Will Uniqlo ever come to Canada?

[Listi]

Originally Posted by quasky

there've been a handful of boutiques that have opened and closed in a matter of months in kingston. were you around when kamakazi opened? wasn't great, but they carried trovata, troglodyte homonuclus, and some other decent labels. was gone in, like, three months.
Yeah, I remember Kamakazi. Walked in there twice and didn't really see much I liked, they totally gave off the wrong vibe too. They LOOKED more expensive than they actually were, deterring students I think. I don't even know what type of store could open in Kingston and do okay... I feel like the only way a good store could survive would be if like 75% of it was hipster **** and 25% of it was decent. Can't believe ****** blueprint is still around stocking their XL Fred Perry ****, Diesel, and Jack & Jones.

 

[gwydion]

Originally Posted by AR_Six

Honestly Kit I couldn't really care less... I'm much more jealous of a SSense B&M opening in Montreal where I think the best actual clothing store in Calgary is either Leo (naked and famous, acne, nudie, weak W+H buy and some other random stuff) or Brooks Brothers. Seriously.
I hope it's actually opening soon. I think it's been a few years they've said they're going to be re-opening. I can't find anything online about them opening today which is odd, since I thought there would be a few posts about it somewhere. Unless the guy at customer service just threw another projected date at me.

Originally Posted by Aaron

I will give you cheese curds, bagels and montreal smoked meat. You get nothing else.
I've been to Toronto a few times and I'd say our women here are far better too. French/Euro girls <3

 

[wagthesam]

I am so thankful for Montreal as Ottawa is a dead town with ****** stores. Not looking forward to the winter. Might get some of that cdw that jet pushes.

 

[Cheese1]

Originally Posted by KitAkira

Dear Canadians,

This will never be yours

In the immortal words of Borat, "you will never get this."

I'm actually going to uniqlo in a couple weeks, might pick up one of their crew neck sweaters if it's nice

 

[canstyleace]

Originally Posted by snuff_daddy

i went to UNIQLO (nyc) for the first time last week...it was a let down
didnt buy one thing

I had a similar experience, did buy some themaltech basics though and some cords but I definitely think its over-hyped and wouldnt care if it actually opened in Canada or not.

Although the +J stuff that I saw wasnt too bad, just nothing in my size when I visited.

I've only been in TO for a few years but most people that I've meet that are from here are kinda boring, and did I mention that I hate canadian retail on designer ****, makes me miss socal even more.

 

[cb_32]

Originally Posted by KitAkira

Dear Canadians,

This will never be yours

is that a uniqlo?

 

[wagthesam]

yep

 

[jaychiz]

i would hope vancouver first, we've got the asian influence

 

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by jaychiz

i would hope vancouver first, we've got the asian influence
I'd be shocked if it happened. Look how long it took us to get an H&M.

 

[quasky]

Originally Posted by Listi

Yeah, I remember Kamakazi. Walked in there twice and didn't really see much I liked, they totally gave off the wrong vibe too. They LOOKED more expensive than they actually were, deterring students I think. I don't even know what type of store could open in Kingston and do okay... I feel like the only way a good store could survive would be if like 75% of it was hipster **** and 25% of it was decent. Can't believe ****** blueprint is still around stocking their XL Fred Perry ****, Diesel, and Jack & Jones.

it would have to be something like that 75/25 split. maybe a shop could stay afloat by selling tons of nudies and still stock some decent stuff on the side. just can't see a lot of queen's kids throwing down for ro, etc.

 

[willpower]

Originally Posted by KitAkira

LA would be the most logical next NA location, and the next few on the list would be American cities as well


Kind of like In and Out Burger opening in NY ?

 

[Riio]

Originally Posted by willpower

Kind of like In and Out Burger opening in NY ?

burger talk is taking over SW&D lol

 

[dvuuu]

We could use one in the States, as well. There's one in New York but I could see one doing well in San Francisco or Chicago.