https://row.bape.com/