IRIE X WACKO: GUILTY AS CHARGED...

SOREPPOI B-
Jul 8, 2015
2 min read

Hey Y'all,

Hope you are enjoying a good week wherever you are... :)

After last week's post I wanted to start blogging some of the local SWAG... stuff that is available today and is DAMN near impossible to get outside Japan. If you don't know, I have been living in Japan for the past ten years and LOVE it!

Near my place are great boutiques, shops and stalls that you can cruise on any given day that will put you ON DA NEW.

Some fresh CATS near my home just opened a retail boutique called IRIE Yokohama.

I happen to pass this shop often so when I get the chance, I pop in to check what's on the rack, chat up the staff and let my KIDS run buckwild in the SHOP!

The ladies got it LOCKED with HATS, ALOHA SHIRTS (YES!)and MORE :)

Among brands featured like MARC JACOBS, Frank&Eileen and A.P.C, IRIE rocks the WACKO MARIA label "GUILTY PARTIES".

If ya don't know:

GUILTY started in 2004 by retired Japanese (English) football stars Keiji Ishizuka and Atsuhiko Mori.

Their BRAND is inspired by (and this is a quote from mates at IRIE): "FRIENDS, MOVIES, MUSIC, WINE AND WOMEN"

GUILTY produce everything from glasses (sun and fashion wearables), jackets, Tees, suits and even hats to compliment your STYLE.

The GUILTY PARTIES brand hails back the RUDE BOY style of the SKA era... they bring me back to greats like of The Specials, also known as The Special AKA - English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England.
The band wore mod-style "1960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits, and loafers).
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