adidas Originals Campus 80 Styled by Moteen.

06.05.22 General



FP: Its a pleasure to chat with you Mo, first off, can you tell us a bit about yourself?

MO: Easy, always a little tricky to sell yourself on a question like this. Me, I’m a proud Brummie born and bred. Always been that guy that everyone knows. Always calm and collected. I’ve spent just under two decades doing what I do in retail, menswear and fashion with vast experience in all aspects. I’m a Boxing, Wrestling and BJJ fanatic with decent levels in all disciplines but I truly excel in the art of eating Kebabs. I have got it down to 3 places in london that stand unprecedented. 

FP: We recently worked on a project with your dear friend Benjamin Phillips, and I know you’re both in tune with BJJ (Brazilian jiu-jitsu) Can you tell us how this has impacted your life perhaps even style and mentality?

MO: I grew up in a rougher inner city part of Birmingham. I was very fortunate that I had these larger than life characters that held serious weight on the streets that were my family, uncles, cousins so I never really got into any mischief. Coming from this type of family I was always encouraged to look after myself which started my journey boxing, which after a few amateur years lead into JiuJitsu with a friend of mine who now is a pro coach. The fundamentals of any sport like this is discipline. It makes your confidence soar, not knowing what you can do but just knowing how never ever to end up in the first place. One of the first things I was ever taught in these sports by my coach was, the best form of defence is not to be there. The comoradary, friends you make from these places is something you won’t get anywhere else. It’s a sense of belonging and being part of a team, a family. It’s helped me become calmer, stronger and mentally focused. It’s something EVERYONE should do. I strongly recommend.


FP: Can you tell us a little about what influences your style and what you picked for this campus shoot in mind? 

MO: I really don’t have any real influences, apart from my father and uncles, these guys were the dons when I was growing up, effortlessly cool always but in my case, I’ve just found that whatever I feel like on the day and feel comfortable that’s what I go with and I can be ready and out for any event in literally 10 mins, no overthinking whatsoever. I feel I’ve nailed my silhouettes, being broader and a tad shorter I’ve found peace in what I wear. I much prefer looser easier clothing and as I’ve done for the past 15 years I’ve always bought shirts / pants a size larger for that ease. I feel that the Campus was and is the perfect shoe for this. It’s easy, it’s timeless silhouette makes it work with any outfit and the solid colours, plush suede just elevated the shoe further. 

FP: From Dressing down to dressing up, what staple pieces of refined menswear you would recommend for the wardrobe? 

MO: Good question. There no rules in dressing for occasions anymore as all the lines have become blurred but I feel There’s four things EVERY bloke should have in their wardrobe.
1 . A really good Navy jacket / blazer. I would recommend a soft construction one with a a good easy length, nothing short or gimmicky. But a fit that suits your block, Make sure the sleeve length finishes on the wrist so you see half a inch of the shirt cuff. It’s important. These can be found everywhere so whatever works for you. My chosen ones are my Games blazer from Drakes, and my Barena soft woven jacket. 
2 . A white shirt, crisp shirt. Can be button down or a spread collar. Stay away from a aggressive cutaway. 
3 . A good grey trouser. Hemmed correctly so it floats a touch over the shoe. Cuff optional. 
4 . A really good shoe. My go to are some loafers and a classic blucher. Just remember you’re on your feet all day, why compromise the most important detail which in effect will keep your feet running longer? My day to day blucher is the Alden Cordovan blucher col 8, and my loafers are either a Alden loafers (range of suedes, leathers) and J M Weston 180’s. Other strong entries come from Paraboot and Churchs.



FP: And what would you say out of your vast amount of clothing is a thing you find in your rotation more often than not? A particular shoe perhaps? Hat? vest? Tie? 

