Whether you’re heading to Dong Qu or Ximending, we’ve got your retail therapy covered. Here are 6 stores to visit in Taipei. No.27, Ln. 187, Sec. 1, Dunhua S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.) My favorite spot on this list by far – Integral 03 Taipei has got super friendly staff (be sure to say hi to the friendly bespectacled staff Anthony when you do visit) and a wide range of great products to boot. It carries skateboard and streetwear brands including FTC, APC, Carhartt, aNYthing, Quiet Life, 10 Deep and Nike SB. Expect to hear old school hip-hop pumping on the stereo and skate videos being screened on their huge video wall. If you are an SB head, this is the spot to score some heat that we might have missed in Singapore. No.38, Ln. 161, Sec. 1, Dunhua S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei, Taiwan Why visit Juice Taipei? Because your inner Edison Chen fanboy wants you too! Seriously though, how can you afford to pass on the opportunity to check out possibly the dopest, hypest store in Taipei?
Sure, the limited edition collab items have probably been sold out seconds into their release to punters who have waited hours, but there’s still plenty to witness, explore and drop cash on. Aside from Clot, Juice stocks brands like Hood By Air, Original Fake and Perks And Mini. No.3, Alley 35, Lane 181, Section 4, ZhongXiao East Road, Daan Dis I only learned about Invincible after their New Balance release; apparently this store was opened by two Taiwanese TV personalities. On my initial visit to the East store located in Dong Qu, there was a release for TOMS shoes and, naturally, a line of women waiting to get in. With absolutely no interest for standing in line for TOMS, I left and returned to Invincible two days later. No line this time, but the store was still pretty packed with people (mostly women) grabbing pairs of TOMS as if they were going out of style. Perhaps it was a super limited collab that I was missing out on but I chose instead to check out Invincible’s other extensive range of products including Porter, Original Fake and sneakers by all the major brands.
Forget about bugging the staff to check if they have any pairs of the New Balance collab left over, I couldn’t even get someone to assist me for sizing on their Stussy collab tee. Blame it on TOMS for me walking out empty handed.35, Ln. 181, Sec. 4, Zhongxiao E. Rd, Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Phantaci is the place to buy your kid sister/girlfriend/wife/grandma presents. Yes, this is Jay Chou’s retail crib and in this space, his exclusive Phantaci line of clothing, accessories and merchandise spans two levels. If you’re not into his label then check out the kicks they have for sale here, you might be in for a surprise or two – there were still pairs of the New Balance x Staple 577 ‘Black Pigeon’ for retail in select sizes when I visited. It’s inevitable that you will be dragged along to Ximending to experience the tourist crush with 65,337 others. If you do, there’s always the MBC, aka Millionaire Boys Club, to check out. Don’t be too quick to dismiss this as a Pharrell rip off/joke store, they carry a good selection of Dissizit!, LRG, Staple, Stussy and Undefeated, with many items for clearance.
I bagged two steals in the form of Stussy x John K (Ren and Stimpy) tees for only SGD15 each! Zhongxiao E. Rd, Taipei 170, Alley 18, Lane B1 If resellers make you angry, do not visit this shop. If being eyeballed for checking out products at inflated prices offends you, do not enter this shop. If you’d like to see what the cool kids in Taipei are jiving for, what’s hype, and at what price, then EST! Select Store is the spot. Tucked in a nice cosy corner, EST! has got Supreme box logo tees, Mastermind Japan Adidas’, Shawn Yue’s New Balance collab and many other products going at reseller prices. While this spot is by no means Flight Club NYC, it might be a worthy stop in the Ximending area where you might find a much coveted pair of grails. Well, they did have Nike SB Krampus’ going at SGD220. • Forget Ximending, Dong Qu (East District) is where it’s at now. Dong Qu is where nearly all the cool shops are. Nearest MRT stations are either Zhongxiao Fuxing or Zhongxiao Dunhua.
• In Taipei, shops open till late! Most shops in Dong Qu operate from noon to 9pm on weekdays and till 10 or 11pm on the weekends, so you have time. • Our list doesn’t include A Bathing Ape and Stussy but don’t let that stop you from hunting them down; the newly opened Stussy Taipei chapter store is worth a visit. • If you’re looking for accommodation, search Airbnb (or similar sites) for an apartment around the – surprise surprise – Dong Qu area. There are loads of late night supper eating spots and the 24-hour Eslite (wiki) bookstore is a 5 minute walk away so you can pop in at 4 in the morning to browse a stunning array of periodicals, journals, etc. You’ll also be on the main MRT line which makes commuting around a breeze. • Before making payment for your purchases, if it’s not already obvious, inform the cashier that you are in fact a tourist and enquire about tax rebates. On more than one occasion, this writer got an extra 5% off his total bill, which only meant more cash for drinks at the bar later.
Sneaker Consignment Shop Sells Fake Yeezys And Refuses To Refund Money October 24, 2016 BY Sneaker News Being able to trust the source of your sneaker purchases is absolutely huge, especially when dropping copious amounts of cash. One of the more coveted items is the Yeezy Boost 350, and sadly counterfeits of this sneaker run rampant throughout the secondary market. Redditor intensetrash26 purchased a pre-owned pair of the Turtle Doves from sneaker consignment shop kolorblind in San Diego for $1,700, and unfortunately they turned out to be counterfeit. While it’s understandable for a pair of fakes to slip under the radar, what’s not acceptable is the shop refusing to refund the customer. He says he was offered $1,000 in store credit, but he rightfully refused that offer. kolorblind has since blocked the customer on social media and has not made any further attempts to rectify the situation. Above: Original Instagram photo posted by kolorblind of customer. It has since been deleted.