I was probably 20 years old when I met Christopher Nemeth at his first shop in Tokyo called Sector.

It was the late ’80s. He apologized for having a bad cold as he sneezed into a tissue.

I remember being overwhelmed by the unpolished store and the Japanese kids that trickled in.
I bought John Moore shoes, a Judy Blame hat, a John Galliano dress, and ( Read more... )

It was around 1997 when I purchased my first Louis Vuitton bag-an Amazone! It was the only thing I could afford at that time. It wasn't until 2001 when Marc Jacobs created the Stephen Sprouse bags that I became officially obsessed. Takashi Murakami followed in 2002 and the love affair continued for a few more years until it became, well, tired ( Read more... )

There's haute couture ("high fashion" or "high dressmaking") and there's haute maroquinerie or "high leather goods."
They say there are only 50 haute couture clients in the world, where the world's richest women spend tens of thousands of dollars on a custom-made dress from Paris ( Read more... )

Radar 3 came out! I forgot to remind y'all yesterday. Hope you saw it.


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