MO: As you know I have a unreal wardrobe which I’ve built over the 20 years of being in the industry from a library of Rare Stone Island pieces to some of the best shoes money can buy, BUT the only things I wear more than often are a good pair of Denim, in my case it’s a pair LVC 1920’s (discontinued model), pair of Needles HD track pants, solid Oxford shirt and a pair of Adidas Gazelle Indoors. I wear these items more than anything else. Every guy should have these staples. Without a doubt the best oxfords in my wardrobe are from Drakes and Gitman Vintage. 

FP: Thank you for your time Mo, is there anything else you would like to add? Shoutouts or messages for the naysayers haha? 

MO: It was my pleasure chaps. Only thing I would say is a philosophy I’ve stuck with all my life, be good, be kind to yourself and others. Try and remember that it takes more effort to not get on with someone than to become friends. Peace! 

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04.05.22 General



The Air Jordan 2 returned via collaboration with Virgil Abloh’s OFF-WHITE label and Jordan Brand tapped Union LA once again to offer their creative outlook on an often forgotten model.

Initially slated for 2021, Union LA and Jordan Brand release their collaborative efforts in 2022. Sporting a light grey nylon and suede upper with light blue piping accents. Perforations are added to the laterals, and bright yellow “UNION LA” tags decorate the eye stays while a retro-style identification tag rests on the ankle collar.

An exposed foam tongue, co-branded tongue tags, bright yellow in-soles, and clean white sole complete the look. In addition to the sail laces displayed in the images above, alternate lacing options are also available in white and yellow.

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To enter the London In-store draw, CLICK HERE!

To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on. 

In-store winners will be contacted via email informing them of their win. Within this email, winners will be given a set of dates in which they must collect their win from our London store. To collect, you will need to provide the winning email and a valid photographic government ID matching the winners name. NO ONE can collect on the winners behalf. Failure to provide this, or failure to collect within the given dates will mean failure to purchase your win.

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04.04.22 General



The latest iteration within the Air Jordan 1 lineage combines colours that are embedded into the Jordan Brand DNA. Combining University Red, Black and White, this ‘Heritage’ release is identifiable with the Jumpaman but in an updated colour-blocking.

Baring similarities to the unreleased sample of 1985 of inverted royal, the latest retro utilises a white leather base, applying red on the toe box, Swoosh, outsole and heel counter, Hits of black takes on the ankle collar, laces and Wings logo all to be designed for a timeless silhouette.

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All online draws are now housed over on the Footpatrol Launches App, CLICK HERE to download!

To sign up to the Online raffle, you will need to download the Footpatrol Launches app and complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!

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01.04.22 General



A few of you may remember, we recently paid a visit to father and daughter duo Chirs Bramble and Freya Bramble-Carter in celebration of Nike’s Air Force 1 High Sculpt. To take this celebration further, we invited a handful of friends and family down to test their on skills on the pottery wheel.

Whether it’s within the realms of footwear design, architecture or even painting, everything starts with and idea within the mind so we challenged those who attended to get creating much like the Air Force 1 Sculpt. Effortlessly sculpted, Nike have created a soft approach to Air Force 1 High with the removal of the ankle strap and the tumbled leathers.

Check out our previous interview here and shop the Nike Air Force 1 ‘Sculpt’ here!

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29.03.22 General



Fresh, coveted and simply unrivalled, Abe makes more than a dual impression with her spanning accolade of Nike collaborations. From the invigorating release of the laceless Air Max 90, Vaporwaffles to their conceited range of Blazers, the Japanese fashion house’ futuristic design never fails to make its ingenious mark into the sneaker world.

Continuing a legacy of trailblazing collaborations with Nike, sacia has returned with its boldest iterations yet. Lauded for its two-toned aesthetic, dual eyestay and profile Swooshes becoming a treasured gem with many Nike connaisseurs across the world. Honouring almost 5 decades of revolutionary design, the Nike Blazer silhouette is reconstructed in a luxurious patent colour up. 

