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Cafe Comme Ca in Minami Machida, Yokohama Japan

March 18th, 2013 | Add a Comment

Cafe Comme Ca in Minami Machida, Yokohama Japan

If you’ve ever spent any time clothes shopping in Japan, you no doubt would have come across the incredibly popular Japanese fashion chain COMME CA ISM. As the name implies, Cafe Comme Ca is spin-off of the main brand that focuses entirely on being a cafe though does retain the aesthetics of the original clothing stores (think white, lots of white) in an attempt to evolve the company name from purely a fashion label to more … Read entire article »

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