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Bold, beautiful and wide like a Bulgari ring, but it’s not!

It’s a new silver ring from Bape (BATHING APE).

This Japanese brand classic ring features the Bape head logo and the ‘R’ logo as well as A Bathing Ape engraved on the inside.

$BAPE Bathing Ape Ring \'R\'$

A Bathing Ape (BAPE) is a Japanese clothing company founded by Tomoaki “Nigo” Nagao in 1993. The company specializes in street wear, operating stores in Japan, including BAPE, BAPE Store, Foot Soldier and the Bape Exclusive store (located in Aoyama, Tokyo).

BAPE - A Bathing Ape - Logo

According to Nigo, the name “A Bathing Ape“ is short for a Japanese saying “bathing in lukewarm water“. Japanese people typically have daily baths in water at temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F). As such, bathing in luke warm water is to complacently over indulge. This is, ironically, a reference to the lazy opulence of the younger generation of Japanese, the brand’s own customers

Nigo, the founder and owner admitted that his mother (a nurse) and father (a billboard maker) was major influences in the development of his character. He cited that he also got influences by toys of his childhood, Elvis, Beatles, and hip-hop acts namely Run DMC and Woobens.

Many and more celebrities were spotted wearing BAPE including Pharrell, T.I., Lil Wayne, Teriyaki Boyz, Kanye West, Omarion, David Shellim, Rami Dunham, Clipse, Adrian Orange, and Soulja Boy Tell Em.

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