I was excited to receive my first of 6 magazines of WITH from J-Town. I have been yearning to go to Japan to shop but reading the magazine has made my urge stronger.
With Magazine
The first page of the magazine has an article about H&M opening in Japan (in chronological order: Ginza, Meijidori, and Harajuku). The 3 articles of clothing that stood out from the page are only sold in Japan. The black coat, white sweater and black skirt (the girl in the white sweater is wearing it). My conclusion is that Gap, H&M, Zara, FCUK and Banana Republic all have Limited Edition styles in Japan only. Moreover, if you are petite they do have xxs or size 00 in many of the stores (which makes me want to fly to Japan right this second!!!).
H&M Japan
Last night I was in a shopping mood and I was surfing the net just to take a look at Samantha Thavasa purses and Tiffany’s jewellery. While I was flipping through the magazine I found a “cute” small boston bag. I had to see what brand the bag was. Was it a coincidence??? SAMANTHA THAVASA??? I was just talking to CrazyPyxo about asking a friend to bring one back from Japan for me. I think I have been brainwashed by (Beyonce, Penelope Cruz, Paris, Victoria Beckham, JLo) because they all design and model the bags. CrazyDiva you should check out the only store outside of Japan in NYC on Madison Ave. Although the selection in NYC is limited there are some cute bags (^_^)
- Samantha Thavasa bag
Bags! Bags! Bags!
On November 19th Gucci introduced it’s a Holiday Line of Purses and Bags. I felt that I might as well add this for the Limited Edition Bag Lovers. The one on the left is a dog and the one on the right is a heart tattoo. I think these are also only available from Gucci Japan.
Last night I was also talking about Tiffany’s jewellery and how I want to go take a look at some of silver jewellery (I can’t afford the gold or platinum). There were 3 pages in the magazine dedicated to Tiffany jewllery. I guess now that the holiday season is around the corner they want to advertise their limited editions and Holiday inspired jewellery. Gentlemen. ..women do love jewellery!!! Note: make sure it’s her style before purchasing it. I have had friends who have exchanged and returned jewellery because it was too big, too small, too childish, and too old womanish.
- one of the pages dedicated to Tiffany
1)Black is the colour of the season in Japan. (last year the royal blues and fuchsia pinks were in)
2) Tweed skirts and patterned scarves are also in.
3) Tunic Dresses with leggings (Beware of the thickness, colour and pattern of the leggings!!! Make sure they go well with the material of the dress.) and match it with the proper boots or shoes.
CrazyChiquita realizes she can no longer look through a Japanese Magazine and look for cheap deals to copy the styles in Toronto=( Please look forward to my January Edition of With Magazine!!!!
Oh oh oh, I want to borrow that magazine sometime! I love looking at all the clothes, hahaha