It was a funny setup. People waited in line for their moment in front of the human vending machine (actors playing robots that dispense the clothing) to receive their freebie. We were anxious. What would we get? We had no idea. Top or bottom? What would it look like? Admittedly, we were a little nervous when we noticed a runner-type sporting a neck to toe silver jumpsuit. Yikes, please don't give us space-age tracksuits!
Finally, we stepped up to the human vending machine. There were two windows, one with a guy robot and one with a girl. We were sent to the girl robot. A security guard type pressed a large button with a silhouette of a female on it. The robot-girl did the Safety Dance and out popped two white boxes. It was like Christmas and Let's Make a Deal at the same time (I'll take what's behind door number 3, Monty). We couldn't open the boxes fast enough. Inside, we found brown turtleneck long-sleeved thermal undershirts.
Our lovely model, Kansas, is showing us the new wave in Japanese thermal underware. "HEATTECH (the material the shirt is made of) is the smart way to stay warm and comfortable in cold weather." Well, it must be true because it says so on the box.
Kansas went back to the line, incognito this time, and with Ba-Baker, to get another thermal freebie. This time, her turtle neck was beige.
In case you are interested, here is the site of where you can buy this product line. They have a store in Soho. The thermal underware seems pretty reasonably priced, they have other styles besides the turtleneck, and they sell other clothing items. It seems like the store is the Japanese equivalent of H & M. If the shirt keeps me warm or gives me a insatiable craving for sushi, I'll let you know.
1 comment:
OOH! I love Uniqlo. Its a crazy store. lots of solid colors.
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