Apr 9, 2006
Uniqlo T-Shirts 06
Looks like Uniqlo is going all out this year with their t-shirt collection, including a series curated by Colette, one by Staple Design, and one by Lodown. As always, all tees go for 1500 yen.
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Just went to pick up that one! Nice stuff. :)
I should point out that Patrick is the one how let me know about these new collections. Haven’t made it to a store yet, but I’ll go check them out sometime this week.
Argh, there seems to be a lack of good shirts here in the US while Japan has Uniqlo and the ever impressive Graniph. Do you know if these threads are available to people in the US? Or are we just screwed and confined to branding ourself with shirts that advertise its manufacturer (ie Stussy, Obey).
Edit: Well, Threadless is awesome, but I think I’ve bought about ten shirts from them. I neeeed Graniph tees.
Graniph doesn’t ship outside of Japan. As for Uniqlo, seems like I heard a while back that they had opened shops in the US — not sure if it ever happened though — but I have no idea if they would offer these lines of tees.
Oh, and looking through the Uniqlo site, looks like there’s still plenty of other collections that will get released later this month, including one with airline designs!
Uniqlo has some outlets in London (drab and uninspiring website here: http://www.uniqlo.co.uk/). I went into the Regent Street one when I was back in the UK a couple of years ago, and all the t-shirts were rather dull – “how to tie a knot” guides in Japanese, random characters like “kaze” writ large, etc. etc.
Just wonder how to purchase those Japs version Uniqlo tees. I checked out the Uniqlo site (japan) they dont deliver outside Japan. Please advise.
I don’t believe there’s any way you can get your hands on these outside of Japan. But truthfully, I went to the shop the other day, and there was nothing I wanted. I was sort of excited by what I had seen on their site, but once at the shop, I was rather disapointed.