A Bathing Ape (or wholesale Bape Jeans) is a Japanese Cheap clothing company founded by Tomoaki "Nigo" Nagao in 1993.The company specializes in street wear, operating discount stores in Japan, including Bape Jeans, Bape Jeans Store, Foot Soldier and the Replica Bape Jeans Exclusive store (located in Aoyama, Tokyo).