UNIQLO is well-known for having a number of the finest collaborations within the style biz and now UNIQLO UT and Pop Mart have joined forces on a t-shirt collaboration, “The Monsters,” who’re Pop Mart’s bunch of tiny, playful elves that decision the Nordic forest their dwelling. This partnership joins the likes of UNIQLO x JW Anderson, Jil Sander and KAWS as a collab that brings out our internal shopaholics.
The characters have been created by artist and author Kasing Lung and have the outrageously standard Labubu. How standard? Well, celebrity designer Marc Jacobs wears a number of Labubus on his purse and has helped make Labubu the style accent of the 12 months. PAPER received in on the enjoyable with Pop Mart and UNIQLO UT to have a good time the Monsters with a high-fashion shindig at everybody’s favourite hangout, the blond.
Our trendy crowd climbed the blond’s signature spiral staircase and have been greeted by a photobooth, the place they channeled their internal supermodels and confirmed off their UT x Pop Mart shirts (and Labubus) they’d adorned themselves with. Just contained in the venue was a gifting desk the place friends may select their very own t-shirts from the gathering; the black, white, grey or pink shirts featured colourful Monsterland illustrations. As new arrivals selected their private t-shirts, a cavalcade of cuties lounged on banquettes, sipping specialty cocktails (the Hidden Grove Margarita and the Mischievous Sour), bopping to the musical stylings of DJ Haruka.
All round, friends confirmed off their favourite tees from the gathering and in contrast them with their mates. I attempted to maintain monitor of which coloration t-shirt was hottest and I used to be considering the pink and the white have been going to be primary however since each single t-shirt discovered a cheerful dwelling with a celebration visitor, it appears like each coloration was the most well-liked. The Pop Mart half-zip sweatshirt appeared to be the primary one to be ‘sold-out’ on the social gathering. It’s a wonderful means to keep heat AND trendy on this chilly climate.
Writer Harry Hill advised me, “I love my UNIQLO tee with the Monsters because I don’t always remember to bring my Labubu with me.” Harry then confirmed off his newest buy, which appeared to be the recent development: mini Labubus. “I just got the small one which is super chic and fits on everything,“ he explained, as the mini Labubu hung from on his Balenciaga rodeo bag in black. “We’re chillin’ at the Uniqlo UT & PAPER party and everything is groovy.”
Creative Director Valerie Zhang wore the identical UTxPopMart white tee as Harry however she gave her look a enterprise informal twist by including a shirt and tie over it. She additionally had her Labubus on her purse. “I have 4 Labubus, “ she explained. “This one matches my bag and also the mini one looks really cute together.” And certainly, it had a mom/daughter Labubu look.
Since I’ve an Eiffel Tower keychain on my purse, I received festive in my white Monsterland t-shirt and my black UNIQLO pants. At first I needed to put on the t-shirt backwards as a result of the illustration on the again is so enjoyable and fabulous.
Besides Harry Hill and Valerie Zhang, different social gathering friends included myself, Mickey Boardman, alongside Anya Tisdale, Brittany Byrd, Carlisle Aikens, Chloe Jane, Cjay Syres, Coco Bassey, Emma Rogue, Gia Seo, Jack Powers, Jo Rosenthal, Kai Lee, Max Abrams, Perris Howard, Rob Li, and Tana Mongeau.