Showered by the Stars

2. Shopping in Shibuya

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

“Ack! Oh no! I’m late!” I jumped out of bed, took a bath, brushed teeth and dressed up. There isn’t even time to eat breakfast. I’m already one hour and forty-five minutes late from the meeting time which is 9:00 am. I abnormally overslept.

“Huff! Huff! You guys—Huff! Sorry—I’m late—Huff!” I panted as I reached our meeting place in Shibuya.

“You sure are. Hmph! What took you so long? It’s not like you at all.” Kana-chan said.

“Eh?”

“What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and you’ve got eye bags.” Ran-chan said.

“Ah! I must have slept on the wrong side of the bed.” I said. Actually I had a really weird dream last night. But I just can’t seem to remember it.

“Hmm—then let’s go shopping already so we’ll finish early. Then we’ll go to the spa next.” Kana-chan said.

“Eh? Really? Cool!” This might be a really fun start for our summer.

Sorting out clothes is really fun with Ran and Kana. After getting inside and out of the dressing room, we finally found something.

Ran picked a cashmere with metal and grosgrain trim cardigan from Schumacher. She wore viscose-polyster from Tory Burch under it then a cotton-linen skirt from Kate Spade New York. The leather and PVC Espadrilles from Michael Kors and the embossed leather bag from Loft made it really look chic. Kana picked out Gold vermeil and gold-filled wire earrings from Moon & Lola to match with it. I thought that the Swarovski crystals and gold plate with leather strap watch from Freelook will look good on her too, it turns out I was right.

Our Kana found herself  a silk top from Roseanna, cotton vest from Shyde, Cotton skirt from Kloset, leather with metal clutch from Charles David and a linen espadrilles from Sergio Rossi.

“Hey guys! I need something that will suit my clutch. Can you find something for me?” Kana-chan asked.

“Hmm—“ Ran and I looked at each other. I think we found the same thing.

“Here.” Ran-chan handed her the gold plate with glass and Swarovski crystals earrings from Gerard Yosca.

“Ah! This is it! How do I look?” Kana-chan asked.

“Fab.” I grinned.

“Quit grinning and show us the stuff you found.” Ran said.

“Eh? I haven’t found any.” I said. Actually, there are a lot of things that really suits my taste. I’m just not sure what to wear from any of those.

They sighed in sync. “Alright! Leave it to us!”

“Eh? W-what?! Um—alright. I’ll be in your care--?” I’m pretty nervous just by hearing them say that.

“Here, here, and here. Go change. Go! Go!” They literally pushed me to the dressing room. After wearing all those, I showed them.

“Bravo!” Ran-chan exclaimed.

“Tee-hee. We’re such geniuses.” Kana-chan said.

I wore a cotton with metal grommets top from Escada, tencel jacket from Armani Exchange, denim jeans from Blue Notch, leather with nickel studs flats from Be & D, woo and snakeskin bracelets from Just Cavalli and an acetate sunglasses from Cinzia Designs.

I must say, this feels a lot comfortable. The fact that they seem to almost reach my height with their heels is gratifying.

“Hmm—This is nice. But I think we should buy something that we can wear while going around the place.” I said.

“Now that I think about it, these are a bit formal. We should get something loose.” Kana-chan said.

“About that, I already got it for us. Here.” She handed so many clothes to us. “Let’s try it on.”

Ran wore a silk blouse from Rebecca Taylor, sterling silver bangles from Jules Smith, leather with brass buckle belt from 213 Industry, metal watch from Fossil and leather wedges from J. Crew. Kana wore cotton with sequins top from Topshop, cotton-modal tank from T-Los Angeles, python with brass hardware clutch from LAI, gunmetal beads bracelet from Kenneth Jay Lane, silver plate ring from Metal Pointu’s Paris and silk satin heels from LAMB. The clothes Ran picked for me suited me well. A denim jacket from Cheap Monday, cotton-nylon top from Loeffler Randall, leather with brass hardware bag from Rafe New York and watersnake flats from Beirn are just right.

We bought some others then hurried off to the spa to relax.

This has been the most exhausting shopping adventure I’ve ever had.

But still it was really fun.

My muscles relaxed as it was massaged while a Hindu music was played.