Tokidoki, a new kind of purse
Okay, you might read that header and think, wow… This really is a girl’s blog. Well yea, you’re right. But I found these adorable purses and I’ve never seen them before, so I wanted to share my finding with you 
First off, ‘tokidoki’ is a word from the Japanese language that can be translated to ’sometimes’. For example, “Sometimes, I go to the movies” or “I like to play video games sometimes.” Back in Japanese class last year, I learned the word and laughed every time I said it. C’mon! It’s a silly word! ^_^
So I was up in NYC getting lost in the East (?) Village and found this cute little store that sold watches and Tokidoki purses. This guy named Simone Legno is the creator, although… I don’t think he’s Japanese…
There is a huge following for the Tokidoki brand online. The business has created little dolls of the characters off the purses, and notepads, posters, etc. People go crazy when they see these. Did I mention the characters have names?
The Purses!
You can tell I keep leaning towards the same design. Color, bright, busy, VERY anime-like. My style has been found, finally. I always hated going to the mall trying to find that one bag that I liked, because they are always $400.00 Coach purses, or LV purses, or fake-designer, or sequins so much they look like fish… Although these range $100.00 to $200.00 for each Tokidoki purse, I’m not put off because I really like the design.
And that was my girl-on-a-soap-box speech for the day.
June 13 2009 09:45 am | Japan and anime