Yes, it is that time of year again. Red marked tags, whooping percentages, specially printed plastic bags, over swiped plastic cards, queues, grabbing, shrieking. It can only be the summer sales. I must confess, every year, I wander around aimlessly, picking things up at will and then deciding that it’s all a load of old… Continue reading Strategise in Sales?
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Pulp Reality
I have a penchant for mini-department stores. By department store, I mean a collection of fashion, household objects and books that’s very selective and coherent in its entirity. Colette in Paris is one example. Dover Street Market is another. On some level, Urban Outfitters can be in the same category. This concept hasn’t escaped Antwerp… Continue reading Pulp Reality
Antwerpian Vintage
Well, I’ll kick off my Antwerp-themed posts with some vintage goodness. The first pages I try to find in Time Out travel guides (the best sort of guides for shopping!) are second hand/vintage stores. So mainstream is vintage nowadays that it warrants a section in travel guides. So, my first day was spent visitng the… Continue reading Antwerpian Vintage
Margiela Hits Hong Kong
Trust Martin Margiela to forgo flashy modern mall space (of which there’s plenty in Hong Kong) and shiny, impressive streets to open his first store in Hong Kong. Rather, he has chosen a run-down, old fashioned, colonial building (one of the few that exist in HK!) in the backstreets of Central, nestled amongst the skyscrapers. … Continue reading Margiela Hits Hong Kong