Archive for the 'Shopping' Category

New Sneakers for the Missus

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Electric Pig
on July 3, 2008
in Kichijoji, Shopping and Sneakers
. 6 Comments

Eri has a hidden talent for seeing shoes that she likes, trying them on and liking them, procrastinating about buying them and upon finally deciding to do so, discovering that they have sold out. She had a bad experience a few years ago with a pair of Miu Miu boots, and the other week we saw a pair of Nike x Liberty Dunks that she (and I), really liked and when we returned to the shop to buy them, found they too had sold out. Yesterday, on going to the Nike Store in Kichijoji, we were pleased to see that they had started to stock them there too, after not having had them when I went to check the other week. I really like these. We're just trying to work out whether to keep the white laces or change to the included purple pair. Decisions, decisions.

Spectacular

Published
by
Electric Pig
on April 30, 2008
in Shopping
. 0 Comments

I finally got round to getting some new specs yesterday. The old ones were only ever really meant to be a cheap temporary solution to my glasses problem after 8 years of my really old ones, and I had got a little sick of looking like a 90s lesbian. The new ones have the (wonderful and appropriate) name of Viceroy and were made by Oliver Peoples, who's alright by me as he was the favoured brand of Patrick Bateman. Can't go far wrong with that. Click to see a gormless photo of me in them...

New Nippon Working Glove

Published
by
Electric Pig
on January 26, 2008
in Design and Shopping
. 2 Comments

Eri and I went out Christmas present shopping again today - we decided to buy each other stuff in the sales instead of before Christmas. This afternoon we were in Stitch in Daikanyama, where I saw these shrink wrapped "軍手" (work gloves). Apparently they featured in the design festival in 2006 but I have never seen them anywhere for sale before. The only dissapointing thing about them is the quality of the English on the packaging, all very good save for some your/you're and there/their/they're mistakes. There were about 25 different varieties, like hiragana ones (Japanese text), Hokusai ones, Kanji ones and the other pair that I was very tempted by; measuring ones. I liked the idea of holding something in my hands and being able to measure its length at the same time! In the end though I went for these ones, which have a subway map on them. Going to prove very useful when drunk and lost, I feel! Good value for 1000円!