The Best BAPE Hoodies & How To Wear Them

PE (A Bathing Ape) is one of the oldest and most coveted street brands of all time. With celebrities left right and centre rocking BAPE on the regular, it’s surrounded by a lot of hype. The brand is known for it’s famous camouflage shark hoodies.

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If you haven’t heard of BAPE, quite frankly, where have you been for the last 20 years? Founded in Japan by the legendary Nigo, BAPE is one of streetwear’s biggest and most reputable names. Over the years, stars such as cheap bape hoodies Kanye West, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Biggie Smalls to name just a few have been seen rocking the labels highly recognisable BAPE camo hoodies.

The most famous of all these designs of course, is the BAPE shark hoodie. Featuring a shark’s head and teeth on the hood, reminiscent of WWII fighter jets, it’s a killer look. Of course alongside the shark, you have the tiger hood, and the BAPE panda hood, among others, all stemming from the original shark design.

How to Wear a Zip Up Hoodie

One unique feature seen throught most BAPE hoodies, is the full-length zip. Going literally from waist to head, the idea is that the hoodies can be fully zipped off to show off the print on the hood. A questionable look in my opinion, however cheap bape clothing it has been a great success. Zip-up hoodies are relatively easy to style. They can be worn zipped up or undone with a t-shirt underneath, or used for layering under a coat in winter. Pair this with a nice pair of denim and some trainers and you’ve got a solid look before you know it.