Japanese Fashion – Shibuya 109

As for the shopping experience as a whole, I was pleasantly surprised that it does not cost that much money to wear the latest Japanese trends. Although they really like their designer purses (LV, Coach, Prada, Gucci are very hot there), the clothes themselves are mostly not what I would consider to be designer – although they do have their own brands there. For eg, the Cecil McBee store that I lined up for had typical prices ranging from $20-$80 USD. Stylish girls may be really into wearing this brand, but it’s a much cheaper alternative to how a girl in the US would wear say, Juicy Couture (which starts at about $60 for a t-shirt). As for quality, even though it was winter time, their sweaters were mostly cotton or acrylic – almost no wool. Even the jacket I ended up buying was made of polyester (but still on the cheaper side at about $80).As for shoes, prices ranged from $30 – $150. I looked at a ton of boots (since it’s almost rare to see someone without boots) and decided that paying over $100 for a pair of non-leather boots was definitely not worth it especially since their quality of fake leather goods is not the best. Regardless, they had an amazing selection of shoes and some really hard to resist styles that I knew I wasn’t going to see in the states for a while. Lucky for my wallet though, shoes only run up to size 8 in Asia and I couldn’t buy ANY shoes. Some stores did carry around 8.5, which is what I wear in heels, but even those were very rare. I was a bit sad because I was dying to buy this one pair of boots, but am now on a mission to find something similar.