One of the great joys of travel is stocking up on things you can't buy at home. You become the envy of your friends - many of whom beg you to buy things for them, too - and for a brief moment you get to live the life you envisioned for yourself in Paris/London/New York/Hong Kong with the added comfort of being in your own home, your own hometown, your own country. This used to be the domain of the designer brands and luxury items, but online shopping has changed all that. It's neither cheaper nor more convenient to buy luxury items while travelling anymore. Your needs can be just as admirably served on Net A Porter and the like. So what do we buy when overseas now? Fine wines? Bespoke perfumes? Boutique jewellery? No. Chain store goods. Delicious, delicious chain store goods. Bags of beautiful COS clothes, oversized to the last garment, the only thing you wear. & Other Stories, who tease us with an online store but no international shipping, and whose nail polishes are, quite simply, the best things ever. And, of course, Muji, Japanese purveyor of simple, quality lifestyles, where you can buy everything from paper tissues to coloured textas, cherry blossom flavoured marshmallows to bedside tables. Muji brings out the best in us all, the person who always tidies up their mess, who likes things to be just so and who understands their personal style. And part of the appeal of Muji is that their goods - yes, even those coloured textas and cherry blossom marshmallows - help you in to achieve those goals. Until next time, Muji.
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