Uniqlo's starting a clothing recycle campaign. What does this mean? No, it doesn't mean they're morphing into a thrift store, silly. What's happening is that twice a year, in March and September customers will be able to drop off used Uniqlo clothes at any of the 730 Uniqlo stores in Japan. And then Uniqlo will take those items and ship them off to places like Thailand and Nepal via the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (the UN agency formerly led by Japan's top diplomat Sadako Ogata) and hand them out to displaced persons all over the world--like this guy here.
I love Uniqlo, by the way. SO much better than Muji. Maybe I'll tell you guys about my Uniqlo lucky bag later, but for now, I'm just going to give the brand my full support.
Does Osama bin Laden count as a refugee?
I hope so. He looks great in that peach number.
I'm with you on Muji vs Uniqlo, by the way. Apart from the fact Muji sizes simply will not accommodate the taller gentleman (*grits teeth*), most of their clothes are... well... boring.
Stationery's good though.
Posted by: Rog | February 22, 2007 at 06:27 PM