Sasuma

A lot of the clothes look super cute and there are good sales (I’m writing about the Arcadia branch btw). However, I just bought a Burberry Blue Label (Japanese exclusive) dress and it is most likely a fake. I’m not a fashion or counterfeit expert, and thank goodness I only got it for $ 50 (its original sasuma price was 250!), but while the label was good – you know, cut a little like a sample sale item but looked good according to online guides – the inside tag is English but should be in Japanese. There’s a no-​return policy for these items.
Sasuma seems pretty legitimate in general. Maybe the Asia purchaser (the cute salesperson says the clothes are from HK, Japan, and Korea) doesn’t realize he/​she is buying a fake.
Oh well. I’m still going to wear it.

Lots of cute clothes in the stores without the ridiculous mark up of other stores. The best time to come is when they have 50% off the entire store which happens every few months. I was just there and 1^st floor was 50% off while the 2^nd floor was 70%.

I believe I have found another sweet lil’ store to fix my need for imported clothes. There are some fresh trends from Korea in this store ranging from boys’ club, artsy, punk and utiltarian style. Dresses, long shirts and the jeans are all located on the first floor. Upstairs are jackets and more long flowy shirts. Every piece is girly-​girl and takes a daring approach to the conventional cuts. The only downside is that mostly every piece was one size fit all and the total charge takes a blow to the wallet.