It’s that magical time of year in Japan right now!  Cherry Blossoms or ‘Sakura’ are in full bloom. This image was sent to me by the lovely Satoshi Hirano.

and THANKS ELLE Girl JAPAN! for my feature

I love the colours and shapes of Japanese fashion. Kusama dots, Lolita punk, indigo denims … modern twists of capes and kimonos let you fly around the city. Extremes are really extremes and modernity rubs shoulders with the past in a wonderfully jarring way… here are some of my fashion highlights from Japan:

Flea market Japan:

HARAJUKU girls:

Omotosando style:

The super talented Chisa and her splashed shoes by the Sky Tree near her studio

The beautiful Ai in her vintage jacket at the flea market!

The Hostess with the absolute mostest in Naka Meguro’s best kept secret restaurant. (All good restaurants are secrets in Japan behind hidden sliding door)

Seiko -vintage store owner in the super cool Daikanyama-cho district

Hiroyo button style

Hiroyo loves buttons and 45rpm which is great japanese fashion store!

Thank you LCC!

I was enlisted to help create a GREEN WEEK workshop at London College of Communication last week which was rather super! There were all sorts of activities and walls on the go! A huge thank you to all the contributors who helped. To name just a few…Garudio Studiage for the amazing Lucky Skip! Skip Sisters for the super recycled bead workshop , Maria from Plastic Seconds incredible recycled plastic jewellery workshop, Veja’s sustainability wall and to all the students and staff who were so open and brilliant to work with!

So many new flavours of life here in Tokyo!

Loving the packaged boiled eggs! The perfect snack! and Green Tea flavoured ice cream

The ticket vending machine Ramen restaurants are amazing. You choose and pay for your ramen at the vending machine then pass your ticket to the chef!

or I just went to a restaurant where you choose your ingredients from a fridge then pass them to the chef -nice

and of course the plastic food just gets better and is actually really helpful as all menus are in japanese! luckily i’ve been taken to lots of restaurants by japanese friends who can order for me

Yumi ordered us Fish testicles which is salty and creamy!!?

Everything is packaged into tiny gifts: bananas, corn on the cobs, snacks…so everything becomes like a tiny ceremony.

My new Japanese saying is “hi”  it means “sure” in Japanese and you shrug your shoulders as you say it.

I’m very lucky  to be being sent off to Tokyo to shoot some super walls for my upcoming book! all very exciting! I’ve never been and have no idea what to expect, the tube map looks like a knot of worms! Looking so forward to seeing all my new Japanese friends! (images below courtesy of hello sandwich)

See you Grace Lee Monday night for noodles and saki in Shibuya:)

xSarah

Super Thanks to all who came down to No-One store on Friday It was fab!

Thanks to all the designers who are selling their super stuff! Camille Vic -Dupont came on by with her eye-popping cushions, Giannina Capitani with her snoods, Alice of Hackney with her jewellery…

THANK YOU CAMPARI for the yummy Campari Orange Passion cocktails and soda’s. I love those little bottles!

and thank you Rob, Oliver and Isaac for being super barmen! (It was no easy feat!)

Tomo and Adelya for super woolly wrapping service!

Linnea Apelqvist, Linda Berlin and Ben Everett again…for the marvelous and much admired woollen wonder window!

and of course Teresa Skrgatic and Nick Jaguar for the coolest of collabs!

The store is bursting with Stocking fillers:

Swedish Animal Rings by the lovely Julia Nielsen, Windmill brooches which spin in the wind by Merel Karhof, Katie Leigh ceramic egg cups, and the super Giannina Capitani’s cosy snoods and much much more….

C U SOON!

WHEN: TODAY 11/11/11

TIME: 6pm -9pm

WHERE: NO-ONE store, 1 Kingsland Road, London E2 8AA

COCKTAILS BY CAMPARI

xS

C U for FRIDAY FUN!

shopping and cocktails, the best way to start the weekend!

11/11/11

6pm-9pm

NO-ONE store, 1 Kingsland Road,  E28AA

xS

The night time Guerrilla knitting install took place last night! Linnea Apleqvist, Linda Berlin, Ben Everett, Tomo Kojo-Robertson and I came armed with yarn and have woven and wrapped No-One Store! The window is up! and looks fab!

We’ve wrapped shelves, rails and more inside -so come see! There is some great new products: Lina Meier’s Alphabet Keys Rings,Xmas cards by Present and Correct and Jewellery by Zena and Me, Alice of Hackney, Tache hankies by Ruth Bartlett…  -the perfect stocking fillers!

BIG THANK YOU TO THE KNITTING TEAM! Especially the master- Linnea Apleqvist -a yarn expert!

xs

This week we’ve been weaving! Linnea Apleqvist, super set designer and our weaving team have been guerilla knitting at NO-ONE Store in preparation for the launch of Supermarket Sarah for Jaguar Shoes Collective’s XMAS LAUNCH EVENT NEXT FRIDAY! It will be on 11/11/11! We’ve got some super new designer pieces, perfect xmas gifts all ready to go for the launch night which will be sponsored by the yummy and stylish Campari! Your cocktail shopping night awaits!

C U THERE!