Guanghua Market: Taipei

Posted on May 24, 2006 Under Travel

We hustled around Guanghua Market and the surrounding streets for a few hours before our flight out of Taipei. Electronics were definitely less expensive, laptops, monitors, audio equipment, etc. We spent a lot of our time in shops looking at…

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Adidas Roller Skates

Posted on May 18, 2006 Under Life, Travel

I received a lot of feedback and questions regarding the Adidas roller skates I mentioned I saw earlier this week in Daikanyama. I was a little bit off on the price, they're actually only 41,000 Yen or about $375. I…

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Adidas and Stitch: Daikanyama

Posted on May 17, 2006 Under Travel

I really enjoyed shopping in Daikanyama, it's a fairly quiet neighborhood set back from the flashing lights of neighboring Shibuya. Over the next few days I'll be highlighting a few of my favorite shops from this neighborhood. Although there are…

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Patchwork: Toys in Taipei

Posted on May 11, 2006 Under Travel

Only having one day (really 26 hours) in Taipei was a big ol' tease, luckily I'll be spending another day there on the way back home. I did manage to check a few pretty nice shops I found walking around…

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The Karmaloop Kazbah

Posted on May 10, 2006 Under Fashion

Our friends over at Karmaloop are giving all you starving artist and design junkies the opportunity of a lifetime with the new Rock the Kazbah global underground market place! Karmaloop will provide 45 lucky individuals the chance to showcase their…

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Krudmart Relaunch

Posted on April 13, 2006 Under Fashion

Earlier this week Krudmart officially relaunched with a new and improved store and in my opinion a much needed facelift. The new site is packed full of many new brands, tons of t-shirts and gear and plenty of toilet-joke humor…

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Rhidden Clothing

Posted on April 10, 2006 Under Fashion

A lot of people dream about starting their own businesses, but it's only those bold few who actually take a shot at it, and with a lot of hard work and a little luck, manage to turn nothing into something.…

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Huf Online Sneaker Blowout Sale

Posted on March 14, 2006 Under Fashion

One of my favorite San Francisco based stores, Huf, is having a monster-sale online. Literally dozens and dozens of shoes marked way, way, way down. Someone must have made a mistake-- so many sizes, so many sneakers, yet so little…

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Fight McFashion!

Posted on March 6, 2006 Under Fashion

In an effort to end McFashion in its entirety Karmaloop.com is giving $10 gift certificates to everyone who signs up for the JoshSpear.com mailing list. The code is in the last confirmation email after you sign up-- you can't miss…

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Alife Online Store

Posted on February 22, 2006 Under Fashion

Uber-cool brand Alife recently launched an online store where you can get some of their signature sneakers, jeans, shirts, hats, jewelry and more. This brand is a serious trend setter and with an online shop now they're surely going to…

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