So, as I said, I was totally psyched! Rrr... until I actually checked it out. Um... WHAT? I couldn't have been more disappointed. Shapeless shirts. Bland, boring colors.
(Way boringer than these!)Come on, Japan. I've never been there, but I KNOW you can do better. Not that it ever claimed to be, but Harajuku this certainly is not. (As an American who's not only SEEN "Lost In Translation," but also harbors a secret, shameful love of Gwen Stefani, I FULLY expect my Japanese exports to be FULLY kawaii, k?) The ONLY thing I could even fathom wearing was MAYBE their workout cropped yoga pants, but why on goddess' green earth would I even bother braving the riotous shoppers on Broadway when I could easily go to ... oh... I don't know... "Young Army" for the same pants, same price, possibly even cuter design? No reason I can think of. I know it's just a pop-up store -- the real deal launches later this year at a far larger space -- 546 Broadway, to the tune of over 36,000 square feet! -- but if it's just 36 times the same basics -- and I DO mean basics -- then I'll fully embrace the actually catchy jingles of Young Army (I actually think that "Get Your Fash-On" rap is pretty cute -- it's about 1000 times better than those performance fleece jingles, no?) and do my basics-shopping there. Oh, and speaking of... I was there the other day, and I was very surprised to find, much like Urban Outfitters, the F/W '06 stuff is actually quite cute -- Old Navy's even moreso than Urbs, dare I say? FINALLY well-fitting (read: tops longer than 20 inches) pieces:
($29.50, TheON.com)And look! Cute jeans!
($25, And available in Short, thus saving me a trip to the tailor!!!)They're totes doing what Urban should've been doing if they hadn't gone off the deep end and come out with a F/W line of stuff that looks like it took a bad trip back to a Seattle and crawled out of a circa-1991 Dumpster:
But I digress. Back to Uniq-no: It looks like their stuff (or at least their ads) in Japan is way cuter:
Or at least one would hope, right?
4 comments:
I smell what you're saying on the Uniq-lo women's stuff...it's pretty sad. but i do have to say that their men's stuff shows promise...old navy's men's dept., unlike for women (my sister constantly gets really cute stuff there for really little $$) is essentially stocked with the rejects from the Topeka Wal-mart. Honestly, i was recently thinking that i could be a great Old Navy buyer, b/c I would just have to fly to china, walk into the showrooms, and then pick out the 100 items that i'd be least likely to ever be caught dead in...
that being said, uniq-lo for guys was really cheap, and some of the basics looked as good/better than American Apparel, and were much cheaper. so i'm definitely going to give it a try for cotton t-shirts and such, and i hope that the bigger store comes through with some more decent shit.
I can't wait for this store to open. I am looking forward to American Apparel have some sort of competition in the stark boring world of plain T-shirts.
Urban Outfitters has become so incredibly trendy, yet has remained at the same price point. If your clothes are going to be that on point with trend then they have to lower then especially to compete with the greatest cheapo place of all...Forever 21. We shall see how Topshop fairs when it gets here.
god, i love forever 21. i think i'm'a gonna go there after i hit H&M in search of that sweet bag you scored. yay half days!
I was in Uniqlo the other day-- wasn't phased by it. Another "boring basics" store that had lines outside the dressing room.
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