BAPE® by KidSuper
The "A SUPER APE" collection combines art and fashion
BROOKLYN, NY - April 8, 2025 - Japanese streetwear brand BAPE® and fashion designer and artist Colm Dillane, known as KidSuper, come together to co-create BAPE® by KidSuper, a first-of-its-kind collection in BAPE®'s pinnacle collaboration tier, the BAPE® COLLECTIVE. The BAPE® COLLECTIVE gives our partners the unique opportunity to dive deeper into the brand archives and reimagine BAPE® icons and patterns through their own lens. This co-creation merges BAPE® and KidSuper’s values of fearless expression and limitless possibility by bringing the brands’ shared creative vision to life in a WORLD GONE SUPER.
The BAPE® by KidSuper co-creation is a full circle moment for Colm Dillane and BAPE®, as early in his career, Dillane would distribute his products to streetwear enthusiasts in line for BAPE® drops by setting up an ironing board to screenprint shirts on the spot. Today, he shifts from screenprinting for the line to launching his own Line.
The BAPE® by KidSuper co-creation, which debuted at KidSuper’s Fall/Winter 2025 show at Paris Fashion Week, titled From a Place I Have Never Been, bridges fashion and art on a global scale across Harajuku, Brooklyn, and Paris. The collection includes a variety of firsts, reimagining BAPE® signatures through the lens of KidSuper. The brand’s iconic camo design is transformed with KidSuper’s signature face graphics which are often featured in Colm’s work. KidSuper design elements are incorporated into additional styles in the collection, including the SHARK HOODIE smile shown upside down for the first time, as well as comic strips featured on the collection’s BAPE STA™ packaging.
The BAPE® by KidSuper campaign highlights Colm’s journey with BAPE® “from the line to the Line”, featuring influential duos emphasizing self-expression. The campaign brings BAPE®’s original iconic portraits to life, featuring Kai Cenat alongside his friend Ray, as well as Colm Dillane, Kayo Martin featured as young Colm, and Adam Sevani. Past and future meet at the creative present, where original ideas develop into dreams made real in A WORLD GONE SUPER.
“I used to sell T-shirts to the BAPE® line in high school—I even made bootleg BAPE® shirts in my friend’s basement. Fast forward 15 years, and now it’s a full-circle dream to be collaborating with them. Working with BAPE® is one of those surreal moments where something you imagined as a kid actually become real. I hope you can feel that when you see the product,” says Colm Dillane.
“From East to West, the outliers shaping culture share a mindset — fearless expression. Today, we celebrate that belief alongside generational talent Colm Dillane as we launch the BAPE® by KidSuper collection as a co-creation that celebrates the past, present, and future of the brand,” says BAPE® CEO Mahmoud el Salahy.
The BAPE® by KidSuper collection will be available at BAPE STORE® London and on UK.BAPE.COM from April 12th, 2025.