n°44

A pioneer in Tokyo, n��44 doesn’t offer the newest or latest anything—in fact it proudly displays the kind of clothes you reach for every Saturday when you don’t have to impress anyone except the grocery store clerk and your dog—old, comfortable favorites.  Some pieces are new, some are vintage, but they’re all generously cut, wider than the average diminutive Tokyo fashions, and effortlessly cool.  The store, like the clothes, is unpretentious and easy.  Well-worn antique furniture of wrought iron and oak display shoes, bags and accessories.  Lit candles and painted hardwood floors keep the ambience mellow.  N��44 doesn’t try too hard, it’s a natural.