Glossy patent leather constructs the upper, while distinctive dual overlays can be found on the heel and side profile in signature Abe fashion. Signature multi-toned profile Swooshes, cushioned tongue and distinctive wave shaped eyestay continues the theme of duality, paired with a intacting lace system that locks you in for a snug fit. Super cushioned foam insoles deliver a spring to your step, while underfoot, the overlapping  durable outsole offers traction and high energy return. The inaugural fit is previewed in an understated ‘White Grey’ and ‘Black’ patent leather offering. 

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All online draws are now housed over on the Footpatrol Launches App, CLICK HERE to download!

To sign up to the Online raffle, you will need to download the Footpatrol Launches app and complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!

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15.03.22 Launches



At the back end of the year, Jordan Brand introduced one of its iconic silhouettes to GORE-TEX technology with a ‘Light Bone’ release. Adding GORE-TEX to a basketball model created a perfect marriage between tech-wear and lifestyle as far as Jordan Brand goes. A popular component to tackle wind and water, GORE-TEX is synonymous to mountaineering, hiking, trekking and other outdoor activities. However, it has also been a huge mainstay to lifestyle fashion apparel and footwear.

For this latest Air Jordan 1, keeping its original shape, GORE-TEX covers the sneaker’s underlays and toe box while premium waterproof nubuck leather on the overlays provides protection. With a subtle colour way in comparison to its predecessor, ‘Particle Grey’ is used on the Swoosh to the heel and ankle wings. In contrast, black is featured along the quarter and toe area, with ‘Chile Red’ hits on the tongue tab. Ripstop underlays are used with a slightly dark green tint all sat on top of a sail midsole. GORE-TEX branding on the heel finishes of the weather proof Air Jordan 1.

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The London In-store draw is now CLOSED!

To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on. 

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07.03.22 General



When you think of the Air Max 95 you often think of it’s profound, unmistakable layered panel detailing, unorthodox colourways or perhaps it’s spanning host of hip-hop accolades. Whatever it may be, it is certainly a deeply ingrained youth culture icon. Sergio Lozano 1995 coveted masterpiece re- envisioned a silhouette that demanded athletic ability, performance and high energy veering aways from the basketball dominated sneaker market at the time. Making the dubbed silhouette a far cry from it’s early Nike procedessors. Arriving in a range of multi-toned layers ,inaugural swoosh placement and ostentatious designs, it  has attained cult-like status all across the world, becoming a silhouette of choice on and off the track. 

Over the years, the Air Max 95 has boasted a catalogue of collaborations enlisting the creative fruition of Fendi’s own Kim Jones, the sought-after atmos x Supreme ‘Animal’ iteration, Carhartt WIP ‘Camo’ and the simplistic Comme de Garçons rendition – just to name a few. Not to mention it’s burgeoning influences on the hip hop scene such as being the sneaker of choice of  2 Chainz, Busta Rhymes and The Game being official kingpins of the brand. 

Returning this year and sharing it’s advocate for equality is the Air Max 95 ‘Rise Unity’ rendition, reimagined in a playful colour up. The pasteled iteration represents inclusivity and coming together as one. A multi toned leather base constructs the upper, while mesh underlays keeps things breathable. Rough suede indulges the toe cap with yellow, pink, blue and green panelling paints the side foot in authentic 95 fashion. A bungee lace locks you in for a snug fit with signature Swoosh branding on the medial upper. What’s more, a plush insole with ‘Rise’ lettering unit provides comfort that is unparalleled, finalised with a grippy tread rubber underfoot, with ‘Unity’ lettering adorned to the outsole. A cordial fit you’ll love this season.

The Nike WMNS Air Max 95 ‘Rise & Unity’ is now available in-store and online. Sizes range from UK3 – UK8 (including half sizes). Priced at £170.

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04.03.22 General



The YEEZY Slide features injected EVA foam for lightweight durability, whilst the soft top layer in the footbed offers immediate step in comfort. The outsole utilises strategically mapped grooves for optimal comfort and traction.

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The London In-store draw is now closed!

