I owe this post entirely to Fashion Hayley and her useful travel tips that she has wonderfully passed over on her Tokyo-focused blog. Without the help of Hayley, I would have gone under the silly assumption that the shops in Harajuku in Tokyo were the height of independent spirited creative expression because I am essentially… Continue reading Kita-Kore Kicks
Category: Shopping
Slinging Around Singapore
The amount of catch-up I have to play to relay the events of the past few days where I've been taking a look at the roster of Southeast Asian designers gathered up for the second edition of the Blueprint trade show held in Singapore. It makes it all the confusing that I've actually departed Singapore… Continue reading Slinging Around Singapore
Getting Sporty
What did I know about Sportsgirl before saying "Yay!" to guestblogging for them during RAFW? Well, actually more than people thought I did, as they harboured suspicions that I knew not a single thing about their Antipodean, hidden-away Australia-only chain store. Thanks to at least twenty Aussie blogs on my RSS reader and the lovely… Continue reading Getting Sporty
Jas M.B. Returns!
To see this familiar font above a shop space is a happy sight indeed. To see it on a Rivington Street shop space is even better. When leather goods designer Jas M.B. closed his Doors by Jas M.B. store on Ganton Street in Soho, it was another jab into the number of diminishing independent boutiques… Continue reading Jas M.B. Returns!