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BAPE or The Bathing Ape is a popular brand of Japanese clothing.

Bathing Ape’s logo and theme were derived from the original hit movie “Planet of the Apes”. The brand name is also based on a Japanese saying, “bathing in lukewarm water”, describing the comfortable lifestyle of today’s youth in Japan. Representing much more than a conventional clothing line, Bathing Ape offers sweatshirts, polo style shirts, and thongs.

The clothing line is created by Nigo, a famous Japanese fashion designer turned DJ and record producer. He founded the brand in Ura-Harajuku in 1993 and has since been expanding their network up to Hong Kong, New York City, London, Taipei, China, Bangkok and Singapore.

The photo is the store in Hong Kong. Photo by Paparazzi. Licensed under Creative Commons. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

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