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Just when you think I’m done with Tokyo…

carolinang — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:21:11 +0000

… here are more pictures, from the ‘Shopping’ collection, hooha!

Sorry that I’ve only just decided to get out of my groucho mood (you can totally tell from my second last post).

Anyhoo, here goes!

Cabane de Zucca, a Jap brand that's breaking out into the international market. Really nice knits with whimsical details

Commes de Garcon. So cheap in Tokyo. Or does Club 21 super over price it here?

Another Commes de Garcon store, in Aoyama. Intriguing store design.

PLAY Converse sneakers from CDG, that Ken is grateful recipient of

A Dutch Jazz festival we stumbled upon at Marounochi, looks like a Heineken Green Room session

Forbidden Fruit cafe, through which we had to pass, to get to the goth-like Bedrock, sister boutique to Le Grand Bleu!

Yes... it's Lanvin. But look closer.

It's Lanvin en Bleu. I'm wondering if it's exclusive to Japan.

While looking for Rei's Dover Street Market, we stumbled upon this really cool find.

‘Magazine Alive’ is a pop-up store that showcases pieces that were featured in this month’s Vogue issue. Kinda like the ‘secret closet’ unveiled. The items are available for retail too I believe.

Papped a shot of what looks like a vintage Chanel necklace!

Jas striking a pose before the M by MJ fashion temple

Inside.

The Jill Stuart pearls I told Jas she can't leave without, punny punny I know, from a popular second hand designer boutique

An Dem at Omotesando Hills

White out! At Martin Margiela boutique

Amazing Cartier facade at Aoyama. Looks like a pipe organ yea

Simply freakin amazing Prada building at Aoyama. The area was largely residential til these superbrands started up there recently.

Issey Miyake's Pleats Please. Sulky assistants, one-dimensional designs, I have no love for this place.

Tsumori Chisato! It's my new favourite Jap brand. Girly and irreverent, I like.

Tsumori Chisato Gold. Yes, indeed!

Yea baby!

Multi-label boutique, Loveless

Yohji Yamomoto's flagship

Local label A.P.C I think. Very very cool underground bunker-like store.

Sexay-as-hell local multi-label boutique Restir complete with hidden doorways. They stock Victoria Beckham's line, which I really like I must say.

After getting Gloria's Russian Dolls, Jas and I were starting to see them everywhere!

Chanel lift button!

A well-put-together lady decided to pass on the gorgeous red jersey classic flap. Nooooo

Chanel cosmetics area in the Ginza boutique

Hermes! At Marounochi. Jas was tired of me popping in to every Hermes possible.

At the Ginza Hermes where we got the royal treatment. Managed to pap a shot! Whee

The coffee that was so graciously offered to us by the affable Ms. Watanabe.

The too-pretty-to-eat Kelly chocolates. I wanted to tabao! haha

Mandrake in Shinjuku. Four stories under this structure lies an underground manga epicentre! I had to force Jas in.

Statue of liberty, and the Golden Gate bridge?!?! At Odaiba.

We retire to amazing views at the (highest in Tokyo) Club Lounge before and after shopping!

On a lonely stretch of Shibuya.

Let me leave you with this closing shot of a tailor at the window of a boutique.

Tokyo was senses and shopping overload! I did wish that I got into more vintage stores though, and perhaps the Naka Meguro district. Next time, eh?

Ok, signing off!

YES! theoutnet.com is LIVE

carolinang — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:43:14 +0000

NICE.

Pardon my gushing. But if you have found the elusive dress from last season at 70% off retail (Singapore boutique prices), you would be too.

Look, look, look. Yes, it’s the Marc organza dress I was hunting for, twenty posts back.

Natalie Massanet, of the net-a-porter.com genius, has taken the gloom and doom in her stride, and turned out theoutnet.com, which offers heavily-discounted designer goods in limited quantities and sizes. Not unlike the gilt.com flash sale website that I frequent. Except that you don’t have to wait or count down to the sale. It is a perennial event.

It take(s) advantage of clothes and shoes ordered by department stores who have then had to cancel their shipments as they feel the full force of the credit crisis.- Source: telegraph.co.uk

Well, I’m darned glad.

What I did with my vouchers

carolinang — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:36:10 +0000

Remember those vouchers from the previous post?

I had let the excitement get way ahead of me. I paid a quick visit to the month-old Marc by Marc Jacobs in-store boutique at Isetan Scotts. It was disappointing. They didn’t have the pretty frocks from the previous nor current season, to be honest, nor anything pretty at all. What is up with that?

Then I realise, ok, this is run by Club 21. Immediately I’m wondering if it’s the same buyer, who purchases for DKNY and Calvin Klein. They often miss out on the key pieces. They charge a crazy premium, the least they could do is bring in some nice pieces. A conversation with the manager, – though she is polite - didn’t help at all. The staff is ill-informed about the apparel, not unlike the folks at DKNY and Calvin Klein.

So I thought I would take my vouchers somewhere else more deserving. Where I got this.