Beams T

In Causeway Bay there is this shop tucked between swanky boutiques with funky lights called Beams T. Pardon the shaky shot (unintentionally set it to long exposure, don't you just hate that?) Let's pretend it looks like something landed from outer space, or once again, Japan. It's a Japanese Brand with really cool t-shirts featuring awesome graphics and illustrations. Is it anything like threadless or Graniph? Who can beat a name like that; Beams T.

Beams T

They seem to do a lot of collabos, with names like Volcom, and RVCA. Do check out the shirts from the online store:

Ahhh. Now I get why. Via Amazon:

"The T–shirt designs in this book have been selected by Beams T, a hugely popular fashion retail chain and manufacturer in Japan devoted to T–shirts. Founded in 1986, Beams T regards the T–shirt as a canvas for new ideas in art and design and each year of their 20–year history, has invited artists from around the world to create designs for their T–shirts.

In this book, 350 of the best of these T–shirt designs are featured in full color."

Like Andy Warhol, bringing Limited Ed. culture to the masses. Yes I want a piece of designer please. Word has it that the Tokyo Daikanyama store even has them on conveyor belts. If robots really do take over the world one day, you'll know where they came from. They even have cute girls' stuff, quite a number are sold out! These are some items from Ray Beams:

They even have a Merrier maternity label, a more androgynous Beams Boy label, and even one for kids! It's a bit like Uniqlo, fast and fresh. Gosh the pictures speak more than I can ever say, go see for yourself.

-Miss C.