TreFac Style Shimokitazawa
“Treasure Factory's designer-and-denim branch south of the station: Gucci, Prada, Japanese selvedge.”
The bigger, more grown-up Treasure Factory in Shimokitazawa, three minutes south of the station. Designer bags in the case (Gucci Bamboo, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs nylon), Yohji, Rick Owens, Undercover and Issey on the rails, and serious Japanese denim from brands like Iron Heart and Resolute if you are lucky.
Prices are where it wins: shoppers report a Gucci coat for ¥30,000 and a Burberry coat plus a Ralph Lauren jacket for under ¥20,000 together. Stock is clean and checked. It opens at 10, an hour before most of the street, which is when to go. Coach bags turn up too.
Brand collections
- 2000s
Bamboo-handle bags in the online stock and coats on the rails at a fraction of retail; check the bamboo for cracks at the hinge.
Nylon and studded leather shoulder bags; the triangle plate and the zip pulls tell you the era.
Trench and wool coats turn up for well under ¥20,000; look for the gabardine and the check lining, then the cuffs.
Reviewers find Coach bags here; the old glove-tanned leather pieces are the ones that age well.
- 2010s
On the shop's priority buying list, so the wool tailoring keeps coming in at resale prices.
