ssamzie

ssamzie co. ltd. is a leading korean fashion and accessories company
there are two stores that i know of and they are wicked cool
i just got a neon green plastic watch for 10 bucks
the style is really korean (very girly, very cutesy) but with a hipper edge
and there are some really cool pieces amongst the more cutesy items
in a wonderfully nostalgic twist (think 1995) they also have the seatbelt-buckle rubber belts lined with bottle caps (had one in jr. high...thought i was the coolest)
even cooler is ssamzie space, which was sponsored by the company to promote progressive, avant-garde art in korea, nestled in my favorite young, artsy area around hongik university
the neon orange storefront in hong-dae rocks, as does the complex in insadong which i posted earlier (the circular ramps lined with cool little shops and a ssamzie store)
they did a warhol collab in 2006
check out some styles here (remember, not everything is my taste): http://www.ssamziesport.com/





update: went to hehwan today to check out a philippino market that promised banana spring rolls, which were nowhere to be found, but we did find another ssamzie. and i hate to say it, but it wasn't nearly as good as the ones in hong-dae and insadong. there was some overlap in the stock but the hehwan ssamzie is a lot cheesier. so i guess some ssamzies are better than others. ssam(zie), ssam(zie), but different. so as to keep my readers (aka my mother, father, my boyfriend and two or so friends) well informed, i felt it my duty to note this... but im staying true to the other ssamzies. word.