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Hasbro Pulse is back with another collectible Star Wars toy, this time releasing The Black Series First Order Stormtrooper helmet. While it has been just a month since they released the red Captain Cardinal helmet, it is actually this black and white version that is synonymous with the film franchise.

This First Order version features a premium build with an adjustable fit and a voice transformer that automatically distorts the wearer’s voice to sound like a First Order Stormtrooper. This helmet requires three AA batteries for power and can be pre-ordered now over at Hasbro Pulse for a price of $99.99 USD. Delivery is expected to take place in the Spring of this year. 

Back in 2014, Louis Vuitton (PARIS:MC.PA -1.13%) was under the reign of Marc Jabobsand it was celebrating its 160th anniversary. In honor of this, Jacobs and the house asked some of the most legendary figures in the fashion world to participate in “Icon and Iconoclast: Celebrating Monogram,” in which designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Louboutin, and Rei Kawakubo put their own spin on the classic monogram and LV bags.

Today, Louis Vuitton has announced the return of Kawakubo’s “Bag With Holes,”appearing in two sizes in black leather. Alongside the original version that appears in MM size, there will also be a slightly smaller PM size that features a smaller strap so that it can be used more like a crossbody bag, something which the house’s current artistic director Virgil Abloh has made a signature for the brand.

The soon-releasing “Bag With Holes” is made from supple cowhide leather that’s fully grained and features an all-over debossed monogram pattern alongside the Kawakubo-designed holes. This design is quintessentially COMME des GARÇONS, and originals of this bag can fetch tens of thousands of dollars on the second-hand market.

Louis Vuitton’s “Bag With Holes” will be sold via a lottery through the house’s personal LINE account, which will run from March 1 to March 7. More information can be found on the LV LINE account. Additionally, Louis Vuitton is also holding an exhibition at the address below, showcasing 160-plus years of its heritage including the 2014 and reissued “Bag With Holes.”

Elsewhere in the world of archives, Slam Jam’s Luca Benini has opened up his 30,000 piece collection to the public.

LOUIS VUITTON &
Venue: 6-35-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo jing
Date: March 19th — May 16th
Time: 10 a.m. — 8 p.m. (Last admission 7:30 p.m.)Seiko’s GPS-connected, solar-powered worldtimer, the Astron, has looked to the adventurous mascot of Hideo Kojima’s games studio, Kojima Productions, for inspiration.

Ludens is the exoskeleton-clad explorer that Kojima uses to represent his studio and exhibits many of the themes of its smash-hit 2020 game, Death Stranding, that follows a courier through a hostile landscape.

Seiko has imbued its new SSH097 with aesthetic cues from Ludens’ suit. The interwoven pattern on the dial comes from the carbon face mask worn by the character while the golden accents and interlocking sub dials reflect the construction of the suit itself.

The studio logo appears at the nine o’clock position while ‘From Sapiens to Ludens’ is engraved on the side of the bezel at the six o’clock.

The watch drops in June priced $3,300 USD and will be a limited run of 1,000 pieces.

In other watch news, London watch dealer sources one of four platinum Daniels Anniversary watches ever made.