TPE

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    vintage thermal
    vintage t-shirt
    jeans-PlayMe sample
    boots-Junya Watanabe
    beanie-brother's (now mine)
    bag-random hong kong
    weed ring eyeball ring-Taiwan

    A little late but HAPPY NEW YEAR!! weeee...shots in my favorite place in the world, TAIWAN!
    I was in China for a two thumbs down Christmas (working), but hopped over to Taiwan to spend New year's EAT before jetting back to China for more work. Here's a quick break down of the past 3 weeks

    CHINA
    Christmas Day-Guangzhou China
    back of a rickshaw 
    front view
    me bugging a shifty-eyed stray dog
    freakishly strong old man...still puffin' on that cig
     fabric mart motorcycle gang

    TAIWAN
     one of the reasons for going to Taiwan was to hang out with one of our favorite accounts NEU!
    YiLing the boss lady
     Stan Lee the boss man 

    I asked how their empire of over 10 stores began and YiLing proceeded to tell me the tale of her being a rebellious kid that racked up a hefty bill on her dad's credit card.  To pay it off she would go to the local wholesale mart and hand pick clothes and flip them for a profit on the streets (literally).  Shortly after, she began to fly to Los Angeles to hand pick brands to exclusively sell in Taiwan.   Her reputation for picking the best stuff soon caught on.  Meanwhile, Stan Lee (literally the king of streetwear in Taiwan) was one of the first people to own a skate shop in the country.  He noticed YiLing's talent for slanging women's clothes, so they teamed up and have been killing it together since 1998! If you get a chance, go visit one of their many stores across Taiwan or their online store HERE!
    For new years, Yiling took us to Underworld, a cool little live house.    The local Taiwanese band Macbeth was surprisingly good!
     
    the bathroom
    the only picture we have from the night as we started celebrating too early....

    FOOD! another main reason for going to Taiwan...to eat my fkn heart out...some of it looks pretty gross I know
     
    bacon wrapped chives
    bell fruit
     
    what i miss the most about Taiwan is surprisingly these modest lunch boxes
    intestine noodles yummm
     favorite treat...candied strawberry kebabs
     
    fried chicken steaks
     
    fun shaped hot cakes
     
    pork sammies
    sea snails
     
    Eric couldn't hang with my eating habits so he came up with the most American meal possible: hot dog, cheetos, and a coke!
     
    you snap me
    snapping you
     
    brother praying
     
    offerings
    nice to know people still hand paint lanterns
    night markets 
    take that FOREVER 21...neener neener neeener
    and then ended the trip with balenciaga/margiela sale madness!
    (got a pair of margiela trousers for under $100!)

    ♥  ♥  ♥