Paris Notes 2: Polka Dots and Coffee Stains

My schedule ran late last night, so this is a much bigger Friday and Saturday report. Inside: What I bought from Tokyo Sense, the 84-like Instagram post that led to an entire Husbands campaign, and finally solving the mystery of why the Mephisto Match isn’t sold in Europe. Most importantly, plenty of thoughts from my appointments across those two days with…

Mfpen / Evan Kinori / Body of Work / Working / Geordie Campbell / Aton / Andreas Murkudis / Throwing Fits / Laura Reilly / Tender / The Ouze / Cecile Tulkens / Olga Basha / Greg Laboratory / Sine & Cosine / CSILLAG / Small Talk Studios / Heugn / Carter Young / Wanze / Gottlob / Berner Kuhl / Paracia / Hender Scheme / Gajiroc / Mohawk General Store

Let’s get started. And if you missed my day one recap, here it is:

• Walking me through his Tokyo Sense pop-up shop, Andreas Murkurdis was wearing one of his proudest new discoveries: Affordable leather shoes from Auttaa. In our interview last month, he promised me great value finds, and there were: I bought a crunchy, almost 100% paper simple black polo from Ikiji, and a bright blue Maruhiro bowl for £13. Also, a $22 rubber scalp brush that anecdotally also pushes away migraines and tension headaches—we’ll see. Oh, and a lightweight Maison Itoi towel that reportedly absorbs three times as much water as a regular one, also for about £20.