Uniqlo — Japan's H&M — Signs Up Chichi Brands for NYC Store

[sushijerk]

This is pretty freaking awesome. I certainly wouldn't mind if the NJ stores get the designer stuff but I highly doubt they would put it in that market. Their traffic is split between high schoolers and middle aged Asians from the burbs.

[tm]

so its only exclusive to the NY store right?

not any other uniqlo store around the world?

damn.

[sybaritical]

I'm never reticient about telling people that Uniqlo has been the way forward for years. I wonder if the cloak pieces will make it to London though ...

[bluespring]

just finished reading WWD! with article "Uniqlo Taps Designers For Capsule Collection"

For womenswear theyre working with:

Lutz & Patmos

Kino

Alice Roi

Philip Lim

GVGV

For Mens:

Cloak

Satoru Tanaka

HALB

Uniqlos Capsule Collection will be available to all of its stores worldwide!

[polishmike]

great news. i was hoping that cloak collection will make it to jersey stores so i don't have to fight for it in the nyc store.

[dismalfuture]

^ incredible if that really pans out and all the stores do stock, there's actually a Uniqlo about 10 minutes from me!! I never get the good shit without paying double first... at least if it's Uniqlo, paying double is still no skin off my teeth

[bluespring]

damn it after reading magazine i opened DNR and magazine and same news but more about cloak! the capusle collection will start on february and one month each for every designer! cloak will launch in april with water repellent windbreaker, pique polo shirt, jeans, cotton twil trousers and shorts.

Plokhov said,"the polo has a gusset at the neck opening, and the shorts have cargo details and everything is in black or gray with burst of white. i've given everything with my stamp."

so we guys better mark our calendars!

[mike lowrey]

hope this will somehow be available for us locationally challenged ones

[sushijerk]

and the shorts have cargo details

So......cargo shorts?

[jo3 b]

has anyone been to the uniqlo @ rockefeller yet? i'm heading there this afternoon after work..

[Blues]

I just came back from Rockefeller Center. Basically they had a few kinds of jeans, a few blazers, cardigans, coats, cashmere sweaters, nothing you haven't seen if you regularly check the Japanese site. The space itself was quite small and a bit difficult to find. (I've never been to the concurse level of rockefeller, I'm not a tourist)

[jo3 b]

:| i just came back as well.

it took me FOREVER to find. NO SIGNS outside, NOTHING.

and when i finally got there, all i could do was laugh @ the frustration the search caused. it was seriously a joke in there. after all the searching i felt i needed to buy something, and when tahts the case, i usually end up doing so.

this time, ther was NOTHING that i was actually interested in. :\ bastards. first time i was dissapointed in my uniqlo experience.

[Dangydang]

wait, so has the location on spring st closed down?

[M4TM]

sounds cool. can't wait to see what's coming out... too bad the nearest uniqlo is 1788 miles away.

[djrajio]

just finished reading WWD! with article "Uniqlo Taps Designers For Capsule Collection"

For womenswear theyre working with:

Lutz & Patmos

Kino

Alice Roi

Philip Lim

GVGV

For Mens:

Cloak

Satoru Tanaka

HALB

Uniqlos Capsule Collection will be available to all of its stores worldwide!

HALB is such a shitty label. Why are they even wasting their time with them? Good to see Cloak.

[nwhysee]

Any clue if the containment stores have the blue down vest? Thanks

[Guest jmatsu]

will this collab stuff be available in japan as well?

[masuerte]

blah

I guess I'll go to NYC next year.

[polishmike]

May 2, 2007—When Alexandre Plokhov announced he was shuttering Cloak back in December, there was double cause for concern—not only was New York losing one of its more adventurous labels, but what was to become of the lower-price line the designer was set to do for Uniqlo? We're happy to report the latter went ahead according to plan, and turns out to have been well worth the wait. The capsule collection includes jeans, button-downs, and shorts, but our favorite items are Plokhov's cotton polos, which sport smartly truncated collars, button-down breast pockets, and epaulet-evoking detailing on the shoulders (apropos for a military man–turned-designer). While fans of Uniqlo's playful approach to color may be disappointed at the muted palette, the Russian-born designer says his blacks, grays, and whites pay homage to his adopted hometown. "I wanted it to be like a postcard from New York," he says, while also characterizing the line as "Cloak's cousin from Japan." The collaboration marks Plokhov's first foray into mass-produced fashion. (While Cloak had about five staffers, he notes Uniqlo has five "just to choose the buttons.") And happily it won't be his last experience with a deep-pocketed partner. Since March, he's been consulting on Versace menswear. "It's been surprisingly easy and invigorating and liberating at the same time," he says of the Spring 2008 collection, which is set to debut in Milan on June 23. Haven't gotten our seat assignments yet, but at least we know what we'll be wearing.

— Paul L. Underwood

http://men.style.com/news/style/050207

[down4nyhc]

if i'm not mistaken the phillip lim stuff is out already.

[cchen]

so is the plokov polo shirt. i bought it, but didn't like the fit and returned it. the fabric felt cheap... wasn't worth $29.50 to me

[fg0d]

I hope these hit the Jersey stores. Maybe I could pick some up for the rest of you. The NJ stores aren't very popular.

[onemancult]

only the polo is available at the soho store, nothing else?

[polishmike]

I didn't even know that they are out. I'll try to stop by tomorrow after work to check them out, but if someone goes before please report back.

[doctorgnar]

The polo was there on Saturday - but I don't think anything else. It wasn't clear to me - that stuff is in the enclave near the front door and I didn't know what was what. It was mixed in with other shit.

[yamakazi18]

i love it!

but...

...We only hope the sizing will be more American than Japanese.

noo i like japanese sizing better!!!

[cchen]

only the plokhov is out

for Satoru Tanaka, there are shirts, a blazer, skinny jeans, and skinny chinos. I tried on the chinos... they were like nuthuggers

[onemancult]

let's just clear some things up here...

in terms of menswear, the Halb collection is the only one that i am aware of having been cycled in and out of Uniqlo NYC.

for menswear, it has already gone through Lutz & Patmos, and now Phillip Lim 3.1

is in?

either Plokhov is all in or not?

i'm going tomorrow to find the hell out.

[Cynlix]

i love it!

but...

noo i like japanese sizing better!!!

I'm with you there. I love asian sizes because they fit me so well.

[jaspar]

only the plokhov is out

for Satoru Tanaka, there are shirts, a blazer, skinny jeans, and skinny chinos. I tried on the chinos... they were like nuthuggers

Out or sold out? So much for my thinking it might last until June, when I'm next in NYC...