I had a rare afternoon off so it was off to Dover Street Market to check out the biannual transformation of the store to make way for the treats they have in-store for S/S 09… …got there and there was a bit of a crowd gathering outside. Turns out Nigo (of Bathing Ape fame…) is… Continue reading Market Hi Jinx
Category: Shopping
Taking the M out of Mart
I had heard some cool things about New High (M)art, a store in L.A. that did some word play on KMart, gave themselves a tiny space in L.A.'s Chinatown (the opposite of a KMart…) and has played with the shop to host designer residences, changing installations and generally shaking up the conventions of retail in… Continue reading Taking the M out of Mart
The Mid-Levels
Alas, I'm not quite referring to the part of Hong Kong where I used to reside but an upsurge of mid-level pricing of 'designer' clothing. "Designer" seems like a very dated and broad category that could mean anything from publicly traded companies a la Prada to young designers who can't afford to pay their electricity… Continue reading The Mid-Levels
Goot Gosh!
Why do I keep on harping on about Bang Bang in every question that people ask me about shopping in London? Because bona fide bar-gains like this one occurs every so often. I spied this Josh Goot layered-pastel dress from the S/S 08 collection for ¬£80 in the Berwick Street Bang Bang before Christmas and… Continue reading Goot Gosh!