Hello, this is Kubo. Today I'd like to talk about the first time I chose and bought clothes myself.
At the time, if I wanted to buy clothes that I really wanted, even if it meant stretching my budget a little, I would go to a department store. I'm from Osaka, so I often went to the Hankyu Department Store in Umeda. There was a wide selection of products, or rather, a large number of brands, so it was a great place to choose from.
I think it was around the autumn of my third year of junior high school that I first became interested in clothes. I went to Umeda Hankyu and found a Paul Smith shirt there, which was the first brand I ever bought myself. It was about 15,000 yen, and I bought it at full price. I used the money I had saved from my pocket money and New Year's gifts.
It was a wonderful corduroy design with a print only on the collar, and I bought it almost as if it was love at first sight. After buying one and becoming a fan, I wanted more, so next I bought a shirt that looked like it had been splattered with paint. After that, I started visiting the Paul Smith store every week, even if I wasn't buying anything.
My love for Paul Smith grew so much that I even went to Europe during the summer of my first year of high school. My private tutor at the time, a medical student, was going on a backpacking trip, so I tagged along. I bought an open ticket with Cathay Pacific, with no set return date, and traveled for about 40 days. With the permission of my high school homeroom teacher, I left Japan just before summer vacation. It was also at this time that I wrote in my diary for the only time in my life.
The first place I arrived in was London. I went to Piccadilly Circus, one of London's busiest areas, and entered the Paul Smith store, which I had always wanted to visit. However, everything they sold was extremely expensive, and there was nothing I could buy. In the end, I bought a green hat from a strange shop nearby and returned to my lodgings.
After that, I traveled around Europe and even went to Morocco in North Africa. I went to almost all the famous select shops, and in the Netherlands I bought a leather jacket with lots of shoulder pads.
I first became interested in fashion through Paul Smith, but traveling around Europe made me fall in love with clothes. It might be better to say that I became interested in design rather than clothes. Perhaps it was because I was in the home of Western clothing, and I felt that design naturally coincided with life and society.
The Paul Smith shirt I bought when I was in high school is probably still at my parents' house. Every year when I go back home, I tell my mom not to throw it away. Clothes last a long time even if you leave them alone, but I also want to create products that people can wear and love for a long time. That's the feeling I always get when I think about Paul Smith shirts.
At the time, if I wanted to buy clothes that I really wanted, even if it meant stretching my budget a little, I would go to a department store. I'm from Osaka, so I often went to the Hankyu Department Store in Umeda. There was a wide selection of products, or rather, a large number of brands, so it was a great place to choose from.
I think it was around the autumn of my third year of junior high school that I first became interested in clothes. I went to Umeda Hankyu and found a Paul Smith shirt there, which was the first brand I ever bought myself. It was about 15,000 yen, and I bought it at full price. I used the money I had saved from my pocket money and New Year's gifts.
It was a wonderful corduroy design with a print only on the collar, and I bought it almost as if it was love at first sight. After buying one and becoming a fan, I wanted more, so next I bought a shirt that looked like it had been splattered with paint. After that, I started visiting the Paul Smith store every week, even if I wasn't buying anything.
My love for Paul Smith grew so much that I even went to Europe during the summer of my first year of high school. My private tutor at the time, a medical student, was going on a backpacking trip, so I tagged along. I bought an open ticket with Cathay Pacific, with no set return date, and traveled for about 40 days. With the permission of my high school homeroom teacher, I left Japan just before summer vacation. It was also at this time that I wrote in my diary for the only time in my life.
The first place I arrived in was London. I went to Piccadilly Circus, one of London's busiest areas, and entered the Paul Smith store, which I had always wanted to visit. However, everything they sold was extremely expensive, and there was nothing I could buy. In the end, I bought a green hat from a strange shop nearby and returned to my lodgings.
After that, I traveled around Europe and even went to Morocco in North Africa. I went to almost all the famous select shops, and in the Netherlands I bought a leather jacket with lots of shoulder pads.
I first became interested in fashion through Paul Smith, but traveling around Europe made me fall in love with clothes. It might be better to say that I became interested in design rather than clothes. Perhaps it was because I was in the home of Western clothing, and I felt that design naturally coincided with life and society.The Paul Smith shirt I bought when I was in high school is probably still at my parents' house. Every year when I go back home, I tell my mom not to throw it away. Clothes last a long time even if you leave them alone, but I also want to create products that people can wear and love for a long time. That's the feeling I always get when I think about Paul Smith shirts.