BAPE Expands Its Streetwear Legacy With UNDEFEATED Collaboration and TYPE 10 BAPEX® Watch
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A BAPE® x UNDEFEATED Fall/Winter 2026 collection channels wrestling culture and athletic heritage into a new streetwear offering, while the TYPE 10 BAPEX® brings the Japanese label’s signature camouflage to contemporary watchmaking.
In streetwear, heritage is more than a reference to the past. It is a visual language that continues to evolve through the communities, subcultures, and creative partnerships that give it meaning. For A BATHING APE® (BAPE®), that language has long been defined by recognizable camouflage, bold graphics, and an unapologetic approach to self-expression. Its latest collaboration with UNDEFEATED revisits those codes through the competitive spirit of wrestling, while the introduction of the TYPE 10 BAPEX® extends the brand’s identity beyond apparel and into precision timekeeping.
Together, the two releases illustrate how BAPE® continues to build on more than three decades of Japanese streetwear history without limiting its influence to a single category.
BAPE® x UNDEFEATED FW26: Wrestling Meets Streetwear
For Fall/Winter 2026, BAPE® and UNDEFEATED reunite around the energy, attitude, and visual spectacle of wrestling culture. The collaboration draws on BAPE®’s Harajuku-rooted streetwear identity and UNDEFEATED’s foundations in sport and competition, bringing athletic references into a collection shaped by collegiate styling, oversized graphics, and distinctive branding.
At the center of the partnership is a newly developed emblem that merges UNDEFEATED’s signature 5-Strike mark with BAPE®’s iconic APE HEAD. The hybrid insignia serves as the collection’s defining graphic, appearing alongside embroidered detailing, varsity-inspired lettering, and wrestling references that connect the two brands through a shared visual identity.
The numbers “93” and “05” further reinforce that connection. BAPE®’s founding year, 1993, is represented by “93,” while “05” references UNDEFEATED’s 5-Strike identity. Applied across oversized patches, embroidery, and collegiate graphics, the numerals transform each brand’s history into a tangible design element rather than a background detail.
The apparel offering is anchored by a wool-and-leather varsity jacket, featuring collaborative embroidery and oversized patches that draw from traditional American athletic wear. Full-zip hoodies arrive in black and red, incorporating BAPE® CAMO and co-branded graphics, while navy and red crewneck sweatshirts offer a more streamlined interpretation of the collection’s sporting influences.
Accessories continue the same visual direction. A mesh cap features embroidered collaborative graphics, while a BAPE® CAMO towel introduces athletic club-inspired detailing. The result is a collection that treats wrestling not simply as a theme, but as a framework for exploring competition, team identity, and the spectacle of sports culture through streetwear.
The BAPE® x UNDEFEATED FW26 collection is available at select BAPE STORE® locations, BAPE.COM, UNDEFEATED Chapter Stores, and Undefeated.com.
TYPE 10 BAPEX®: Camouflage Enters the Watchmaking Conversation
Beyond clothing, BAPE® is extending its signature design language through the TYPE 10 BAPEX®, a timepiece that combines the label’s recognizable camouflage with an integrated silhouette, considered materials, and mechanical movement.
The watch arrives in two variations: brushed stainless steel with a 1ST CAMO YELLOW dial, and an IP BLACK edition paired with a 1ST CAMO GREEN dial. Both feature an engraved bezel incorporating BAPE®’s 1ST CAMO pattern, while the signature APE HEAD is discreetly integrated into the camouflage dial composition. Applied hour markers, luminous hands, and a date display provide functional clarity against the more expressive surface treatment.
Underneath the exterior, the TYPE 10 BAPEX® houses a Miyota 9015 21-jewel automatic mechanical movement. Its 316L stainless-steel construction, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, power reserve of more than 42 hours, and water resistance rated to 100 meters position the watch for everyday wear. Both versions retail for $905.
The design reflects an important distinction in BAPE®’s approach to product expansion: the brand’s identity remains recognizable even as its materials, functions, and applications change. Camouflage becomes more than a pattern applied to clothing; it is a signature capable of translating across different disciplines without losing its connection to the label’s origins.
Available at select BAPE STORE® locations and BAPE.COM, the TYPE 10 BAPEX® offers another expression of the brand’s evolution beyond apparel.
Founded in Harajuku, Japan, in 1993, BAPE® has spent more than 30 years building a global presence through its APE HEAD motif, BAPE® CAMO, and collaborations spanning fashion, art, music, and design. The latest UNDEFEATED partnership and TYPE 10 BAPEX® demonstrate two complementary sides of that legacy: one grounded in the collective energy of sport and street culture, the other in the translation of established visual codes into an object designed for everyday use.
Rather than treating heritage as something to preserve unchanged, BAPE® continues to use it as a starting point for new forms of expression.
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BAPE® brings its streetwear legacy into the ring with UNDEFEATED’s wrestling-inspired Fall/Winter 2026 collection while expanding its design vocabulary through the TYPE 10 BAPEX®, an automatic timepiece that translates the brand’s signature camouflage into contemporary watchmaking.