Taking advantage of cultural difference in fashion: Used clothing

Not everyone has the luxury to pay for high-end clothing at retail price thus a market for second-hand clothing has emerged to satisfy the majority. Online markets like Sufu (Superfuture) Buy/Sell forum, grailed.com and Ebay has granted access to purchase clothing well below retail price.

Fashion in Japan is volatile, as in the trends go in and out every year and the necessity to have the 'newest' fashion is strong as opposed to fashion in the west where many tend to actually look for older fashion to enjoy.

This cultural difference has created a gap in the used-clothing industry in Japan and outside Japan. Used-clothing stores in Japan will have various famous brands like Visvim, Burberry, Wtaps, etc while used-clothing stores in North America is stuck with the image of Value Village offering low-end clothes that no one wants.

With the internet available to the world, many can capitalize on buying nice clothing from Japan at a nice price.

Below are a list of sites that I often use to buy used-clothing from Japan:

http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/kanful/
http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/gsc-rinkan/
http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/blowz/
http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/kind-u/
(check their English sites if needed)
(a Rakuten Account will be required)

Generally, I try not to spend more than $150 each time as the customs may ding you pretty hard/
(I once bought a Gore-tex Jacket by White Mountaineering for $300 and got billed for $80 in custom fees)

Shipping is based on the weight and as for reference:
Down Jacket: $30
Shoes- $20
Pants- $16
(shipping fee above is based on a single item purchase. Buying 2 pair of pants was around 20$,)

Happy hunting.

 Made burgers today!

Ingredients- Patty: ground beef, onion, salt, pepper, egg, Camembert cheese (inside)
                     Yam Fries: Yam, LOTS OF OIL

yam takes a while to deep fry

                                                                MORE CHEESE

                                                              Its gooey with love

Assemble!

                                                                       After assembly!

Fall Fashion- Boots

It's been a while since I last posted and thought I should start posting again.
Again, my posts will be mainly on fashion and food and life!
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So the rainy seasons here and its time to whip out my boots.
(in the past few days)


 Mr. B from Aldo (quality is meh but the blue on it is nice)

Visvim Kangaroo Virgil (amazing pair of boots that is comfortable and light....so amazing that im reluctant to wear it in the rain...)

(also wearing a Goretex jacket by White Mountaineering, cardigan by Sasquatchfabrix, shirt by Vanquish and pants by Undercoverism)

 since fall is here, I can finally start layering and bringing out my jackets!

What will your fall footwear going to be?