a pair of vintage ferragamo monk straps & a celine medium shopper. haven't worn frigging dress shoes for quite some time. truly constraining & exhausting. couldn't help but ughhh a hell lot
monk strap
a pair of vintage ferragamo monk straps & a celine medium shopper. haven't worn frigging dress shoes for quite some time. truly constraining & exhausting. couldn't help but ughhh a hell lot
hidari pocket
it was dusk time in nakameguro & i was just wandering as usual then i saw this HIDARI POCKET van that sells books & lemonades & coffee. they even have a few seatings provided. way too lovely & i had a ginger lemon soda thingy, sipped sipped, & kept on walking
summer don't go!
after visiting like 8 sneakers shops in tokyo i finally found myself a pair of this VANS van doren era hawaiian in my size, only to find out that they are on sale at URBAN OUTFITTERS for 40 bucks or something. oh well
totoro mimi kaki
this totoro thingy is for cleaning the inside of your ear! but i think ima use it to stir my bloody mary instead. awww, totoro and his gang
iroquois
everyone, meet my new favorite japanese menswear brand IROQUOIS. their denim-jacquard-fusion jacket is a love-at-first-sight for me; so pretty & flaming in a subtle way. then it comes the beauteous catalogue. all the images whisper the theme for this autumn winter season so splendidly - let's run away & join the circus! you can't get more we could grow up 2gether than that. from a henley shirt to a bomber that's so becoming for a spectacular juggling act, this brand is full of whimsy & childlike sense of wonder. you can see a lot of heart from the detailing & lining. last but not least, thanks to takeshi san for welcoming me so even i just barged into his ebisu store demanding to take pictures & stuff :)
illuminated
who would have thought this plain ass looking grey jumper from LOUIS VUITTON would glow in the dark?! wheeeee!
初 秋 cry baby の 淚
a lil story i did with the beautiful tadas naujokaitis for some rag in hong kong. perfect for the first day of autumn
aoi ( 青い )
went to CASPER JOHN the other day & got these two lovely blue purchases - a denim button down shirt with needlework and an awesomely washed indingo cardigan with anchor motif buttons
today's ensemble : army green
wearing army green wandering in the neighborhood of naka-meguro in the morning when it's a bit chilly & you can see leaves are beginning to turn colors and fall ...
lost in translation
my tokyo story with ben davis, featuring the autumn winter collection of N. HOOLYWOOD, for I.T post y'all!
celine / fuglen
first, meet my new-old celine. it's an all brown medium shopper without the swirlies in big chunky thick ass leather. lucious. thrift-shopping in tokyo is a big thing. apart from numerous online second-hand shopping sites ( like BRANDEAR & RAKUTEN ), there are also too many shops out here that sells an awesomely curated selection of precious items, like hermes haut a courroies ( think green leather + canvas ), chanel tweed jackets, & tricker's country boots. So i took my shopper out for the first spin & went to this cafe that kaz has been recommending - the FUGLEN. coffee beans here are picked in africa, roasted in norway & then flown to tokyo to be squeezed in an aeropress ( the fast-brew filter gizmo ).
an uber coiffed kenji kojima with a great tan & a sexy moustache made me an iced shaken coffee which was heavenly, probably because norway’s roasts are the lightest in the world & the most fruity also. originally from downtown oslo, this coffee house turns into a cocktail bar after the sun sets. and if you are a fan for the mid-century norwegian designs of dark woods & retro colors, just pay the price & take it home with you cos everything here is for sale, even the wallpaper! oh and fuglen means “the bird”
mah house
me having so much fun in tokyo and me wanna move here! and if that happened this is gonna ma house!
cheburashka!
CHEBURASHKA is character in a russia children's book written by eduard uspensky back in the 60's. this lil monkey used to live in the tropical forest but he accidentally gets into a crate of oranges, eats, & falls asleep. when he wakes up he's already in a grocery store in an unnamed russian city. the guy in the store takes him out & sits him on the table, but his paws are numb after the long time spent in the crate he tumbles down from the table onto the chair & then from the chair onto the floor. cheburakhnulsya ( чебурахнулся ) is a russian colloquialism which translates as "tumbled" in english & that becomes his name. these caramel candies are just so yummy
2day's ensemble : tropically island breeze
after yesterday's blog entry on sunflowers & floral print vans, me keeping it flowery & tropically breezy cool with these pants from GLOBAL WORK, a crispy white linen
shirt from CLUB MONACO, & a pair of plimsolls from TOPMAN