What do you think of this as a clothing label name?

I would not buy it (design aside), aside from maybe comedic value. Comedic value dies fast in the trend world.

 

When you say bathing APE, is that ape like the primate? or is there some foreign pronunciation that we're not getting? If I liked the clothes, I wouldn't care what the name was, unless Ape was plastered across the chest of the shirt or something.

 

Don't like it. Probably wouldn't buy it if the label was visible on the outside.

 

Don't like it, first association is "RAPE".

At least, if you'd called it "RAPE" to begin with, it would offend some people, but others would like it for the shock value (like "****"). This way is neither here nor there.

 

The name is stupid, and the label is on the out now anyway.

 

I agree. You will get laughed out of stores if not just thrown out. So unless your market is the "Spencer’s" and "Pricilla’s" of the world, I would say you are done with "BAPE."

 

lol.....

 

What am I missing? BAPE is already a cult brand, almost impossible to get hold of. I personally do not like it too much.

 

apparentley the purpose of the name is to show the shallowness of japan's youth. something like bathing in lukewarm water bla bla bla.
$1000 a tshirt!!!

 

Not as good as Monkeys Flicking Poop

Ben Sherman probably has the market cornered on monkey clothes.

 

Bathing Ape? Maybe for a 2 year old. It can go on the rack next to Dora the Explororer and Spongebob.

 

With the right marketing team and if you can get a celeb to wear your brand...consumers will eat it up.

 

Exactly. Never underestimate some in the American population.

That said, your 'sample' isn't exactly representative of the US as whole or that of the likely target market of the BAPE line, hence the responses you are seeing above.

 

Try a BMW car forum (I assume you are a member of at least one).

 

try a forum of teenage girls, not older men.

 

I'm a twenty year old lady. And I tell you, I would not wear something that says "ape" on it. I especially would not want to have been associated with an ape as a teenager.

 

Old Navy had a season where one of their embroidered polo shirt logos was a whale - what a phenominally bad choice for girls' clothes to have a whale on it.

 

There are certain things I'd never want my clothes to represent me as (a riverbarge, "The girl your boyfriend dreams about", etc) I could deal with cute whales. Monkeys would have been ok, apes are not.

 

What about Monkeys... flicking poop?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BATHING-APE-Bape-Kaws-M65-M-65-Red-Camo-Jacket-XL_W0QQitemZ8395963706QQcategoryZ57988QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

$995 Buy-it-now? lmao...

That ape label looks like a pic of Charles Manson or something..