What do you wear to Tokyo?

It's funny what a few hours in Tokyo will do to a person. You loosen up. You catch the vibe. Shibuya is that perfect mix of Seattle casual meets big city hustle and bustle. The vibe is bright, busy and modern. It's got New York's flavor with the sweetness of the Japanese custom for consideration and politeness.

It's the coolest place I've ever been.

Harajuku was the agenda of the day, and I wanted to be part of that world. So I put together a shopping outfit that was 100% me in Japan. The heat was pretty stifling, but the pain in my feet was worse. After having already walked all day for 2 days, my feet were begging for flats. Not just flats, sneakers. Not just sneakers, fluffy cloud shoes sent from the shopping gods. But I wore these anyway.

Because I had waited 10 years to get there. And like hell I was going to wear any shoes but exactly the ones I felt the grandest in.

So what do you wear to Tokyo? Whatever you want. You'll be inspired everyday by the way the Japanese wear clothes. Differently, without apology. There will be casual to whatever you can think of, and it was that way every single place we went, from Shibuya to Harajuku to Akihabara. So be yourself. There is no city in the world as accommodating.

Japan? But what will you wear?

A long time ago, when the discussion of going to Japan first came up, a rather unpleasant friend of Bear's said something along the lines of, "Oh honey, no offense, but you'll never be able to go shopping there. Everything is so tiny. Japanese girls are quite thin."

I won't even get started on that. But I will say this. Women everywhere come in all shapes and sizes, and each should be celebrated. No fat hating. No skinny bashing. 

Even now, a well meaning friend of Bear's warned me not to go shopping in Sendai. "Everything there is tiny. Forget it. It's not made for us." 

Well. It may not be. But I love Japanese fashion. And I will wear it. Because they DO make clothes from XXS-LL and beyond. I've seen it. I find things all the time at the thrift shop that fit me just fine. 

So there. 

If you're a curvy girl, know that there will be awesome stuff in my store that could fit you. If your a thin girl, I got your back too.

Body Positivity. ✚ 

Happy Shopping.