How Do You Say FALL In Japanese...

Some newny-newness from Denim&Dungaree / Go To Hollywood (Japan). Always obsessed with them. x

Modern Fun Happy.

I'm kind of crushing on Japan these days. Yuko Uemura's shop Pata Pri makes you feel like you've been invited over for tea and a snuggle. She hand prints all of her wares (mostly kitchen towels, and some amazing, cozy, quadruple-gauze baby blankets), and fancies 100% cotton and scrumptious linen. The prints, the colors, the vintage washed quality all make my heart skip a few beats.

Japan Keeps Truckin.

time-out chair

perfect toy bin

mini stools

tiny kitchen

I can't tell whether I'm overjoyed when I find companies like this or totally bitter that I'm not Japanese. Maybe a little sprinkling of both. Truck Furniture makes - wait for it - amazing custom furniture, yes. But they also sell some bitchin zakka, a few hand crafted toys and select pieces from some of my most favorite Japanese kids' lines. They're just really effortlessly good.

Thumbs Up. Life Yeah!

Just a few new shining gems from my favorite Japanese kids' brands (Fith, Denim Dungaree and Go To Hollywood - via Trico Field). It just doesn't get any better than this in terms of kids' apparel. If you haven't seen their stuff up close & personal, make that happen. Their fabrics / washes & dyes / graphic techniques / fits and styling are truly unrivaled.
Concept Stores in SOHO & Beverly Hills

Oh Rica You So Fine.

Vintage French finds? No no. Just another amazing Japanese artist who does vintage French better than vintage French. Books, textiles, album covers and on & on. Check out Rica Takada's gorgeous, simple, whimsical work at her home site Weekend Stroll (be sure to brush up on your ability to read Japanese!), or here.

Many (ridiculously adorable Japanese) Things. Please Enjoy.

Shinzi Katoh is a zakka-making fool. What is zakka? It's Japanese for "many (cleverly designed, thoughtful, self-expressive) things". He's got his vintage-French-cartoony-inspired illustrations on just about everything. But, beautifully, it doesn't feel over-played. From the tiny little bento-style lunch boxes to the stainless steel canteens to mugs to pencil cases to textiles to plates to totes (and so on), everything feels considered. And I want it all. (I can't get enough of the literal Japanese-to-English translations like "Enjoy Swing" and "Follow Me I Have Delicious Food").