Individual Sole

Sock are probably the most overlooked piece of clothing.  Upper Playground is set on adding the cool factor to this important piece of clothing.  The series of socks has an offering from each of their signature lines.  The Estevan Oriol sock is black for when you need to blend in with shadows and keep a low profile, and our Walrus logo sock is for making sure everyone notices you.  Sam Flores’, purple 12 grain sock features his signature face graphic and Jeremy Fish give us his superFishal logo in brown.  All socks are on sale for $16 and can be found at UP retail stores and online at: upperplayground.com.

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Sam Flores’ 12 Grain line under the Upper Playground umbrella releases it’s 2008 Fall/Winter tees.   If you were to draw a line between “young couples listening to records” and the phrase, “Kill Whitey,” you’d find a new 12 Grain tee everywhere between.  Most tees are available in mens and women’s sizes and are available now at our retail stores and upperplaygroundstore.com

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Here are the latest New Era fitteds from Upper Playground and Fifty24SF.  The SF Bridges New Era depicts “The bridges of San Francisco County”, a novel and New Era by Sam Flores, and a soon to be movie starring Too $hort and Clint Eastwood.  The next one is Tricheco New Era is done in traditional Italian colors for those looking to rep for the Italianos.  The last one is the Vatican New Era, placing a beautiful Italian Fresco in an all over imagery that has never been done on a New Era before. You can find all three at UP stores and online here.

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This Thursday, August 7th, marks the release of the Sam Flores x Adidas Originals sneaker for Upper Playground. This is the final installment of the four-part series and the first hi-top sneaker in the collection. Other artists involved in the project include Herbert Baglione, David Choe, and Aesop Rock.

Fifteen years after first arriving on the West Coast from New Mexico, Sam Flores, an art school evacuee and self-taught illustrator, has established his place in the modern art movement as a master of fine art and product design. His fine artwork carries a voice and vision that is instantly identifiable. Flores’ artistic quality is unpretentious and provocative, and demands consideration without categorization.

When asked about his vision for his adidas hi-top sneaker, Flores commented: “I simply wanted to make a colorful bright shoe that would go well with the warm weather. I made it blue, grey and pink so it can work for both genders. Plus it’s something you can wear to Miami and stay up for three days and still look fresh!”

There are only 500 pairs of the Sam Flores sneaker available worldwide. Each pair retails for $150 and sizes range from men’s size 4 to 13.5. To get your hands on the Sam Flores adidas hi-top, visit upperplayground.com or head to a UP retail store. The sneaker will go on sale online at 8 am PT on
Thursday, August 7, 2008.

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Upper Playground is releasing an exclusive sneaker series with Adidas Originals next week. The new shoe line features four signature designs from fine artists - Sam Flores, David Choe, Herbert Baglione, and hip hop artist Aesop Rock.  Beginning July 17, 2008, Upper Playground will release a new sneaker every Thursday. Each sneaker design will be available for sale at Upper Playground retail stores and online at upperplayground.com beginning at 8 am PST with each pair of sneakers retailing for $150.00.  More info on the first shoe to release, coming soon…

This month’s Upper Playground New Eras are from artists Denis Kennedy, Sam Flores and Morning Breath. Denis Kennedy does an Irish Flag inspired design with multi-colored panels.  Sam Flores opts for his Bus-head design on this San Francisco classic colors of black and orange.  While Morning Breath goes with the Molotov throw with orange bill and blue hat.  All are available at UP stores and online.

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