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By Walski opens on Redchurch Street, London

July 24, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

Located on Shoreditch’s inimitable Redchurch Street, the ‘By Walski’ concept space opened a few weeks back. Take a look.


Stocking Parisian menswear labels Commune de Paris and Cuisse de Grenouille, Danish rainwear label Rains, and Brazilian born MUTTA Footwear, alongside image capturing products and accessories from GoPro and Xsories and wellbeing goods from EQ, the By Walski concept store is an offering of radical culture, lifestyle and fashion.

An idea born from the team behind X-Treme video, the leader in extreme sports content distribution in Europe, the By Walski concept space brings together the clothing brands that relate to the artistic, fashionable and soulful side of those sports with technologically advanced products necessary to capture those moments. Alongside retail the By Walski store has a dedicated internal and external space for art exhibitions, video screenings and film premieres and as a creative and conceptual outlet for brands, independent hosts and customers, will be in a constant state of reinvention.

By Walski opens it’s doors at 5pm on Wednesday 19th June, alongside a handful of other select stores on Redchurch Street joining together for a relaxed block party with food provided by Les Trois Garcons and other partners. RSVP is essential. Hashtag: #ByWalski

About ‘By Walski’
By Walski is the first retail experience from X-Treme Video, a French company that is the leader in extreme sports content distribution in Europe. Located on inimitably Redchurch Street in London, By Walski will carry a mix of carefully selected brands from action sports filming equipment and technology to handpicked clothing brands that relate to the artistic, fashionable and soulful side of those sports. More than a simple store, By Walski has dedicated internal and external spaces for art exhibitions, video screenings and film premieres and as a creative and conceptual outlet for brands, independent hosts and customers, will be in a constant state of reinvention.

byWalksi.com


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