Puma x Evisu Black Tattoo Denims now available!

When Puma first launched this new series of collabs with Evisu earlier this year, I knew I had to get a pair. I was quite enamoured of the shiny black swallows/paintstrokes on the back pockets of the denims. So when the new Puma boutique opened in Pavilion recently, I decided to check them out. I already had a pair from the earlier version of the True Love Never Dies series but was quite happy with this new one when I saw them. Check out the detailed work!

























Also, don't forget to get some TLND notebooks!







You get a special plastic/paper bag when you buy these jeans...




Oh btw, Rudolf Dasslers and Miharas kicks as well as the Urban Mobility range are also available at the boutique. Make sure you grab some free postcards ^_^




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Just went I thought I was out, YOU pulled me back in...

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Some cute cuff links...







Fred Perry T-Shirts







Lee Gold Label jeans (101z)

























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Happy Mid Autumn Festival... and some shopping!

Well another year has passed and today is, once more, the 2nd most important festival to many Chinese around the world. It's the Mid Autumn Festival aka Mooncake Festival aka Lantern Festival. So best wishes to you and your family and have a wonderful year ahead and good health to everyone :)

Last weekend I was at Kiara Park and it was heartwarming to see families gathering for a potluck. Also a great chance for kids to play with their lanterns. I saw a man who made a wonderful twin spinning lantern cans with a mobstick and some silicon wheels. It was cool to talk with him and hear his experience making the toy.

It was also interesting to see something else I haven't seen for ages... a coconut broom which someone brought. The broom itself is nothing special, being ubiquitous in many Malaysian houses... but the owner stuck some cloves of garlic and shallots on it as well as some dried chillies. It is supposed to drive off rain and I must say, even though the sky threatened to spill that day, it did not. Hmm...

Anyway, Puma launched the Moon Festival Clyde the past week and, today, it is officially released in some Puma boutiques in Malaysia. I managed to grab a pair of these Limited Editions just in time for the mooncake festival last night. I had called the boutique a few times prior and made sure I got there when I heard the news that they had received stock. The unique features of these sneakers are the Moon design on the tongue tab and the Moon Lady embroidered on the heel tab. The Chinese characters of “月亮” are imprinted on the side. Mita Sneakers in Japan did these collabs and apparently, there are only 242 pairs released in Japan. I have no idea how many pairs these are limited to in Malaysia and Singapore. Price? RM329.

There are actually 2 colourways (silver and burgundy) and I chose silver simply because it looks much more like the moon. In fact, the leather has a moon surface pattern on it.

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I was also pleasantly surprised that the Puma boutique in Malaysia now has Puma x Evisu collab jeans series titled, True Love Never Dies (TLND). I had earlier intentions to get a pair in Singapore but I did not have the time to look for the Puma boutique there. In any case, while the black denim series I wanted had yet to arrive, I tried on a pair of these and was really happy with the feel and fit of them so I got a pair. By the way, the jeans come in regular/loose and rigid/worn fits for both sexes. If you're a jeans fan, do check them out. In any case, they're made in Turkey and look good with the small details and the iconic seagull/paint stroke of Evisu (even though they're not Japanese selvedge denim).




























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Jeans??? GENES!!!

I used to be a big fan of jeans when I was a young adult. I remember I had a pair of faded 501s that I loved and I wore this pair everyday for 6 months before chucking it into a washing machine. Then when I took it out to dry, it simply disintegrated!

Anyway, I haven't found another pair that I could love up till now. I still have a few pairs of jeans in my cupboard but when I saw this pair of Evisu genes at Wondermomo at a decent price, I couldn't resist it and brought it home. Learn a bit about Evisu here.

Afaik, Evisu are only sold in Malaysia in Parkson KLCC and Wondermomo. Prices at Parkson are high because the product is still very much a premium brand. T-shirts from Evisu are around RM300-400 and the genes (that's the way they spell them in Evisuland) can go above RM1000 easily. Similarly priced jeans from Levi's would be the Limited Editions.

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The seagull mark of Evisu.
















Selvedge denim...




Anyway, something else interesting I got recently from Wondermomo - a Japanese print short sleeve shirt from Fred Perry. I like it!







And today I saw something else I could not resist at the Adidas boutique... the new 2007 All Blacks Jersey! Well made with Climacool. The cutting is huge so it's only M sized to fit me. Love the details in the texture which shows off the fern pattern associated with the New Zealand All Blacks insignia!













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