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02.03.22 General



Legendary in its seams, the Air Jordan 6 is one of the most favourable models in the Jordan lineage. First debuted in 1991, the silhouette is known as the shoe worn by MJ during the 1991 Eastern Conference finals victory against the Detroit Pistons. Tinker Hatfield’s inaugural fit is lauded for it’s moulded toe design, ‘spoiler’ heel tab and perforated panelling  that continues to send waves across the world. I’m sure you’ll remember the fan fare around the infamous 2006 debut of the low UNC, this year the coveted Jordan fit returns in a fresh high top iteration.

Dubbed as the loud and proud silhouette, the 6’s have certainly contributed to a range of coveted Jordan fits, not to mention its endless catalogue of collabs too. From the Gatorade ‘Like Mike’ iteration, Aleali May, PSG to the highly coveted Travis Scott retro line up. The Jordan 6’s never fail to make a daring impression.

Continuing the collegiate series, this ‘UNC’ iteration nods to MJ’s college – the University of North Carolina. Understated, fresh and innovative. A plush neoprene blue base coats the upper, while white leather panelling keeps things clean and futuristic. Hints of navy indulges the lace lock with Jumpman branding embroidered to the tongue and heel. A ‘spoiler’ heel tab delivers an OG inspired aesthetic, while a pull-tab tongue is followed by a lace component keeping things snug and personalised.  What’s more, a visible air unit in the heel provides breathability with an icy blue rubber outsole sitting underfoot – on-court traction certified.

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01.03.22 General



To celebrate World Book Day, we met up with Ellis Gilbert who co-founded London based brand Soho Yacht Club to discuss the birth of the brand, an insight on his background and how the act of giving back to his community is essential to the ethos of the brand.

Soho Yacht Club has of recent made huge ground in exposing itself to the world. From young consumers to senior wearers, SYC caters to every generation without any judgement.

In addition, we are giving away limited edition Footpatrol x Soho Yacht Club t-shirts in-store in conjunction to donating your old books. All books will be donated between Clifton Primary and St Marks Primary School in West London. While stocks last.

FP: Ellis, to start things off nice and easy. How are you?

Ellis: I’m good man, I am sick of the weather, I can’t wait for some sunshine but I’m good man, I’m happy , very happy. How are you?

FP: I am good thank you bro, I don’t get asked that enough you know! Could you give us a little bit of insight into yourself and also Soho Yacht Club?

Ellis: I am just a young man from very far West London called Hanwell, I’ve lived there my whole life. I’ve worked in Soho for 10 years now for a few different brands, I’ve worked in Woolrich, Stone Island I was at Patta for a very long time and I met some good friends so shout out Damo ,Andre, Edson all those guys I mentioned there have taught me so much about business and friendship and about being a man and being honest. Whatever you want to do you can do it with hard work and being straight to the point it is not always about fun and messing about. A lot of love and respect for those guys.

FP: Where did the idea for the brand come from?

Ellis: Initially I was messing around and I wanted to make some clothes and all my friends from where I live used to mess about calling me Mr Soho because I was here for work. I used to work like six or seven days a week and I would always be out afterwards eating and drinking around here so you would probably see me at the Blue Post most days. My friend Clint, he was saying ‘Mr Soho’ ‘Mr Soho’ that should be your T-shirt. I was thinking of playing on the theme of always being in Soho and I was always to make something that was community based or like a club and then I was thinking I can’t really call it Soho Club because it really doesn’t have a ring to it. I thought Yacht Club kind of sounds prestige but it is kind of a gimmick because obviously you can’t have a boat in Soho, there is no water! I came up with the name way before I was thinking about any designs or anything like that, then I told my friends what do you think about Soho Yacht Club? They were like yeah, it has got a ring to it, that’s definitely one you should roll with. I was thinking I’m not sure because are people going to think that I am going to be serious with this massive boat and also because it was community based thing, I didn’t want people to think it was too exclusive in terms of a yacht club that was going to be too expensive to actually be apart of but it’s actually all community based.

