>> "Mame" (as in eda-mame) may well be the cutest nickname I've ever come across but Mame, the brand, conceived by Maiko Kurogouchi is anything but cute, nor does it have anything to do with beans. There are two prongs to mame, which I discovered when I was in Tokyo. One is her beautifully cut,… Continue reading Full of Beans
Category: Travel
The Meaning of Blackmeans
It never ceases to amaze me the way the Japanese get stuck into a style culture, to the point of obsession, and then take it to a completely different place from the originating source. For instance, take the Americana vintage stores in Tokyo, which do Americana better than, dare I say the Americans (?) Or… Continue reading The Meaning of Blackmeans
Chouette Layered
>> That 65 kg of excess luggage can really be broken down thus – 30% second hand Comme/Junya buys from the sprawl of secondhand designer stores in Tokyo, 30% miscellaneous randomness that includes things like a pscyhedelic sweatshirt with a cat on it and a mug that says "You Great" on it so that I… Continue reading Chouette Layered
Chou Chou Chouette
Surreal doesn't quite cut it when I look at the random pap pic someone took of me at the Jardin de Chouette show at Seoul Fashion Week last week. Much to my ignorance at the time, I was in fact sitting in between hot K-pop star Victoria Song, leader of girl group f(x) and hot… Continue reading Chou Chou Chouette