Singaporean artist and international designer Mark Ong or better known as SBTG just hours ago updated his official Instagram account with a nice collection of hats dubbed as “Collection by Me”. Part of the collaboration with an American headwear manufacturer founded in 1920 by German immigrant Ehrhardt Koch known as New Era offers many hats that is purely inspired by his lifestyle or career. For example, the St Louis Cardinals SBTG hat is inspired by his first New Era Hat, then there is another hat that is inspired by what he stand for now and the colors or certain elements that he use on their current paintings. Furthermore, you will also find a military hat or jockey cap that took its inspiration from when he enlisted into the army. Last but not least is the fitted hat that he is into. For those of you who are a big fan of SBTG artworks, the special collection of hats by Mr. Sabotage will available this weekend at Limited Edt Ball Park store with retail price range starts from IDR 790.000 up to IDR 890.000. To order, you can always visit the shop or look for the items online at the official site of Limited Edt. Please take a note, this item will also release in a a special format featuring a short retrospective on the artist and his works, inspirations, and stories related to New Era.
SBTG was created in 2003 by Singaporean artist Mark Ong. Fuelled by his need to create a new look of sneakers, Mark started his career as a hobby sneaker painter, working out of his parents’ kitchen. His first claim to fame came after he won a sneaker customizing competition on the Nike Talk Forum. His winning submission gained massive attention from the sneaker industry, and SBTG instantly became a name synonymous with the art of sneaker customization. Since then, SBTG has been invited to commission designs for sneaker industry giants like Nike, DC shoes and New Balance. The most notable was 2006’s Asia-exclusive release of the Nike SBTG SB Dunk which drew overnight crowds region wide and sold out within an hour of launch in every country it sold in. SBTG sneaker customs have attracted the likes of Kobe Bryant, Mike Shinoda, and Joe Hahn of Linkin Park, James Lavelle, and Q-tip just to name a few. Nowadays, he runs his own shop called the SBTG Surplus. The shop covers anything that he created, from graphic t-shirt, shoes, accessories, and many more. Each comes housed in a army surplus style custom box.