Then I left it for a few months and then my friend Harry Clemence he messaged me and was like so the Yacht Club, the name is amazing, let’s get cracking on it and I kind of needed someone to spur me on and be like let’s go and get something done. I was chilling in Paris. I went to shoot something with Corteiz in Paris , me Clint and Flynn, he’s an amazing photographer. I was in Paris and I was lying there hungover and loads of messages came through on my Whatsapp and I was like what is all this ? It was ten in the morning looking at my phone so hungover I could barely see it and it is all these designs that Harry sent just initial ideas and I was like this actually looks sick, the name and logo and stuff and I was like alright when I get back we got to sit down and start working on it. A big shout out to Harry for getting the ball rolling. That’s kind of how it started off. I was away and then I came back and then we started working on it from there. Putting ideas together, Harry is quite a big stylist. He works for Clash magazine. He was showing me all these pictures and he had drawn a lot of references of what we wanted to look at and what we wanted it to look like. What’s the goal? What do we actually want to achieve because there are so many brands out there that put out a lot of tracksuits and puffer jackets or bags and stuff like that. We kind of want it to have more substance than just clothing , we want it to have a meaning. We want people to actually feel something, the reason it is called a club is that you’re buying into a lifestyle of helping other people. The first release we had done a breakfast club t-shirt and jumper and with that money we raised enough to feed 15 families for 2 weeks over the Easter holidays. With the money left over we started paying for a garden to be built in a school, it is like a bereavement garden. It is for kids that have lost family members they can go have a bit of time out during the day and it is a pretty amazing project. Looking back when I was in school, sometimes the small thing that the teachers would do to show a little extra effort you kind of like to be more enticed to work harder for them because you know they are working harder for you. Those are the kind of things I want to get into.

FP: Like you said you have been based in Soho forever, do you think being here for so long helped you build that community a lot easier ?

Ellis: 100% there is so many people like Duke’s Cupboard that has got behind me and helped and is always posting stuff, the amount of people I’ve met with Wilson, bringing me in on Footpatrol I am always so grateful for people that around me that are always offered me stuff when they don’t owe me anything or just having genuine connections and being good people. I think that really makes the world go round, having a connection not just because they can do something for you but because you actually like them. The work stuff comes a lot easier and that comes after, when you can build a connection with someone just over the simple things like a passing comment, laughing and joking or how they dress or what food you like to eat. Then you can build on that and you’ll be  so surprised how you can go. 

FP: How has it been seeing your local community respond to it the positive way that they are?

Ellis: I really couldn’t believe it, there are people that are seen when I am out and around where I live, 60 year olds wearing T-shirts, I’ve seen people wearing our hats. The funniest thing is a lot of the people that I see don’t actually know me for making the brand , they just know that it is a brand that it had started off locally. The fact that they want to support that has been amazing and also the amount of people I see in the messages when we do a release that is a community project . Whether it would be getting food for a school or new school books and uniforms, we made a post for school uniforms in winter. We had so many donations we could give it to three different schools and that was just off the back of people wanting to be a part of helping. Not necessarily them obtaining anything or being shouted out in the public eye, from the bottom of their hearts they wanted to help. For me that is the most special thing about being able to do something like this.

FP: We have brought you down to talk a bit about World Book Day and the T-shirt and anything in terms of these of book chats. Is this the first time you’ve done something like this?

Ellis: We’ve done things before asking people if you can drop any clothes or toys and a few books have come in and it is funny to see how quickly the books go. It is normally stuff that people have in their house, something that they used to cherish so it is normally good stories is not something they have just gone and bought. Even my own little brothers love my old James Bond and storm breaker books and stuff like that. For me, I am severely dyslexic so for a long time when I was in school I used to always shy away from reading. I had one teacher called Mr Gale and he said if you find something you actually want to read it comes a lot easier. I actually used to go to the library and look around and I would find books on football or I used to love adventure books or spy things like that. It spurred me on a lot more to try harder in my education. Reading for me was one of the most difficult things and it can go a long way  when you become more confident. It is a tool that you can use in every walk of life, being able to read and write and communicate with other people I wouldn’t say it is underrated because you are still learning but you’ll be so surprised having good manners and being able to read and write can get you a lot further then sitting and having to get a degree for this and that. Communication is the key man! That is for almost every walk of life and every job.

