Juste Debout (“just upright”) is an international, annual dance competition founded by Bruce Ykanji and focuses on street dance styles. The four main categories are hip hop new style, house, locking and popping. Juste Debout was initially held in 2002 in Paris, France, and has since then returned each year around February. The 2006 edition [...]
Yes, Jack Frost is having a little attitude problem right now, but we can hook you up with the right pair of shoes for every weather! The K1X Shorty Crew Boot is out now! 89,90 €
The Shorty college jacket with mixed materials and a very unique collar in white/navy. Out now for 89,90 €!
Don’t mess with the radio! One-shoulder 93,0 fm t-Shirt with breezy batsleeves. 27,90 €
Some of you may remember it, some probably still have one and even some of you have only seen one in old 80s movies or video clips: the ghettoblaster, or also called boombox. They were used, long before mp3 players and cellphones made it possible to carry your music around. Ghettoblasters were introduced commercially by [...]
Keeps you warm and catches some eyes along the way. 129,90 €. Available in blue/white and black/red.
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s, when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable form of music. The roots of funk lay in James Brown’s post-1965 soul hits, particularly “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965) and “Cold Sweat” (1967). Sly & the Family [...]
Launched in 2006, the “Express Your Style” battle has taken place in Munich for six times now and is a unique event in Germany. Over 700 international dancers compete with one another in categories including Locking, Hip Hop, Popping and House, exhibiting their own style. To maintain the battle’s high artistic, authentic and quality standards, [...]
You have certainly seen this dance before. Kids pull out in the club all the time: leaning side to side, putting their arms out front and running their hands over their heads? That’s the “Dougie”! A dance trend, that came along with the Jerk, the Cat Daddy and others. The original dance was developed in [...]
This lightweight jacket with the eye-catching wrap-around logo will defenitely shelter you from the storm… Available in red/white or blue/white for 74,90 €
When you see people standing in a cricle, clapping, shouting and moving their bodies, while one person is in the middle, dancing and showing their best moves… that is what you call a cypher! Dancers’ share their skills with others and feed off the crowd’s energy when in the cypher. But you cannot only dance [...]
Many dancers have made experiences with ballet during their life. It incorporates fundamental techniques for many other dance forms and is a great education for a dancer’s body tension and coordination. Ballet originated in the Italian Renissance courts of the 15th century as a dance interpretation of fencing and was further developed in France and [...]
Our female line “Shorty” has blown up like you thought it would. Here’s a look at our current window campaign at top-dog retailer “Snipes”, who’s store destinations include city centre locations in forty cities all over Germany and Austria. The images feature our homegirl Dinah as well as the lovely Katharina Wyrwich (aka the reigning [...]
We are proud to launch our brand new Shorty collection for the fall/winter 2011 season. You can check out the collection in its entirety in our K1X Shorty lookbook starring the talents of professional dancers Anja, Antoinette, Honji and Marie. Enjoy!
The latest Shorty catalogue was shot in New York by photographer J. “Quazi” KIng and features some of the most lovely ladies the city has to offer…
The new Shorty collection (shot in Berlin) makes a splash like Obelix in a Roman bath.
The spring/summer shoot in Los Angeles features the crump movement’s most notorious dancers.
Just like the vibrant dance culture itself, K1X Shorty is constantly on the move. So what better inspiration could we find for our new Spring/Summer 2011 line than the city that never sleeps. Shot by Quazi Aisha, Larissa, Desiree, Shireen, Leslie and Nyne take center stage as we give you an in depth look at [...]
For some reason we can’t escape the feeling that our friends over at Hooped Up Online haven’t been working too much today after choosing one of our favourite shortys, Dalia, as “The Distraction” for today. On the one hand we do feel kind of sorry for those guys – on the other we really don’t!
Following up our K1X Shorty Fall/Winter 2010 collection shoot by Lennart Brede is this exclusive clip that takes you behind the scenes, giving you another detailed look at our new Shorty line. Shot in the gritty – yet endlessly creative and poetic – metropolis that is Berlin, the video vibes off the city itself – [...]
