How can you spot a stylish Japanese woman?

She’s the one who wants to be white trash.


When I was in Ginza last Friday I came across an odd shop during a walk I’d taken to get something to eat (and to take a break from the Apple store line). The name of the place?

Hardly a name one would expect on a Ginza boutique, eh? Even for one not on the main drag, it’s a bit much. (Then again, there is a McDonald’s in Ginza.) Not surprisingly (to me) the store was empty. As in completely empty.

As in closed.

Saints alive! Common sense has prevailed! Or had it? A closer look at the flyer on the window showed that they’d just moved:

They also have a website. There’s enough stuff there in English to make it easy to poke around and check stuff out. Go ahead, take a look. I’ll wait.

Can you believe that shit?!?

¥189,000 for a trucker mudflap girl necklace? I don’t give a shit if it is 14k gold – it’s fucking tacky!

Check out their “Celebrity List” page. You’ll just the type of high-class people who wear this stuff. Britney Spears, J-Lo, Kelly Osbourne, Pink, Rosanna Arquette… Oh yeah, they just scream “fashion sense,” don’t they?

Seriously, Japanese women (especially those of you who can afford this stuff), you can do soooo much better in both jewelry and people to emulate than this lot.

Please, do try. Okay?