 FP: That’s a good piece of advice 

Ellis: I have two older sisters, they always work hard. Reading and writing is like an adventure and where people grow up isn’t always exactly where they want to be in life. Sometimes the escapes you can get through books are amazing because you can be sitting in your house and then you’re reading about travelling the world and you’re in a different place, you’re in an adventure.

FP: What about a larger aim? Do you guys see it being a UK or worldwide thing? Do you have a larger game or are you working towards smaller, reachable goals that you think you can see instant success from?

Ellis: You know what I haven’t really thought about world domination or being here and there. For me, if I could impact 5 people’s lives and they do 5 people’s lives and they tell their little brothers and cousins, that will be massive for me. It is more so just to show that it doesn’t really matter where you are from or what you do, if you want to help people you can do it and often helping people will be better than getting that million pound job and having that fast car. In London you can only drive 20mph in most places so what’s the point of having a Ferrari. That amount of money shared between people, you can do a lot of good and that’s what will impact the world long term. Instead of being like consume, consume, consume. I am just happy to be on this journey and to see where it goes.

FP: Some people would have seen what you did during the Euros last year with the God Save Raheem t-shirt. Could you tell us a bit about that project and the reasoning behind what you were doing? We thought it was a really nice initiative you ran. 

Ellis: I am a massive football fan, I would literally go to any game, I love playing and I am super competitive. Ask the boys they are sick of me moaning whilst playing on the Sunday, I do think being competitive is good though. It was in summer and I was looking at the England tops like £100 also a lot of the stuff around football was not very enticing to certain people especially the football England team, so I thought what can I bring to the table that is a little more different and I always see Raheem Sterling, he’s a young black man and kind of like a businessman, what he stands for me is that he is form St. Raphael, a local estate and all he has ever done is tried to play football and he kept on getting hounded in the press and I was like that’s one of my favourite players. He’s an amazing athlete but it doesn’t matter how good he does, he always ends up getting slated and then I was talking to one of my friends Jai and we were saying God save Raheem and it was literally like that lightbulb moment we got to turn this into a T-shirt. We put these on T-shirts we made like 10 or 15 for our friends and everyone in the groupchat was hitting me up like ‘yo I see these T-shirts’. We made these T-shirts in like an hour, got a sample the next day and from our actual idea it took two days to get them. At the end of that week I was like I am going to order 200, took them in a suitcase, went up town and I was selling them from the suitcase and it was just fun. Then I started going to the different games with the bags selling the T-shirts, it was amazing man. Then I ended up being on a shoot with him for New Balance and he was like oh you made those T-shirts, loads of his family got them so it was kind of nice to see. Big up to Raheem Sterling, he’s a lovely person. That he was shooting, he was playing football with the kids, giving as much knowledge as he could and he made sure everyone got footballs and football boots and was looked after. He is such a genuine, down to earth amazing person. 

FP: Ellis, thank you for coming, we really appreciate your time with us to go over your story. Before we let you go is there anything you would like to share with the Footpatrol community?

I would just like to say thanks for the opportunity to share the story and join us on this journey and I hope this is the start of many future collaborations. To anyone younger that is listening or if it is going to be written down try and work hard , school is only a short period of your life and it can affect what you do in the future. Working hard now will help you in the long term. All in all the message is just be nicer to people man, you’ll be so surprised how much that does for other people and in turn it will come back to you, good energy will always come around. When you’re gone no one is going to talk about oh do you remember his Rolex, do you remember his car? etc. They are going to remember that guy that was always nice and had good vibes and he got stuff done.

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