Graffiti Truck in LES

I don't know what this truck is used to deliver, but I know that some amazing graffiti artists got their hands on it!  I saw this on April 25, 2009 at Bond and Lafayette Streets in NYC while wandering to SOHO (taken by my iPhone.)

I've never loved graffiti, but have come to really respect urban art through reading the blog The World's Best Ever.

Japanese Shopping in SOHO

So my lady and I traveled South of Houston this past weekend to rock some Japanese shopping in NYC! I walked away only with items purchased at a couple Japanese powerhouses that have migrated to the US. What better place to start than the hip shopping mecca...

UNI
QLO
http://www.uniqlo.com/us/
I got socks, a pink t-shirt, and...drum roll...a black velvet blazer for under $80. Poppin'!

MUJI
http://www.muji.com/
The new kid on the block. This store just opened in mid-November and is the first in the US. We waited in line to go in - ridiculous. I got some odds and ends (Christmas gifts, stationary, and a calender with Japanese holidays on it for Crew) - and would have been more impressed if there weren't WAY too many people in the store.

...if only I could have afforded...

Yohji Yamamoto
http://www.yohjiyamamoto.co.jp/english.html
Amazing (mostly black) clothes. Wicked pricey, wicked cool. The guy behind the Adidas commissioned line Y-3. He had some skeleton gloves last year I'd love to find...