Big In Japan: New North Face Purple Label
- story Alex Frank
How many times a day must we bemoan our inability to convert dollars to yen? High Snobiety brings us images from The North Face’s Purple Label, sold exclusively in Japan. It’s just the latest in a string of American labels (Levi’s, Woolrich, among others) that give their best off-shoot lines to the Japanese market and keep us Yankees in the dark. Japanese store Nanamica has the entire line, which includes essentials like color-block velour backpacks and floral duffles.
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posted on Nov 2, 2009 in STYLE NEWS tags high snobiety, Levi's, nanamica, north face, North Face Japan, purple label, Woolrich Woolen Mills
North Face Japan in NYC One Day Only!
- story THE FADER
We’ve kept a sartorial eye out for North Face Japan since their lovely purple labels started popping up all over the internet—but sadly not in US stores—a few years ago. This Saturday (that’s December 8th, as in tomorrow) is the first time ever the Japanese gear will be sale on US soil. It’s super limited with only 400 pieces in circulation in a sprinkling of US stores including Alife New York and the North Face store (the store opens 6am so we suggest you get in line like now). We went to take a look at the the NSE collection a few weeks back at a lil soiree held at Alife, and it’s all inspired by the birch trees of Northern Japan—very soothing and cozy warm indeed. Click more for a complete list of stores.
